Control valves with IO-link increase plant availability

RHODIUS Mineralquellen modernises tunnel pasteuriser

RHODIUS Mineralquellen from Burgbrohl is well known for pure, premium quality mineral water as well as soft and energy drinks from many internationally familiar licensed brands. With seven production plants and more than 600 million containers filled per year, the company is one of the leading contract bottlers in Germany.

In order to produce branded products of the highest standard, Rhodius employs the latest technology from KHS – a state-of-the-art tunnel pasteuriser. Due to its flexible speed adaptation and patented zone cut-off, among other things, the pasteuriser is capable of adapting itself to the line behaviour so that gaps and standstills are largely avoided. With high-precision sliding gate valves from Schubert & Salzer, the zone temperature is controlled according to the speed of transport, thus ensuring that important process parameters such as pasteurisation units and maximum temperature remain virtually constant. The avoidance of stops and gaps lowers the consumption of media and energy and significantly increases the

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