PETpla.net Insider 07+08 / 2016

BOTTLING / FILLING 18 PET planet insider Vol. 17 No. 07+08/16 www.petpla.net Decentralised drive solutions in beverage production Energy efficient drive technology Based on an article by Gunthart Mau, trade press officer, SEW-Eurodrive FILLING SPECIAL At Hansa-Heemann’s bever- age bottling site in Bruchsal, Germany, SEW-Eurodrive decentralised drives take on a wide range of transport- ing tasks. For a planned increase in capacity, the bottling plant decided on MGF..-DSM integrated gear motors from the Movigear mechatronic drive system product family. The water bottled by Hansa-Hee- mann AG comes from 140 to 150 m deep wells which go back 6,000 to 8,000 years, an important criterion for its purity. “We’re supplying the water at about 13.5 °C,” explains Thomas Herzog, head of the Hansa- Heemann plant in Bruchsal. “It retains its temperature throughout the whole process chain up until bottling.” The water is filled into 1.5 l and 0.5 l PET bottles. “On our production lines, we produce mineral water and refreshing drinks – lemon and orange lemonade, cola, cola-mix, and apple spritzer,” Herzog continues. The production runs in a three-shift operation. During one of the 52 weeks of the year, the planned maintenance of each bottling line is carried out. The prerequisite for this high capacity production is the drive technology from the drive sup- plier SEW-Eurodrive. The relationship between Hansa- Heemann and SEW-Eurodrive is long- standing. The collaboration began in 2006. In March of 2007, the first lines were fitted with Movimot decentralised drive units. SEW-Eurodrive was one of the first companies to build these AC induction motors with integrated frequency inverters. This decentralised SEW technology has proved its worth to date. These drives have been in operation now for eight years, and that around the clock. That is up to 8,000 operating hours a year. When converted to a one-shift operation, this is equiva- lent to a running service of 24 years. A few years later, production was to be extended. Thanks to the good experiences with the decentralised technology, Hansa-Heemann stipu- lated SEW-Eurodrive drive technol- ogy at the call for bids for the new bottling lines. The first preliminary talks occurred at drinktec 2013. In the same year the project was assigned. And since March 2014 the new lines are running with MGF..-DSM inte- grated gear motors from the Movigear family in combination with a control cabinet converter. This system is especially suited for use in beverage transport systems and already meets the requirements for the current high- est class of energy efficiency for IE4 motors today. Since 2014 the new lines are running with MGF..-DSM integrated gear motors from the Movigear family in combina- tion with a control cabinet converter. The water is filled into 1.5 l and 0.5 l PET bottles. The MGF..-DSM integrated gear motors from the Movigear family meet the requirements for the current highest class of energy efficiency for IE4 motors.