Drives for conveyors in food and beverage applications

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Drives for conveyors

Maximize conveyor uptime

Ensure maximized uptime and the lowest cost of ownership for conveyors in dry, wet or aseptic areas. Danfoss solutions ensure high energy efficiency whilst providing optimized motor control, improved quality and product consistency, minimized waste and optimized filling and packaging areas.

For highly sensitive product lines, such as conveyors for still bottled water and alcohol-free beer or new materials for packaging and bottles, Danfoss is unique in offering IPA compliant solutions for use in hygiene-critical sub-systems.

Discover how to maximize uptime with the VLT® FlexConcept® system

VLT® FlexConcept® combines modern motor technology with the most advanced inverter drives in a flexible unified drive system offering high efficiency, robust reliability and variant reduction.

Reduce spare parts stock

The VLT® FlexConcept® system simplifies project planning, installation, commissioning and maintenance, especially for conveyor systems. System variants can be reduced by up to 70% so users benefit from maximum flexibility with a minimum number of modules. The system comprises only 3 gear motor variants to optimize your spare parts stock. Motors and drives in the VLT® FlexConcept® system offer a unified operating concept and standardized functionality regardless of whether the system is implemented with a centralized or decentralized structure.

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    Maximizing uptime for high-volume bottle filling

    To meet new standards for uptime, flexibility, and energy efficiency, Pivara Skopje’s RGB line needed modernization. The ideal VSDs? VLT® FlexConcept®

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    Brewing up real change at HEINEKEN

    With the European beer market expected to grow 15.2% by 2025, HEINEKEN understands that to meet demand, its production line must always be up to the task – with all assets expected to deliver a consistently reliable and excellent performance. At Den Bosch brewery, the tough working environment posed several challenges. The solution was an upgrade using drives with integrated condition-based monitoring.

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    Ready-made sauces the sustainable way

    ITALY: The home of pasta is also the seat of sustainable sauces. From Barilla’s Rubbiano plant, in the heart of the Parma food district, over 150 million jars of ready-made pasta sauce leave every year for tables all over the world. A plant expansion completed in 2019 uses more than 400 gear motors and decentralized drives from Danfoss to reduce complexity, optimize space, and minimize carbon footprint.

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    Bottling is more competitive when it is sensorless

    To achieve higher productivity and energy efficiency on two new bottling lines, Tavina chose the Danfoss VLT® FlexConcept drive system.

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    Danish Crown super slaughterhouse saves 30 tEUR annually on motor replacement

    The 1,000 VLT® drives installed throughout the plant control everything from simple conveyor belts to more advanced applications.

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    VLT® Midi Drive optimizes efficiency in Brazilian biscuit factory

    Original equipment manufacturer, Ariete, delivers quality and a competitive edge using the same drive for different applications.

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