Reducing Waste and Improving Yields with Automation in Pre-Roll Production

Reducing Waste and Improving Yields with Automation in Pre-Roll Production

As the demand for quality cannabis products continues to grow around the country, all eyes are on the industry. From sustainability to efficiency to public health and policy, you name it – people have an opinion.

If you’re a manufacturer, it’s an important reminder to look for opportunities to create efficiencies and reduce waste throughout the production process.

PreRoll-Er is at the forefront of cannabis automation, focusing on optimizing pre-roll production to meet market demands. By leveraging cutting-edge automation technologies, we are not only enhancing efficiency but also significantly reducing waste and improving yields.

Our suite of products – from pre-roll production to packaging, labeling, and more – can help you transform your operations, ensuring consistency, precision, and sustainability.

Understanding Waste in Pre-Roll Production

From packaging to plant waste to energy use, the cannabis industry is notorious for generating a lot of waste. When it comes to waste in pre-roll production, it can come in many forms, including material waste and energy waste.

Material Waste

Material waste occurs when there is spillage or overuse of raw materials like cannabis and rolling papers, leading to unnecessary loss and higher costs. Specifically when it comes to pre-roll production, this is primarily the amount of flower lost in the production process and the rejected cones that get tossed.

Traditional cone-filling machines, for example, use excessive vibration that can cause up to 10% of product waste. Based on our conversations with brands in the industry, that could be upwards of 400 lbs.

Human error is another significant factor, resulting in inconsistent roll sizes, poor quality control, and the need for rework or discarding subpar products.

Energy Waste

Energy waste happens due to inefficient processes and manual labor, slowing down production and reducing overall output, ultimately wasting both time and power as machines run throughout a given shift.

These inefficiencies directly impact your business’s profitability by increasing production costs and lowering product quality, ultimately affecting customer satisfaction and market competitiveness.

Moreover, when raw materials and energy are wasted consistently over time due to gaps in the production process, your business becomes directly responsible for all the environmentally harmful consequences.

How Automation Machines Decrease Waste

Automated pre-roll machines are designed to reduce material waste during the production process. By optimizing the use of materials, manufacturers can reduce costs and wastage compared to manual methods.

Pre-roll automation equipment ensures precise and consistent rolls from fill to finish, significantly minimizing material spillage. With advanced technology that weighs and fills cones with a tolerance of 0.01g, each pre-roll is guaranteed to have a consistent weight that reduces the risk of over and underfilling, which again, prevents material waste.

Additionally, advanced quality control systems can automatically inspect and reject defective products, reducing the reliance on manual inspection and human error. This not only speeds up the quality control process but also ensures that only high-quality products reach the market, enhancing overall product consistency and customer satisfaction.

By integrating these automated systems, your business can streamline its production processes, reduce waste, and improve both efficiency and profitability.

How Automation Machines Improve Yields

In addition to reducing waste, automation significantly improves yield in pre-roll production through many of the same mechanisms.

For instance, automation optimizes the use of raw materials by ensuring precise measurements and distributions, maximizing the amount of usable product. This precision reduces waste and ensures that more raw material is converted into sellable pre-rolls.

Additionally, pre-roll automation machines reduce downtime by enabling continuous production with minimal interruptions. Predictive maintenance tools can anticipate and address potential issues before they lead to breakdowns, ensuring smooth and uninterrupted operations, and resulting in higher yields per run.

By leveraging these advantages, businesses can significantly boost their production yields, enhancing profitability and market competitiveness.

Reduce waste and improve yields with our PreRoll-Er machines

Whether it’s sustainability or the bottom line that’s important to you, automating your pre-roll production with top technology is a no-brainer. Not only are you reducing waste and improving yields, but you’re also able to efficiently manage your production and scale your operations.

Our PreRoll-Er equipment lines are praised for their adaptability. Regardless of your current company size, facility space, or labor capacity, we have an option for you.

Explore our range of cannabis solutions, including pre-roll automation, cannabis packaging equipment, product labelers, and more.

Our team of expert technicians is happy to assist with the transition to automated production and provide after-sale support, training, and maintenance. Contact us to get started.