Integration Kaasmakerij / automatisation factory

Project description

Kaasspecialiteitenfabriek C.Z. Rouveenhas given Lascon the task to contribute process technology wise to the integration of a new cheese factory in the existing plant and also the automation of the plant. During this project the orbital machine is used a lot.

Due to the expansion of an additional cheese making factory, the capacity of dairy milk processing and storage of the various wheys were no longer sufficient. Just expanding was not immediately possible because of the safety of the product. In the spring Lascon started the pre- and detailed engineering to redesign the factory to the customer needs. This included all the links worked at the cheese factory, the existing thermiseur increasing in capacity, all milk pumps were recalculated and the full whey drain was basically almost completely replaced by a food secure situation for two dairies.

Project: Integration Kaasmakerij / automatisation factory

Client: Kaasspecialiteitenfabriek C.Z. Rouveen

Location: Rouveen

By a full-time presence of engineers on site, Lascon – to the wishes of the customer – designed the system in a short time and worked it out for implementation. Partly due to the presence of engineers the communication lines were very short and could be flexible and our mechanics were able to start immediately with the implementation. In this manner, a substantial time- and cost saving of the project was realized.

Additionally, Lascon has done detailed engineering for automated CIP distribution and automated milk manifold to replace the existing milk and CIP torque plates. Because of the flexibility of the manifold, which beholds nearly 100 valves, Lascon has made a design in which no product remains stationary. Despite the limited space, a manifold is designed and produced in a way that it still remains easy to maintain.

Thanks to good preparation and creation of a temporary production situation, the plant has had no significant downtime and Lascon has installed the manifold and the necessary valves for CIP distribution in a few days and ahead of schedule. As this conversion took place in the same period as the other situation mentioned above, this made it even more complicated.

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