The company is extremely pleased with the results of their new dispensing method, which they feel has greatly reduced the potential for hand fatigue and repetitive stress injuries. More Benefits Than Expected While ergonomic concerns prompted the switch from squeeze bottles to automatic dispensers, several other benefits appeared once the new equipment was integrated into the daily production flow. The squeeze bottles were not air-tight, and oozed constantly. As a result, the paste often dried out and had to be discarded. In contrast, a whole shift's worth of the new barrel reservoirs can be loaded in advance, then sealed with airtight caps that keep the paste fresh and ready for use.
Production is more efficient.
Squeeze bottles also required frequent, time-consuming trips to the refilling station. Training new personnel is much easier. It used to be difficult for new operators to control the flow of paste while trying to get it in just the right place, according to the engineer. With a dispenser, we can teach a new person how to start and stop the flow in just a couple of minutes, then focus on proper application and our many different product configurations. The best indicator of the new method's success, however, is how well it has been accepted by the operators themselves.