The Brewery Leibinger in Ravensburg in southern Germany can already look back on over 125 years of tradition. Just as traditionally, the company sees itself in a pioneering role in using new technologies and processes to consistently and reliably ensure the best possible quality of its products. Leibinger was one of the very first breweries to use Siemens Braumatik process control and crossflow membrane filtration to replace diatomite. Today, the entire team continues to live this spirit, always looking for and finding new ideas to make the brewing process even more reliable, consistent and efficient. This use of high level automation and high-precision sensor technologies ensures that the growing customer base can always and consistently enjoy the best beer.
"At Leibinger, innovations, further developments, and continuous improvements are in the genes. With Anderson-Negele, its sensors, and its support, we have an excellent partner to implement this principle in the best possible way."
— Johannes Kehrer, Head of maintenance
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The Brewery Leibinger in Ravensburg in southern Germany can already look back on over 125 years of tradition. Just as traditionally, the company sees itself in a pioneering role in using new technologies and processes to consistently and reliably ensure the best possible quality of its products. Leibinger was one of the very first breweries to use Siemens Braumatik process control and crossflow membrane filtration to replace diatomite. Today, the entire team continues to live this spirit, always looking for and finding new ideas to make the brewing process even more reliable, consistent and efficient. This use of high level automation and high-precision sensor technologies ensures that the growing customer base can always and consistently enjoy the best beer.
Johannes Kehrer, Head of Maintenance, is responsible for the smooth running of the entire brewing and manufacturing process, which produces 16 different beer specialties. Brauerei Leibinger thus offers its customers a broad range of drinking pleasures at the highest level of quality. The consumers should be able to rely on what they get, making fluctuations in the quality of their products out of the question for Kehrer. He sees automation as the appropriate approach for many process steps to achieving this goal and constantly tests new techniques or products. Additional benefits are increased efficiency and yield in production. The noticeably improved sustainability through less consumption of resources, water, and energy are welcome side effects.
Lauter tun::
"Saving 3-4 minutes for each batch, that‘s again something gained."
Yeast harvest:
"In a brewery of this size, 2 to 3 people are usually in the lager cellar alone. With us, one person can manage that alone."
"With the intelligent use of sensor technology, we can automate the simple process sequences, and the employees can concentrate on the really relevant and demanding tasks."
Process monitoring:
CIP control:
"We always find an open ear and partnership-based advice at Anderson-Negele when we want to implement a new project for process optimization. Also, new sensor types or improved product characteristics of the measuring systems always offer new opportunities for improvement."
For example, plans are already underway to automate the bunging process, which will use P41 pressure sensors to monitor the CO2 content in the pressure tanks. Initial test runs have also been carried out for the production of alcohol-free beer. A particular type of yeast is used here, which, according to Kehrer, offers a significantly better beer taste but is much more demanding in the brewing process. The high measuring accuracy of the sensors is paramount here so that temperature, pressure, and all other parameters can be precisely adjusted to the sensitivity of this yeast. For such requirements, too, Johannes Kehrer is sure that he has the right partner.
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