IDM ¦ Technology/IT
Naarmann and GEA
Cost-effective separator cooling and resource conservation
As is well known, separators have to be cooled. But now
it is no longer necessary to run the cooling water in
lost operation. GEA has developed the so-called "Water
Saving Unit" (WSU) for this purpose together with
private dairy Naarmann. IDM visiedt the pilot installation at the
Naarmann plant in Neuenkirchen, Germany.
Private dairy Naarmann (210m kg milk processing, 200 employees,
€120m turnover) has been on a consistent sustainability
course for some time. This applies not only to the energy side, but
especially to the consumption of resources.
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Managing Director Andreas Naarmann says: "Saving energy
and resources is the order of the day. And not just since the
Ukraine war has been jeopardising our energy supply. We are constantly
striving to increase potential savings, and the new Water
Saving Unit has brought us a step further."
From idea to realisation
For eight years, Naarmann has been operating a GEA MSI 400
separator with capacity of 40,000 l/h, where a Standomat takes
over the automatic milk and cream standardisation. The motor
and hood/catcher were cooled quite conventionally with water,
The prototype of the Water
Saving Unit is located directly at
the separator (Photo: GEA/IDM)
/international-dairy.com
