There are many exhibitions dedicated to food and related processes, but none is as specialised in brew technology as the traditional Brau Beviale in Bayern, and Pneumofore reports that it was a very successful show for vacuum technology. The company says soluction-seeking visitors flocked to its stand to see the UV8 H BF vacuum pump for beer bottling in operation. This stainless steel version of UV pumps has proved highly popular in a host of chemical, pharmaceutical and food and drinks related applications.
Pneumofore asserts that the traditional liquid ring vacuum pumps used for beer bottling applications show several disadvantages, mainly due to latest environmental and safety criteria for industrial food factories in Europe. The beer which enters the pump contains sugar and other elements which create the ideal surrounding for the bacterial procreation. These bacteria inevitably find their way into the atmosphere, potentially exposing a company to volatile infection risk. The UV H BF solves the problem by running at 110degC, killing all the bacteria with high temperature. At the same time any liquid entering the pump (mainly water) is exhausted as evaporated gas.
Pneumofore's engineers picked up on some key trends in brewing from the visitors to the stand. Some spoke of the revolution in bottling with vacuum, whilst others were looking to reduce power consumption, reduce noise or increase the vacuum level for higher bottling speed. What was important to everyone, however, was return on investment (ROI). Pneumofore's own ROI calculations show attractive results, with a particularly short ROI duration.
Pneumofore's specialist engineers are presently visiting key players of the international breweries market. Along with its first and oldest customer -Carlsberg, Tuborg - Pneumofore is currently in contact with Inbev, Heineken, Sab Miller and several more.
