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Grain Millers Gets A Smooth Fill Manufacturer’s Packaging Production Soars After Making Simple System Switch There’s tired and there’s down for the count. Eugene, Oregon-based grain processor Grain Millers, Inc. was both before changing bagging machines in 2008. Today, with a new machine on its floor and workers who no longer have to break their…

Grain Millers has been packaging conventional organic whole grain products for more than 30 years. These grains are used in baked goods, breads, cereals and a wide range of other products served around the world. Getting the grains from raw commodity to finished product is a long process, one that involves several steps before packaging.…

Before Grain Millers had a TOPLINE, its people were shouldering all the weight in a manual bagging system. The strain was beginning to show, not only in the workforce but also in the company’s bottom line. The manual system required operators to move bags that weighed anywhere from 25 to 50 pounds, weigh each bag…

Grain Millers has had the TOPLINE system and Haver’s one-of-a-kind HAVER MEC weighing control system for about four years now. The fully automated system accomplishes the entire bagging process from product weighing, to filling and finally bag closure. “It’s really a remarkable system,” Selby said. “One of our biggest challenges had been finding operators who…