Drinktec 2017

The Ariete Homogenizer 5400 is the most powerful homogenizer, offering a capacity of up to 80,000 L/h at 120 bar and many other advantages:

• 7% more efficient in its class, allows cost saving on consumables and maintenance  
• versatility: from dairy to beverage and from pharmaceutical to chemical applications, it’s ideal for a wide range of products, including smoothies and viscous products, fibrous products with a high total solid count, dairy by-products and probiotic beverages, to name a few 
• product and process changeovers are fast and simple  
• reliability: the new design offers greater stability during operation and makes the machine simpler and safer to service  
• safety: extremely hygienic design with state-of-the-art aseptic capabilities  
• available with a smaller motor (315 kW) to guarantee the best performance and efficiency for all kinds of production  
• user friendly: easy accessibility to the inside minimizes service time

GEA’s visionary “Brewery 4.0” concepts, such as continuous brewing aspects, a revolutionary production management system and new developments in digitalization and big data handling will lead to the next level of beer production. Technology innovations include:

• big data handling and manufacturing execution systems (MES) that facilitate sophisticated trend analysis and the prediction of long-term process trends 
• next-generation process analysis 
• decanters as a continuous mash separation solution 
• a highly efficient wort handling system with minimal evaporation 
• optimized fermentation and maturation steps for cost-effective beer production  
• precision dosing and blending units to meet the “just-in-time” needs of a demanding market, maintain the availability of specific brands and ensure maximum supply chain flexibility

Sterilfoil VHP L is the new tunnel sterilization system for aluminum foil closures, that can be applied to HDPE and PET bottles. Further benefits include the following:

• thanks to a very effective H2O2-based treatment that achieves up to a 6 Log reduction in B. atrophaeus, Sterilfoil VHP L is a flexible solution for both ESL and aseptic high and low acid products 
• after a preheating section, a compact chute drives aluminum foils through a pressurized VHP phase for complete internal and external sterilization 
• specially designed rails that change the contact points during sterilization reduce the risk of hidden points among foils
• two electrical surface heaters prevent H2O2 condensation; this not only optimizes the sterilization process, it also prevents “foil jam,” which could negatively affect production efficiency.

The CRAFT-STAR™ - a brewhouse for every craft beer - is designed for medium-sized specialty brewhouses with batch sizes of 40 hL (35 US barrels) of hot wort.

• equipped with two, three or four vessels (mash tun kettle, lauter tun and combined whirlpool/wort kettle or dedicated vessels, depending on the configuration), it’s now possible to produce up to seven brews within 24 hours
• equipped with process piping, instrumentation and an automatic control system, onsite commissioning takes just a few days
• preassembled and tested at GEA’s Kitzingen facility in Germany, CRAFT-STAR™ is a compact “plug & play” system
• with an extract yield of up to 98%, the brewhouse’s lauter tun offers top performance in terms of extract efficiency for special malts. 
• At drinktec 2017, GEA visitors will be able to carefully examine a three vessel CRAFT-STAR™ and learn more about its many special features. 

Get more beer from each brew! Offering greater yields from the same resources and more beer in less time, the “Plug & Win” centrifuge offers

• 5–10% more beer from the same raw ingredients
• same volumes brewed with less energy and work
• recipe options to take your business to the next level
• brewing time shortened by one third 
• faster delivery to market
• flexibility
• fast return on investment

Superior technology for beverages, the rotoramic optimizes the recovery of beer from yeast and provides substantial cost-savings. Ideal for highly viscous beverage applications, operators benefit from higher yields and reduced energy consumption compared with traditional membrane processes.

The GEA Rotoramic delivers 

• gentle product treatment
• a filtrate that is free from yeast
• fast operation in both batch and continuous mode

The GEA clearamic BeerFiltration unit with ceramic membranes offers a kieselguhr and waste-free cross-flow filtration solution. Furthermore by using these membranes GEA ensures high sustainability and low costs of your operation, with no compromise on consistently high product quality and process reliability. Clearamic membranes utilize an inert material thus ensuring a pure beer taste. A pre-assembled skid allows for short installation and start-up times and the highly flexible plant concept permits upgrade at any time.

Make every grape count! Get more wine at lower costs with GEA’s decanter skid. A single machine does the work of various wine presses and other equipment. What’s more, it’s gentle and produces high quality free-run juice from the first to the last grape. Plus, our innovative product handling solution uses less energy and water, takes up less floor space and is cheaper to operate and maintain. Offering a fast return on investment, it’s available as a premounted skid or as a standard machine, and at-site testing can be arranged.

The DI-BATCH™ manufacturing system provides a user-friendly, high performance, intelligent and flexible production solution for a wide range of recipes, and expands GEA’s modular DI-BATCH portfolio of beverage mixers. Key features include

• accurate dosing addition, material traceability and parallel operation to deliver flexible, high quality and efficient production
• a cross-checking facility to ensure accurate ingredient dosing
• batches can be produced directly or ingredient mixes can be pre-concentrated before being transferred to a batch tank
• unloading equipment for big bags, sacks, bags, bottles, containers and drums
• no loss of liquid ingredients when rinsing bottles, containers or drums, and the optional high shear pump facilitates the dispersion and dissolution of challenging powder ingredients
• the DI-BATCH™ can be tailored for pilot- or small-scale batch processes, for new product launches or R&D trials, for example.

• The ABF is an aseptic rotary system combining an aseptic blow moulder with an aseptic filler and capper.
• Featuring a Vaporized Hydrogen Peroxide (VHP) sterilization technology for internal and external surfaces of preforms and caps, it achieves over 6 Log reduction for both High Acid and Low Acid beverages.
• After the sterilization process, the preforms enter into the Sterile Zone, where the blowing wheel is located, and are blown with sterile air.
• The sterile zone is enclosed in a microbiological isolator that generates an overpressure of filtrated sterile air avoiding any kind of contact with external non-sterile components and, therefore, any risk of recontamination.
• The fresh blown sterile bottles are neck handled to the aseptic filling and capping modules without leaving the Sterile Zone. 
• ABF is a cost-effective, energy efficient, environmentally friendly and sustainable technology.
• The ABF on show on GEA booth reaches a production speed of 12,000 b/h on 1 lt bottle. 

GEA Hilge HYGIA & GEA Hilge TP are Single-Stage End-Suction Centrifugal Pumps for Advanced and Standard Applications.

• Singlestage centrifugal end suction pumps
• High pump efficiency and high efficiency motors ensure low operating costs
• A well proven construction saves time for operation, maintenance and cleaning.
• Optimal cleanability lead to reduced consumption of cleaning liquid, water and energy
• EHEDG – certified

GEA Hilge NOVALOBE are Rotary Lobe Pumps for Advanced Applications.

• Rotary lobe pumps
• Displacement from 0.06 to 2.1 l/revolution, differential pressure up to 16 bar
• Perfect adaption for different applications with various options
• Robust, reliable and compact design
• Easy and efficient cleaning and service

GEA Hilge TPS is a Single-Stage Self-Priming Centrifugal Pumps for Standard Applications.

• Self-priming single-stage centrifugal pumps
• Capacity range up to 100 m3/h – Flow head up to 90 m lc
• High pump efficiency and high efficiency motors ensure low operating costs
• A well proven construction saves time for operation, maintenance and cleaning.
• Optimal cleanability lead to reduced consumption of cleaning liquid, water and energy
• EHEDG – certified

The core component in matrix-piped process plants and contribute significantly to the highest product quality.

• VARIVENT® Mixproof Sampling Valve Type T/09, DN15, T.VIS® M-15
• VARIVENT® Divert Valve Type W, DN50, T.VIS® M-15
• VARIVENT® Mixproof Valve Type D, DN50, T.VIS® A-15
• VARIVENT® Mixproof Valve Type R, DN50, T.VIS® A-15
• D-Tec® Stem Diaphragm Valve, DN50, T.VIS® P-15
• GEA Hilge TP 2030
• VARINLINE® Housing with Sight Glass Type TXIA
• VARINLINE® Housing with Temperature Gauge Type TTIA

Product Recovery Systems are used for the recovery of valuable products from pipe systems.

• Pocket-free and CIP-/SIP-able 
• Cost savings due to reduced waste water load
• Reduced consumption of CIP chemicals and water
• Easy to maintain and assemble

Tank Safety System VARITOP®  & GEA Cleaning Technology are Hygienic tank protection against critical pressures combined with GEA Cleaning Technology. 

• Orbital cleaner Twister
• Controlled rotating cleaner Turbo SSB 75
• Free rotating cleaner Torus 50
• VARITOP® type TTB-12D
• Valve types VESTA® HLA/HCA DN25 MZ TV1
• Pump type GEA Hilge HYGIA I K 50/50/2.2/2

Working with GEA Service means partnering with a dedicated team of service experts. We build, maintain and improve our customers’ equipment, process lines and production plants so that every changing requirement is met, and every aspect of their production processes is optimized. Our customers can feel confident that their processing and manufacturing infrastructure will work to help ensure their continued business success throughout the entire life cycle.

• Getting you started ‒ Beginning of Life Services with seamless support for instant productivity and performance
• Keeping it running ‒ Lifetime Services with the cost-efficient way of ensuring safety and reliability
• Constantly improving ‒ Extended Life Services by sharing our knowledge to safeguard our customers’ investment
• Together with you ‒ Consulting & Enhanced Operations by ensuring commitment to our customers and their business

Our seamless service offerings will ensure that our customers can meet the ever-changing demands of their global consumers and markets, not just today, but tomorrow and in the future.

GEA today represents our customers’ single source service provide for parts, people, process and performance optimization. With GEA PerformancePlus we are taking one step further to a higher level focusing on customer challenges. Customers can choose from innovative, value added service level options that extend beyond routine preventive maintenance.

By combining modern condition monitoring technologies with GEA’s world-leading industry expertise, we can deliver to our customers monitoring, analyzing and optimization services that address the different and varied challenges that our customers face to achieve their performance-related goals.

And of course, every GEA PerformancePlus Service Level Agreement will meet the most stringent health and safety, compliance and risk minimization requirements.

Real-time assistance, anywhere in the world, from online GEA Service experts.

Specifically designed to enhance communication and provide real-time connectivity, the Remote Eye Wear offers instant on-the-job support and troubleshooting tips from beverage industry experts. From remote machine assessments, inspections and implementations to SOP assistance, this cutting-edge technology can reduce response times, almost eliminate travel costs and foster improved supplier-partner relationships.

Your operational advantages

From unexpected downtime to replacing damaged parts, and from identifying upgrade opportunities to equipment optimization, the Remote Eye Wear provides an array of benefits. It is often said that time is money, and no other industry is under as much pressure as beverage manufacturing to hit deadlines and get product to market. Remote Eye Wear can maximize production time, reduce operational costs, help to deliver quality products and, in the case of incidents or accidents, ensure the health and safety of staff.

Unlock the full potential of your entire filling bloc and process equipment – GEA provides mechanical/electrical engineering expertise across all areas of the process line.

Your immediate benefit from an audit

• Immediate value for customers through process optimization
• Reduction of operating costs
• Increase in plant efficiency
• Reliable and optimized working conditions
• Solutions to problems
• Forward-looking concepts
• Mechanical evaluation and recommendation for improved performance on equipment

Savings from an audit may vary from plant to plant – however, most of our plant audits do provide end-users with savings thanks to our advice