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CSL USA
New fermentation facility
CSL USA (Cultures Supporting Life) has opened its new
custom fermentation facility, located in Franksville, Wisconsin.
The 80,000 sq. ft. facility will support the growing
food, beverage, health, and nutrition markets. CSL
USA will have access to strains and technologies developed
by Sacco System (Italy) over its 150 years of history.
CSL USA will promote the full line of food ingredients,
food cultures, bacterial cultures, probiotics, and
comprehensive fermentation services to customers in
the US.
CSL USA has opened a fermentation facility in
Franksville, Wisconsin (photo: Sacco System)
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Validated for 72 hours
of uninterrupted operation
The line has been validated for a continuous production time of
72 hours without interruption for cleaning. “At present, we do not
need any more than that because we don’t fill one and the same
product for longer than three days running,” explains Lisa Moeyaert.
Depending on the products involved, the line is changed
over two to three times a week. Changing over both product and
format takes about four hours, just changing the format one to
two hours.
The new additional aseptic line gave a significant boost
to FrieslandCampina’s production flexibility. The line handles
small portion packs, a total of seven different sizes between
140 and 500 millilitres. All products are milk-based and have
been sterilised before they are filled, the most important being
evaporated milk in 140-, 300- and 500-millilitre containers for
the Belgian and Dutch markets and the countries in the Middle
East. The line also fills evaporated milk as private labels for
retailers.
In addition, the line processes the same products as the first
aseptic line, which is installed right opposite Line 2:
» Chocolate milk in 200-millilitre containers
» A strawberry-flavoured fermented milk-based drink,
likewise in 200-millilitre containers
» Flavoured milk in 400- and 500-millilitre bottles for
he UK market
New maintenance strategy
Since their cooperation started with the commissioning of the first
PET line in 2014, FrieslandCampina and Krones have jointly developed
a specially optimised care and maintenance concept. A
service agreement has been concluded both for Line 1 and Line
2, which covers maintenance and exclusive spares supply. “Last
year, we changed the maintenance-interval strategy,” says Delphine
Haelewyn, the maintenance supervisor. “There used to be
just one maintenance routine per year for Line 1, which took 15
days. Now we’ve scheduled three maintenance routines each for
both Line 1 and Line 2 in one year, each of which lasts five days.
And these routines are no longer carried out by Krones alone –
we’re handling them together now. An intensive cooperation is
very important, as it has a lot of advantages,” is her firm conviction.
The result: After one year with the new maintenance strategy,
unscheduled standstills went down by 30 per cent, with the
lines’ performance levels significantly higher than before.
Results of the new maintenance strategy
» Three maintenance routines per year, each lasting
five days
» Downtimes reduced by 30 per cent
» Significantly higher line performance
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