The manufacturing process and the associated process steps and the required technology can vary greatly depending on whether it is water, carbonated soft drinks, beer or another beverage.

In general, however, the production processes in the beverage industry do not only have to meet high hygienic standards. In addition to the delivery of the raw materials, you need to perfectly harmonize many stations that include pumping, stirring and mixing in different forms.

Three criteria that have a significant influence on the design of beverage filling and packaging machines are the beverage itself to be filled, the container - whether glass bottle, PET, keg, can or beverage carton - and the desired throughput.

Accordingly, the specific technical requirements for the various drive units can vary greatly. In principle, however, good synchronisation with each other is important to ensure a smooth process.

In order to achieve a high degree of automation, materials handling technology is essential, which connects the individual process steps and machines. In addition to the line layout, it makes a difference whether a container (or container type), a pack or a pallet is transported. Depending on the point at which the material is conveyed during the filling and packaging process, a distinction can also be made between dry and wet areas, which also has an influence on the design of the materials handling technology.

With the large number of drives along your machines and systems, it is important to keep an overview. Our CDM® – Complete Drive Management provides the necessary transparency. On this basis, you can reduce variants, optimize inventories and reduce costs, among other things. With our CDM® – Complete Drive Management, you can proactively influence the variety of variants.

Condition monitoring minimizes production downtime through systematic condition recording and analysis. Predictive maintenance enables predictive maintenance by detecting critical changes in condition at an early stage and avoiding unplanned downtimes. Act predictively with our DriveRadar® solutions for condition monitoring and predictive maintenance.

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