The system will utilise the technology of Gerstenberg Schroder, which SPX acquired earlier this year. The new facility is being constructed by Tine BA, Norway’s largest producer, distributor and exporter of dairy products.
The fully automated system will be designed to enable Tine to continuously process butter and margarine spreads in the same production facility. In addition, the system will be configured to deliver environmental benefits through low water and energy consumption.
Gerstenberg Schroder’s end-to-end processing system will be designed to enable Tine to minimise the operational water consumption on the butter maker. The system will be built to capture most of the fluids used during the cleaning-in-place process, reducing the costs and disruption of the disposal process vs systems that don’t capture most fluids.
Fluids will be preconditioned to the temperature required for the cleaning, which can result in a reduction of cleaning time. These features, along with the fact that the electric motors are often controlled by a frequency converter, are expected to help minimise the plant’s overall energy consumption.
Source: SPX Corporation
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