Automation for a cost-efficient production and bottling process is extremely important in order to remain competitive in the beverage industry. The SEW drives allowed the sparkling wine producer to achieve energy savings of up to 50%.
Automation for a cost-efficient production and bottling process is extremely important in order to remain competitive in the beverage industry. The SEW drives allowed the sparkling wine producer to achieve energy savings of up to 50%.
The Rotkäppchen sparkling wine cellar is a corporate success story. It was founded in Freyburg, on the Unstrut, in 1856. Today,
The cooperation between SEW-EURODRIVE and Rotkäppchen-Mumm Sektkellereien GmbH goes back many years. The subsidiary, Matheus-Müller-Sektkellereien GmbH, in Eltville, had already fitted a filling line with SEW drive technology and traditional gearmotors. The Rotkäppchen sparkling wine cellar in Freyburg was also due for a performance increase and a technological upgrade of the filling line.
The planning for this ambitious project started in mid-2011. The company then completed the refurbishments in the spring of 2012. The company installed a new Krones filling line. This had a nominal output of
A number of ingenious individual solutions on the new filling line contributed to the performance capacity of the sparkling wine bottling plant:
The bottle weight, the high rotational speeds and the bottle-chain material pairing resulted in heavy stresses on the transport systems. As a result, Rotkäppchen used stainless steel slatband chains. The sparkling wine producer's focus was on high reliability and energy efficiency while reducing the noise pollution. The company decided to use newly developed chains with reduced spacing. According to Krones, these run 1.5 dB more quietly than conventional conveying systems. In addition, the sparkling wine cellar was impressed by significant energy savings, of up to 50% compared to conventional drives, forecast by Krones, when using MOVIGEAR®.
We specifically supply the MOVIGEAR® mechatronic drive unit, including in the DSM design, with detachable electronic part, for energy-efficient retrofits in central installation concepts for the beverage industry. As a result, Rotkäppchen, in cooperation with Krones, installed 50 MGF..-DSM drive units, which already meet energy efficiency class IE4. The frequency inverters are also housed in a central control cabinet container at the company. In winter, Rotkäppchen uses its waste heat to heat an area in the warehouse.
Mechatronic drive systems are the result of the consistent development of the extremely successful concept of decentralizsed drive systems and have a number of positive properties:
As the company's overall energy requirement across all its locations adds up, additional energy efficiency measures were also considered to be worthwhile. So the sparkling wine producer equipped itself for the future and introduced an energy management system as another saving measure.
A Krones AG service team was on-site for 3 months after the official completion of the plant in order to optimize the settings. The buffer time was extended to one and a half minutes; which is a lot. This ensures that the filler, as the main machine, can run continuously. This is essential, as it has a direct influence on output.
Customer request
Rotkäppchen's focus was on high reliability and energy efficiency while reducing the noise pollution.
Our solution
The sparkling wine cellar was impressed by the significant energy saving provided by MOVIGEAR® and SNI technology of up to 50% compared to conventional drives. The company also decided to install newly developed stainless steel slatband chains with smaller spacing. According to Krones, these run 1.5 dB more quietly than conventional conveying systems.
We inspected a conveyor line with MOVIGEAR® at the Krones AG Neutraubling plant near Regensburg. We were impressed by the forecast energy saving. …
... The container and packaging unit transport (bottles and cartons) together require about 70 kW of drive power. This is quite a significant amount based on the total connected line load of 150 kW. That's why the use of energy efficient drives was important to us. Since the line started up, we have already filled
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