Radco Industries/InSituFoods

Northwest Ohio Manufacturing ForumUniversity of ToledoNovember 20, 2009

Radco Industries• Founded:

1962 Toledo, Ohio

• Employees:

10– Average Seniority 15 years

• Disciplines:

Mechanical, Electrical, Controls,

Tool-Making, Fabrication

• Facility:

15,000 square feet

Our Customers

Our Capabilities

• Robotics Integration• Automated Assembly• Vision and Inspection Systems• Automated Gasketing/Screening• Leak Testing • Custom Milling, Drilling, Tapping and Deburring

• Machinery Rebuild/Retrofit • Electrical Panel Assembly

Robotics Integration

Form-In-Place Automated Gasket Dispensing and Part Handling

Robotics and Vision Integration

Jounce Isolator Orientation, Identification, Handling and Slicing

InSitu Foods, Inc.

“In-Situ” = “In-Place” Convert commodities into finished

consumer goods with small-scale, automated systems.

Bread, pasta, snack foods, cereal, cookies

Bread System

Automated Smart 20-30 recipes Pan and Artisan Loaves $2.5/loaf line + $4.50/loaf line Fresh Flexible Economic: labor content + CGS Entertaining: destination category

Industrial Artisan Line (Germany)

Divider

Rounder

Rest Conveyor

Sheeter/molder

Dough Processing System

Mixer in dump position

Divider BoxShuttled forward

Divider press withKnives

Dough Processing System

Rounder

Sheeter/Molder

Rest Conveyor

PLC Controls

Sheeter/Molder

InSitu Bread System

Hurdles: Consistency everyday Labor content

Looking to launch in 2010 Considerable interest Looking for manufacturing support

Infusion Technology

Definition: infusing color, UV inhibitors, anti-static, anti-microbial and other properties into various polymers after they are formed

License from Bayer in 2008 World-wide non-exclusive IP sharing with Bayer on application

technology

Opportunities On-line coloring for extrusion or injection

molding Make-to-demand Many more color options UV: Solar, LED lighting, others Anti-static Anti-microbial Recycling of colored plastic Color over metal

What AURA® Can Do?

How it Gets Done