Privatbrauerei Moritz Fiege GmbH & Co KG, Bochum/Germany - New brewmaxx process control system

 

Since 1878, the Moritz Fiege private brewery in Bochum's Scharnhorststraße has been brewing an excellent beer, from August 2006 on with the brewmaxx platform.
The new established brewmaxx process control system, version V 7, includes the implementation of the latest sequencer logic in the brewhouse and the use of fermentation room and storage cellar equipment modules for the tank cooling.
The project scope beginning with the malt receiving, including the brewhouse, the wort treatment and the fermentation room and storage cellar, and ending with the hoses in the filter cellar covers a large part of the complete production process. In addition, the CIP plant and the brewing water supply are integrated in the new controllers.
After a complete survey the controller switchgear cabinets were changed from SIMATIC S5-115U to S7-400 technology including a decentral ET200 M. The modernization of the switchgears was finished within a period of 14 days without production.
The installation of the Acquis iT messenger and the remote maintenance possibility using an analog modem allowed any stoppages to be greatly shortened thanks to the fast response now possible.
Because the next expansion phase is already scheduled for this year, modernization measures on the lauter tun with the simultaneous integration of the multifunctional lauter management (MLM) also take place in 2007.

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