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Bean roasting project success

18 January 2021

Edwards Engineering has completed its first major installation in the coffee industry at James Aimer’s new premises in Dundee. 

The new premises gave Aimers a blank canvas, allowing a bespoke set-up to be designed and installed from scratch, streamlining the production process throughout the factory. 

Edwards took on a full project management role, designing, supplying and installing the materials handling equipment that transported the beans around the plant to each processing area, as well as all the electrical components and wiring.  Working closely with the roaster manufacturer Probat, Edwards also installed the roaster with DPS Group assisting with the controls and control panels. 

Commenting on the new facility, Eric Duncan, managing director of Aimers Coffee and Tea, said:  “Our brief for Edwards Engineering was to create a solution to transport and store beans which would maximise the available space in the new building and exploit the full capacity and throughput of the new roaster whilst ensuring that the quality of the end product was not compromised. We had to be able to transfer beans at a rate which would ensure by the time the roaster had completed one batch, the next batch was ready to go.  We also needed as many storage silos as possible to ensure any bottlenecks were eliminated.” 


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