Robotics

Double THOR.Linen at Van der Kleij, Utrecht/Netherlands

We installed the very first THOR.Linen including a FREJ.Buffer, in October 2020. This was a test setup to gain experiences how this new machine handles large items. After several weeks of testing, THOR.Linen travelled “home again” to the Inwatec factory in Odense to get some rebuilds and upgrades. In January this year, THOR.Linen came back to Holland, together with a new companion: a sorting line incl HEIMDAL.UHF RFID reader and the HEIMDAL vision unit for bathrobe belts and face towels. This system sorts the separated items into the existing JENSEN Continu-Sort system. Together with Van der Kleij and the #Laundrynerds from Inwatec, we tuned and tweaked the system to perfection. 

A second THOR.Linen was ordered and installed in May 2021. The system is now running steadier every day, with an 

average productivity of 2000-2200 pcs/hr. 

Sorting is done into six categories: double read, towels, duvet covers, sheets, pillow cases, and no reads/lost track. 

Van der Kleij is very satisfied and realized more benefits while using this system, such as a better sorting quality, less people in the soil sort, and soil side scanning to get specific data from incoming linen. Also, a higher productivity is achieved at the ironer lines only processing the separated items - no mixed articles and customers anymore.   

Seeing is believing: https://youtu.be/SFLY4U9I7hI

We would like to thank the family Van der Kleij and its entire team for their efforts to improve the system. 

Already now, THOR.Linen is a big success!