Industrial control systems

With one of the largest geographic catchments of all UK water companies, Anglian Water recently considered the efficient regulation of its treatment processes, reduction of energy consumption and the cost of treatment. An area where a substantial amount of energy could be reduced was through the efficient control of the nitrification process

Bürkert provided its Type 8652 AirLINE process controller for Marstons Brewery who needed a replacement solution for the control valves on the main chiller system. Marstons has been expanding its production facilities to cater for the increased popularity of craft beers

Bürkert control heads, diaphragms and actuators were fitted to process tanks when AstraZeneca expanded its production facilities for a respiratory medication used to control and treat symptoms caused by asthma. The batch processes consume large volumes of water for injection (WFI) and required both clean in place (CIP) and steam in place (SIP) processes

Burkert's systems engineering team helped complete the evolution of Stroud Brewery from a traditional organic craft brewery into a modern microbrewery. The brewery needed to develop from making beer by hand to a more automated process in order to expand and modernise their business. Bürkert brought in a small level of control technology, helping monitoring and control

Bürkert worked with Green Fuels, a leading bio-diesel equipment manufacturer, to develop a distributed skid system for the commercial production of bio-diesel. Bürkert used a distributed skid system comprising of a pre-heated tank, reactor tank and buffer tank. The skids, which were pre-wired prior to shipping to reduce on-site installation times

Fromagerie Bel is a leader in agrifood production, marketing its five star brands (La vache qui rit, Mini Babybel, Kiri, Leerdammer, Boursin), as well as more than 20 strong local brands, across five continents. The Group employs 11,300 people, has a turnover of 2.4 billion euros and has 25 production sites throughout the world. Recently

Producing high-quality champagne takes time and expertise; ensuring consistent quality requires precision process control and a reliable infrastructure. For CRVC (Coopérative Régionales des Vins de Champagne) the installation of a special disgorging line required expert support, which was delivered through a partnership with Bürkert. As part of a

Buck Systems, part of GEA Pharma Systems based in Birmingham, has sub-contracted Bürkert's pneumatic control systems for it's powder processing plant. The equipment is used in one of the worlds largest and most advanced tablet manufacturing plants in the Far East. Burkert designed and manufactured a complete pneumatic control system for vibrating

Bürkert has enabled a UK-based malt processer to complete a cost-effective retrofit solution for two hundred third-party valves, upgrading them with Bürkert Type 8691 control heads to keep the full complement operational for years to come. The food and beverage industry uses process control valves extensively to manage the flow of liquids and

In many waterworks, the addition of oxidation air is performed manually by means of simple mechanical valves. With this procedure, an experienced waterworks supervisor can guarantee the quality of the drinking water – but the procedure can neither be traced nor documented and manual readjustment can be costly and time­-consuming. Bürkert provided a packaged, problem-solving solution

The Bran Sands influent monitoring kiosk was supplied to Northumbrian Water in April 2007, and was sized to accommodate four ProAm ammonia monitors, which allowed space for additional instruments. All of the sample distribution was preformed using stainless pipework. Fused spurs were attached to each analyser and signals were wired to a common