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News Release from: Busch UK | Subject: 2 Sisters Food Group
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 20 March 2008
Busch Vacuum System a winner for food
companies
One of the leading UK food companies has cut energy costs, reduced carbon emissions and improved production efficiency after installing a 'green' centralised vacuum system
2 Sisters Food Group, a major supplier of chicken products to the retail, food service and food manufacturing sectors, says that the new centralised system supplied by vacuum specialists, Busch (UK) Limited will produce significant 'green' benefits in its newly acquired Scottish plant It has also meant that all heat and noise emissions have been removed from the production hall to a purpose-built plant room
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 5 Aug 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The 'intelligent' eight-pump Busch system - seven on duty, one on stand-by - provides the five production lines with vacuum as and when they need it.
The pumps are controlled by a bespoke cascade system that constantly monitors vacuum use and automatically turns off individual pumps when a line is not running and re-starts them on demand.
Ian Simpson, 2 Sisters Food Group divisional engineering manager, says that the installation of an energy efficient vacuum system was a priority following the Group acquisition of the primary processor, Joseph Mitchell, plant in Forfar.
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"When we spoke to Busch about the vacuum we would need for the newly developed retail packing facility we have developed in Forfar we specified that we didn't just want effective, reliable vacuum.
We wanted a system that was energy efficient and produced the lowest emissions possible.
It also had to be ergonomic, economic to operate and designed in a way that guaranteed us continuity of production.That's quite a tall order but Busch have achieved it with its self-managing, centralised system and it has all come with performance guarantees.
Continuity of production is essential in our business and the centralised system is key to achieving that.
The cascading control system means that we can maintain uninterrupted production even when routine maintenance and servicing is being carried out or a pump fails".
It is also much more energy efficient thanks to the system ability to constantly monitor, control and adjust vacuum pump output automatically.
Locating the system in a self-contained plant room also means that we have removed heat and noise emissions from the production hall.
The 2 Sisters Food Group system is based on the Busch RA 0305D oil lubricated rotary vane pumps, part of its top-selling R5 range.
Busch (UK) area sales manager, Steve Callaghan, said: "A centralised system provides so many important benefits and advantages for a major food company like 2 Sisters Food Group.
"This system has been designed to operate as efficiently as possible and only provide vacuum when and where it is needed, and it will take those decisions automatically.
System redundancy has also been designed in such a way as to ensure continuity of production.
Each day a different pump is selected as the lead pump and that rotation means that servicing and maintenance can go ahead without any impact upon production".
The acquisition of the Joseph Mitchell plant means that 2 Sisters Food Group now has four primary processing operations in the UK.
Busch has previously installed vacuum systems and pumps in another of the group processing operations, in West Bromwich.
Busch (UK) says it has trebled the number of centralised vacuum systems it has installed in the last two years and the biggest growth of all has been in the food packaging and processing sectors - and that growth is accelerating.
"More and more food companies are switching to centralised systems because they know that these systems will produce savings in energy consumption and maintenance, reduce production downtime and noise pollution.
Centralised systems pretty much tick every box," Steve Callaghan said.
"There is no doubt that centralised vacuum systems are helping a growing number of food packaging companies to maximise their critically high levels of production and reduce costs.
At Busch (UK) we have seen the demand for centralised systems grow dramatically, and this is continuing".
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