Enlarged Centralized Vacuum System for Meat Packaging
With highest criteria of performance, the Kreatina engineers studied in 2005 to separate pipe circuits with different pressures, one "rough" and one "fine" vacuum for their site in Swinnoujscie, Poland. To fit this purpose, 3 x UV16 pumps were installed in a dedicated vacuum pumps room. These units were water cooled and equipped with a booster on top. Each unit could either deliver single stage rough vacuum or double stage fine vacuum. The enormous success of this installation, managed in collaboration with our Swedish partner Vakuum Experten, was measured in terms of speed of packaging, cold rooms without noise, without exhaust oil fumes nor heat source caused by on-board pumps. The long maintenance intervals are possible due to the capability of UV16 pumps to evacuate, in their special H version, up to 66 kg of water / hour. This is a unique feature, possible only with Pneumofore units. The use of food grade coolant, class H1 according to NSF classification, further enhances our customer's satisfaction. Along with the success of this factory for the packaging of sliced bacon, which was documented with a dedicated Pneumofore case study in June 2006, this facility was enlarged for higher production volumes. In 2007 Kreatina engineers came to visit Pneumofore again for the inspection of an additional pump, this time model UV30 with a rotary piston roots booster on top with capacity 3.700 m3/h. This last unit was delivered with a heat recovery system, which allows even more power savings. The continuous, trouble-free operation over 5 years clearly states the reliability and durability of Pneumofore machines, designed and installed for the lowest Life Cycle Cost of high tech, 3-shift factories, like Kreatina, whose size is such, that on-board vacuum pumps are replaced by a fully engineered, sophisticated yet efficient centralized vacuum system.
