Preventative Maintenance
Case Study: Burton Foods Group
The Client
A leading name in biscuit manufacturing for more than 70 years, Burton Foods Group is the brand behind well known family favourites like Jammy Dodgers and Wagon Wheels. The company’s Moreton site on the Wirral comprises six production units, one of which is dedicated to the production of chocolate for use in Cadbury’s chocolate biscuits.
The Challenge
The chocolate plant at Burton Foods’ Moreton plant is very busy, operating 24- hours-a-day, all year round. Liquid chocolate is pumped around the facility using jacketed pipework, with the chocolate in a central pipe surrounded by a pipe carrying hot water. Not only must the pipework be able to deliver the melted chocolate to all the different processes within the plant, it must maintain an optimum temperature to prevent the chocolate from spoiling.
Adding to these challenges, the processes at the factory are constantly changing as new products are developed to help Burton retain its sector-leading position in the fast-paced biscuits market.
The Solution
To ensure that expert site services resources are available whenever Burton needs them, Kimpton Building Services has a team permanently based on site and is able to respond to any pipework or plumbing emergency 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The team can to react quickly if there is any repair work to be carried out, and, perhaps even more importantly, Kimpton’s service engineers carry out regular preventative maintenance, which helps ensure that the plant runs smoothly, the chocolate remains in excellent condition and unnecessary production stoppages are avoided.
To help Burton’s get changes in its product range onto the production line as quickly as possible, Kimpton draws on its food sector experience and pipework expertise to offer a design and installation service. The biscuit manufacturer discusses with Kimpton what is required in terms of volumes and temperature of chocolate and Kimpton designs, installs and maintains the new pipework to suit the application.
