Nukon has been recognised because the Ag-Tech and Digital class winner at this yr’s Wine Trade Affect Awards, held on the Nationwide Wine Centre on the 14th of November.
The award recognised Nukon’s work partnering with Treasury Wine Estates (TWE) and its automation suppliers to ship a digitalisation and end-to-end automated Barrel Administration System – a primary within the world wine {industry}. This reworked plenty of conventional winemaking processes at TWE’s Barossa Valley facility right into a extremely environment friendly, sustainable, and data-driven operation.
From left to proper; Jackson Baldwin and Karen Yong (Treasury Wine Estates), Kim Fiddaman (Nukon), James Roberts,
Daniel Bergen and Chris Hoffman (Treasury Wine Estates). Official pictures by Ben Macmahon.
The implementation has enabled winemakers and operators to digitally monitor and work together with wine barrels.
Utilizing QR codes and RFID barrel identifiers, the complete barrel lifecycle can now be traced, making it simpler to trace and collect extremely precious knowledge from every particular person wine barrel.
This implies TWE have larger traceability and improved high quality throughout a complete capability of 125,000 barrels of Australia’s most interesting wines of their Barossa Valley website.
Mixed with an automatic warehouse utilizing driverless forklifts, and automatic barrel washing and filling, TWE has been capable of improve its dealing with capability by 60% in addition to enhance the security, sustainability, and consistency of its operations.
The challenge noticed two SAGE Group corporations working throughout the Barossa website, as SAGE Automation built-in the robotic Automated Barrel Processing Line (APL) for emptying, washing, and filling barrels.
Nukon was tasked with delivering a Barrel Administration System (BMS) and an automatic resolution to streamline and modernise TWE’s operations on the Barossa Valley website’s barrel corridor, enhancing operational effectivity and security.
“The Barrel Administration System (BMS) sees world-first industry-leading know-how substitute the standard processes reminiscent of paper and chalk with a totally digitised barrel dealing with and administration system. It’s one in every of Nukon’s core capabilities – connecting and integrating folks, techniques, processes, knowledge and robotics right into a digital workflow. We’re thrilled to be partnering with Treasury Wines, our sister firm SAGE Automation, and TWE’s automation suppliers on such an revolutionary challenge,” stated Kim Fiddaman, Apply Lead at Nukon.
From left to proper; Nukon’s Gareth Williams, Kim Fiddaman, Marilis Sattolo and Scott Schulz with the Ag-Tech and
Digital award. Official pictures by Ben Macmahon.
The award announcement mirrored a few of the choose’s feedback, with one calling it “Probably the most phenomenal implementations of laborious engineering and digital integration within the TWE barrel administration system, constructed on SAGE’s unbelievable historical past of digital know-how innovation and implementation. It’s laborious to say simply how spectacular this achievement is in delivering security, monetary, environmental, and operational outcomes.”
Additional judging commentary emphasised the industry-leading nature of the challenge, stating “The barrel administration system at TWE is an revolutionary growth in automation for the wine sector, with few comparable examples worldwide.”
The Wine Trade Affect Awards rejoice excellence and innovation throughout the wine provide chain, highlighting excellent achievements that drive the Australian wine {industry} ahead.
WISA Chair Tim Stead talking on the occasion. Official pictures by Ben Macmahon.
“The finalists and winners symbolize the Australian wine {industry}’s best aggressive benefit. Our capability to innovate, to enhance and to adapt to altering situations is what makes our sector resilient and that’s what we’re celebrating. I encourage everybody in our {industry} to concentrate to the achievements of the award recipients and take inspiration from them.” stated WISA Chair, Tim Stead.
