boilers, pumps & valves
DecentraliseD automation of valves in hygienic areas
Type 8653 valve island has proven to be a robust and reliable replacement offering additional benefits of network control, simplifying integration and providing greatly improved diagnostics.
meetings and dialogue to discuss their needs. CSS’ business is driven by repeat orders and recommendations, making their reputation so important for future growth.
FLExIBILITy IN DESIgN Bishop continues: “I believe one of our main strengths is the flexibility we offer, being able to quickly adapt and change the skid manufacturing to suit the customer’s requirements on design changes. We also manufacture the systems completely in-house, which again allows us to quickly adapt and change the design with minimal time lost while keeping the cost variations to a minimum.” This flexibility is supported by suppliers such as Bürkert,
which have a long-standing relationship with CSS, providing a robust supply chain that can match demand. This extends beyond the simple supply of components, it also needs to provide after-sales support in every market. The importance of this understanding was highlighted
early in Bürkert’s partnership with CSS. A standard chemical dosing skid had been supplied to a long-standing customer in the pulp and paper industry for the control of odour and slime. The relationship between CSS and the end user had been reinforced by the quality workmanship, reliability and aftersales support for the skids.
CONTINuOuS ImprOvEmENT However, repeated failures of the pneumatic valve island, which had been supplied by another OEm, caused considerable downtime and associated costs. To resolve the situation, CSS needed to find a cost-effective and reliable alternative and turned to Bürkert for a solution. At the time, the Type 8653 valve island was a new product
line and Bürkert was able to configure it to suit the specific process requirements of the application. Since its introduction, it has proven to be a robust and reliable replacement. It also offered additional benefits of network control, simplifying integration and providing greatly improved diagnostics. Bishop concludes: “Our close relationship with Bürkert
enables us to deliver class-leading dosing systems that are characterized by their reliability. Together with our other suppliers, we ensure our customers’ exact requirements are met and that we can always match their expectations.”
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performance and guarantees they provide. ENILBIO, the National School of the Dairy Industry and Biotechnology in France, has chosen the universal control head Type 8681 from Bürkert to ensure the homogenisation of the control on one of its sites. Harmonisation of the 330 control heads led to simplified commissioning and maintenance, maintaining the long-term relationship between ENILBIO and Bürkert. ENILBIO has the mission of training
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professionals and students from the agri-food industry with a major focus on the dairy sector and assuring the production of certain products such as cheese and beer. As such, the equipment employed in the company’s site is essential to the quality of its training and process verification. As part of the renewal of its fleet of
control heads, ENILBIO wanted to ensure the decentralised automation of hygienic valves and improve management of the automated processes by moving from wired communication to ASI (AS-Interface) communications, to better control its production activity. The tender process was concluded
with Bürkert delivering the solution to homogenise control of the entire site, thanks to a single product, the Type
8681 universal head, which offered all the benefits expected by ENILBIO. These include improved automation of hygienic valves with a solution that integrates into the existing system, automatic configuration, instant visual diagnostics and even good cleanability of the product through a hygienic kit that can be adapted to the pneumatic actuator. Bürkert’s products offer protection
class 3 in accordance with DIN EN 61140, an ASI protocol, a robust inductive rod made entirely of stainless steel for longer service life, a visual indicator of the valve status that can be seen from 100 metres and even personalised training for the technical team, as well as for trainees.
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n terms of process control in hygienic applications, the tried-and- tested solutions are often preferred, thanks to their proven
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