The Pyraser Landbrauerei brewery from Franconia can look back on an eventful company history. Pyraser started out in 1870 with its first country beers on the domestic market; now the brewery has invested in an efficient and automated glass filler from KHS.
Seven days from installation to the start of production: that was the clear target set by Pyraser Landbrauerei. „It was successful open-heart surgery where nothing was allowed to go wrong,“ says master brewer Helmut Sauerhammer. The brewery had successively modernised its bottle cellar and invested in the KHS Innofill Glass DRS glass filler.
Those responsible in Bavaria were initially convinced by the Consumption data and the essential for beer bottling low-oxygen filling process. The patented KHS DRS-ZMS filling process consumes just 210 grams of CO2 per hectolitre of beer.
„We need significantly less carbon dioxide compared to the standard market value with equally good or even better residual oxygen values,“ says Mike Herrmann, KHS Sales Germany and responsible for the project.
Another speciality: the Pyraser Landbrauerei screws their beer bottles with aluminium caps. This would actually force more oxygen into the container due to the larger volume compared to classic crown caps - this would be disadvantageous for beer because the product ages more quickly.
However, to minimise the oxygen input, the KHS glass filler sprays the aluminium roll-on caps with CO2 into the capper. Thanks to this joint development with the brewery, the very good oxygen values in the bottle are identical to those with a crown cork closure.
Increasing efficiency
In addition, the Innofill Glass DRS works with automatic CIP caps. „On the one hand, cleaning is considerably simplified due to the significantly lower operating effort. On the other hand, the resulting time savings also increase the efficiency of our production,“ says Sauerhammer.
Manual intervention is reduced, as is the case with the tool-free format part change with the hygienic QUICKLOCK quick locking system. The programme works Automated and at the touch of a button.
Previously, employees had to manually apply the CIP caps to the filling valves. Now, cleaning processes can be scheduled at specific times. preset. They start automatically, manual intervention is not necessary. In addition, potential contamination of the filler, as was previously possible by manually applying the CIP caps, is prevented.
Water consumption significantly reduced
The new investment is also impressive in terms of sustainability. The ECO vacuum pump significantly reduces water consumption thanks to a separate cooling circuit, meaning that the Pyraser Landbrauerei only 80 litres of water per hour instead of 800 litres consumed.
With the Innofill Glass DRS, breweries benefit from the latest technologies from the high-performance sector as well as from the clearly structured machine design, which considerably simplifies both operation and the entire production process.
The Pyraser Landbrauerei brewery fills up to 26,000 bottles of beer or up to 24,000 bottles of soft drinks and this since the commissioning smoothly, as Sauerhammer emphasises. „I've never seen the first bottled product ready for sale in such a short time as in this case. We are delighted.“
Source: KHS
