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Ludwig Weinrich chocolate factory premises from outside

Keeping cool in the face of sweet temptation

For many people, chocolate is more than just one of life’s sweetest temptations. The complex machinery required for the industrial production of this luxury food item also presents engineers with major challenges. In an ever-tightening market, traditional companies in particular, such as the Ludwig Weinrich chocolate factory, need to rise to current economic and ecological challenges. To do this, they need reliable partners.

The project: New pumps for cooling water system

In the complex chocolate manufacturing process, the transport of cooling water to production systems may seem at first glance to be of secondary importance. In fact, it is a crucial aspect of the process. During the different stages of processing, the chocolate mass and other ingredients must be heated and then cooled immediately under controlled conditions. Unless this can be performed reliably, large quantities of chocolate may become unusable and the entire production cycle can come to a standstill.

The customer: Ludwig Weinrich chocolate factory

The Ludwig Weinrich chocolate factory in the town of Herford in East Westphalia, Germany, has been producing chocolate for more than 120 years. A fourth-generation family-run enterprise dedicated to sustainability, it has around 400 employees who work with sophisticated chocolate recipes every day to create perfect moments of indulgence.

System incorporating piping, pumps and valves

Cooling water system with Movitec VF pumps

The challenge: Redundancy and reduced energy costs at one stroke

The Ludwig Weinrich chocolate factory decided to replace its existing error-prone cooling water system, to ensure system availability and smooth manufacturing operations. Since, as in many other branches of industry, the old system was associated with rapidly escalating energy costs, the company also hoped that the new cooling water system would slash energy consumption to a level more appropriate for a modern manufacturing facility.

The solution: Selection of demand-driven pumps

As in many other projects, KSB collaborated with the Wendik Pumpen-Service company based in Herford, Germany. The two companies have a long history of collaboration in installing and maintaining KSB pumps spanning more than 50 years.

After extensive consultation with KSB, the data required for the system was collected internally and evaluated. Wendik Pumpen-Service then used this data for planning the new cooling water system and selecting the pumps. The company opted for the Movitec VF high-pressure centrifugal pump, which, in conjunction with PumpDrive 2, achieves the desired energy savings by delivering performance that constantly adapts to demand. The Bowe & Vaal company installed the piping for the system. Wendik Pumpen-Service installed and successfully commissioned the pumps and is also responsible for servicing 

The installed redundancy means that the Ludwig Weinrich chocolate factory now has process reliability it can depend on. The selection of demand-driven pumps has also delivered incredible energy savings of 75% – a highly effective combination that works.


Piping, valves and Movitec VF pumps equipped with PumpDrive 2

Two Movitec VF pumps equipped with PumpDrive 2

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Plant: Cooling water system for chocolate production

End user: Ludwig Weinrich chocolate factory

Pumps, frequency inverters, sensors, valves:

2 x Movitec VF 060-01-1 high-pressure centrifugal pumps with PumpDrive 2 (motor-mounted)

2 x SERIE 2000 DN100-PN10/16 swing check valves

8 x BOAX-SF DN100-PN16-EPDM-XU centred-disc butterfly valves

7 x BOAX-SF DN065-PN16-EPDM-XU centred-disc butterfly valves

KSB – eden vodilnih proizvajalcev industrijskih armatur in črpalk na svetu

Podjetje KSB je bilo leta 1871 ustanovljeno v Frankenthalu (Nemčija) in že več kot 100 let spada med vodilne proizvajalce črpalk in industrijskih armatur. Z več kot 15.500 zaposlenimi po vsem svetu in lastnimi prodajnimi podjetji, proizvodnimi delavnicami ter servisnimi obrati podjetje KSB razvija in izdeluje po meri prilagojene črpalke za najrazličnejše uporabe.

Paleta izdelkov izkušenega proizvajalca črpalk se uporablja na področjih stavbne in industrijske tehnike, transporta vode in čiščenja odpadnih voda ter v tehničnih postopkih elektrarn. Zahvaljujoč inovativnim raziskavam in razvoju lahko podjetje KSB izpolnjuje najrazličnejše zahteve strank. Kot priznani proizvajalec črpalk podjetje KSB poseduje dolgoletne izkušnje in tehnično znanje.

Proizvajalec črpalk KSB: najboljša rešitev za vašo napravo
Industrijske črpalke in industrijske armature podjetja KSB so primerne za širok spekter uporabe in so izjemno energetsko učinkovite. Izdelki prepričajo z najbolj inovativno tehniko in se že vrsto let uspešno uporabljajo v napravah – med drugim tudi standardna vodna črpalka Etanorm. Z več kot 1,5 milijona prodanimi agregati spada Etanorm med najuspešnejše standardne vodne črpalke na svetu. Nadomestni deli in servisne storitve podjetja KSB skrbijo za delovno varnost industrijskih črpalk in industrijskih armatur KSB. Hidravlika, tehnika materiala in avtomatizacija so tehnološke prednosti proizvajalca črpalk KSB in ravno v tem se skriva recept za uspeh njihovih visokozmogljivih črpalk.

Strokoven servis od samega začetka
Zahvaljujoč proizvodnim delavnicam lahko proizvajalec črpalk KSB zagotovi prvovrsten servis, prilagojen stranki. Certificirani strokovnjaki z obsežnimi izkušnjami skrbijo za izjemno kakovost. Servisna služba podjetja KSB prevzame zagon, pregled, vzdrževanje in servisiranje vaših črpalk, armatur in celotne naprave neposredno na vaši lokaciji. Podjetje KSB poskrbi tudi za hitro dostavo nadomestnih delov. Na ta način prejmete najboljši servis neposredno od vašega proizvajalca črpalk.