| King's Hawaiian |
SIC: 2051 |
Hytrol Distributor: McCombs Wall (Garden Grove, CA)
 King’s
Hawaiian uses Hytrol to speed deliveries
King’s
Hawaiian is a fifty year old company that originated in Hawaii when Robert
Taira opened his first bakery there, producing fresh baked goods, including
the now famous King’s Hawaiian Sweet Bread. This bread became such
a favorite of tourists that a facility was built in Torrance, California
and the bread was soon being shipped throughout the United States.
In 2001, King’s Hawaiian built a new facility in Torrance and in
2004, more equipment was added, including a robot and freezer system,
to improve handling and shipping of the company’s breads. Hytrol
conveyors were installed to compliment this equipment.
Hytrol’s equipment begins moving the bread after it is received
from the ovens. Workers place the wrapped bread in boxes and these boxes
are placed on one of two inclines which junction to two overhead conveyor
lines.
The boxes move overhead to a mezzanine where a robot palletizes the boxes
of bread. The bread is conveyed by chain roller conveyor into a -20°F
freezer. After the bread is frozen, a second robot de-palletizes the boxes.
They move down an incline to a Hytrol high-speed sortation conveyor located
under the mezzanine. The boxes are sorted here for loading on trucks.
King’s Hawaiian is very pleased with the Hytrol equipment. Their
old system was primarily manual. Since the installation of the Hytrol
conveyor and robotics, they have been able to double throughput.
“The EZLogic conveyors are very impressive. They require no maintenance--no
hands-on troubleshooting. They work very well. This accumulating conveyor
puts no pressure on the boxes and accumulate with no problems.”
System Hy-lites:
• Facility Size: 125,000 sq. ft.
• Employees: 105
• Product Handled: Hawaiian sweet bread and rolls
• Types of conveyors: Slider bed & roller bed, roller bed incline,
zero-pressure accumulating, chain roller, high-speed sortation.
 
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