Granarolo relies on GEA Ariete NS 5355
GEA Niro Soavi wins the worldwide challenge of high pressure homogenizers thanks to a unique bundling of technology. In February 2010, the highlight of GEA Niro Soavi homogenizers, the new Ariete NS 5355, was successfully implemented in the production line of Granarolo Pasturago di Verante factory.
GEA Niro Soavi wins the worldwide challenge of high pressure homogenizers thanks to a unique bundling of technology. In February 2010, the highlight of GEA Niro Soavi homogenizers, the new Ariete NS 5355, was successfully implemented in the production line of Granarolo Pasturago di Verante factory.
Ariete NS 5355 immediately showed its advantages in terms of performance and reliability: an efficient level of homogenization, perfect synergy and integration of the unit within the rest of the plant, continuous and efficient output, excellent accessibility to mechanical components with a clear easiness of maintenance.
Technological innovation
Unique in the market in terms of its compactness and 5-piston power, Ariete NS 5355 is currently the only homogenizer combining versatility, power, performance, reliability, ease of use and energy efficiency. One of its greatest innovations is the maximization of gearbox performance thanks to the exclusive use of an integrated epicyclic reduction gear. This allows the homogenizer's traditional range of applications to be extended to new products that require high production capacities at high operating pressures.
Project Development
The unit was successfully commissioned out in Granarolo's factory. The unit is completely automated and allows for efficient communication and integration with the rest of the plant that was also in a start-up phase.
Once the plant was set up, the first process simulations were made with water thus allowing GEA Niro Soavi's technical team to carry out complete and relevant operating tests on the Ariete NS 5355 homogenizer in fully sterile conditions and to verify its performance at several pressures. Following the positive outcome first of water-based testing and then of pilot production with milk, Granarolo's plant shifted to milk processing beginning September 2010.
Today Ariete NS 5355 operates on average 20/22 hours continuously and is constantly monitored by production operators through an integrated control system with touch-screen interface transmitting data on the production progress. Thanks to the high efficiency homogenizing valve NanoVALVE™ - one of GEA Niro Soavi's exclusive patents – the same homogenization performance could be obtained with a 15% reduction in the pressure traditionally used by the client for this kind of product and consequently with a simultaneous energy saving.
The innovative self-diagnostic and remote control system will also allow GEA Niro Soavi's technicians to constantly monitor the unit's activity through the Internet and report preemptively any wear or maintenance needs.
A unique bundling of technology, a fruitful cooperation with Granarolo S.p.A. and GEA's qualified personnel were the essential components that formed the success story for the company.
Technological innovation
Unique in the market in terms of its compactness and 5-piston power, Ariete NS 5355 is currently the only homogenizer combining versatility, power, performance, reliability, ease of use and energy efficiency. One of its greatest innovations is the maximization of gearbox performance thanks to the exclusive use of an integrated epicyclic reduction gear. This allows the homogenizer's traditional range of applications to be extended to new products that require high production capacities at high operating pressures.
Project Development
The unit was successfully commissioned out in Granarolo's factory. The unit is completely automated and allows for efficient communication and integration with the rest of the plant that was also in a start-up phase.
Once the plant was set up, the first process simulations were made with water thus allowing GEA Niro Soavi's technical team to carry out complete and relevant operating tests on the Ariete NS 5355 homogenizer in fully sterile conditions and to verify its performance at several pressures. Following the positive outcome first of water-based testing and then of pilot production with milk, Granarolo's plant shifted to milk processing beginning September 2010.
Today Ariete NS 5355 operates on average 20/22 hours continuously and is constantly monitored by production operators through an integrated control system with touch-screen interface transmitting data on the production progress. Thanks to the high efficiency homogenizing valve NanoVALVE™ - one of GEA Niro Soavi's exclusive patents – the same homogenization performance could be obtained with a 15% reduction in the pressure traditionally used by the client for this kind of product and consequently with a simultaneous energy saving.
The innovative self-diagnostic and remote control system will also allow GEA Niro Soavi's technicians to constantly monitor the unit's activity through the Internet and report preemptively any wear or maintenance needs.
A unique bundling of technology, a fruitful cooperation with Granarolo S.p.A. and GEA's qualified personnel were the essential components that formed the success story for the company.
Source: GEA Group
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