Tray washing and handling system
April 1st 2007

The Peterborough distribution complex operated by Christian Salvesen for Tesco houses an advanced 100,000ft2 automated tray washing and handling facility – designed and installed by Danish specialist, Brüel.

The fully-automated traywashing plant is housed in purpose-built facilities and operates for 20 hours every day, seven days a week. It is programmed to ensure that up to 10,000 food transit trays every hour – around three trays a second – are cleaned to the highest standard for immediate reuse in a logistics operation which serves 200 Tesco supermarkets within an eighty mile radius.

The system is capable of recognising and handling 13 different tray types – both full-size and half-size – within the Paxton Maxinest range, and utilises two twin-lane, automated tunnel washers, each 32m long.