The Froneri Group is the second-largest ice cream manufacturer in Europe and the third-largest in the world. The group operates in more than 20 countries worldwide. In Finland, operations are built on over 80 years of domestic expertise in solid ice cream production. Froneri Finland Oy produces ice cream at its Tureng factory, one of the largest in the Nordic countries. Tamtron has supplied the factory with weighing technology over the years, so it was also a good idea to modernise the weighing equipment with an experienced partner.
“The replacement of the scales became a topical issue with the larger automation replacement project. The end-of-life weighing heads needed to be upgraded as planned. Even though the existing terminals had served very well, the availability of spare parts had deteriorated, and the time was right to start replacing the scales,” says Lasse Jaakkola, automation engineer at Froneri Finland Oy. In addition to the new weighing equipment, Froneri received modern interfaces.
The experience in food weighing was convincing
The Tamtron modernisation solution proved technically very viable, and the choice of supplier was straightforward.
Froner’s long experience in food industry processes and problem-solving ensured that Froner could find the optimal weighing solutions. Accuracy, repeatability and reliability, and cleanability of materials and equipment to ensure hygiene were vital factors in the design. The decision was also facilitated by the fact that Tamtron knew Froner’s needs and had been involved in maintaining their scales for many years.
“It was easy to choose Tamtron because the previous weighing equipment had served us so well,” Jaakkola praises.
Froneri visited Tamtron’s reference site and decided on a similar installation approach. The equipment was installed alongside the old equipment during operation, and commissioning was completed quickly during a routine maintenance visit. The new weighing equipment has worked without any problems.
