Overview
Food and beverage topics and FAQ
What is food and beverage?
In the industrial production of food and drinks, most of the processing operations employ water, oil or steam as energy carriers. Here the cooking, drying or cooling take place in closed systems. All of these processes are governed by a range of extremely stringent quality and hygiene regulations.
Sweet or bitter? Tank blanketing for NFC juice
By the skillful use of pressure control valves, which regulate the inert gas pressure in a tank within a precisely defined scope (up to 5 mbar), many tank plant operators follow a very simple principle. Small set pressure → low nitrogen flow → reduced loss of the expensive gas whilst the protective function is maintained!
Vite, vite! Act quickly in the case of a plant shutdown
Some plant shutdowns are planned, others are not
In the event of a production standstill the plant operators often react in two different ways: They give a call either to the machinery and plant manufacturer or directly to a component manufacturer. In both cases the component manufacturer has to react very fast.
Depending on the industry, company size, order volume etc., such plant downtimes can cost a lot of money. Millions of euros can be lost overnight due to delays, for example on shipyards or in power plant construction.