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For many years, GEA Westfalia Separator Group has been successfully supporting the production of high-quality bioethanol with separators and decanters. In cooperation with science, research and industry, we are not only working towards improving the efficiency of existing processes; we are also focusing on the technical and economic utilization of renewable energies of the second and third generations, for instance biomass on the basis of cellulose.

High-performance separators from GEA Westfalia Separator for kieselguhr-free beer filtration

GEA Westfalia Separator Group offers innovative processes and systems which can be used across a wide range of production stages and ensure highest quality and economy – from table wine to wines from specially selected grapes such as “Beerenauslese”.

Besides centrifugation with decanters and separators, the company is also a specialist in membrane filtration with ceramic elements. GEA Westfalia Separator Group therefore represents the complete spectrum of mechanical separation technology from diverse preliminary process stages through coarse and fine clarification right up to polishing.

Separators and decanters have been the main machines in the manufacture of beer for decades. In the decisive steps of the process, they ensure economical operation and a high quality of beer. As a specialist in the the field of centrifugal separation technology, GEA Westfalia Separator Group offers separators and decanters for all specific requirements.

There is no doubt – the process stage of recovering beer from surplus yeast and tank bottoms offers considerable earnings potential. Tap this potential with the technology leader GEA Westfalia Separator Group, the only provider of the key technologies for beer recovery: high-performance separators, high-performance decanters, nozzle separators.

Our process specialists jointly identify the most cost-effective process together with you. The process of developing the solution is determined by your specifications such as size of operation, product parameters and product quality.

Aseptic process management, optimum cleaning capability, closed product handling, reliable compliance with GMP requirements, gentle product treatment, efficient recovery of active ingredients and reliable scale-up – the requirements of pharmaceutical biotechnology are high. With separators designed specifically for this sector, GEA Westfalia Separator Group stands for reliable compliance with these requirements.

One for All: The convincing features of Westfalia Separator® ecoforce are the identical design of all model sizes, flexible options and specially implemented service package.

This newly developed generation of decanters has been re-designed from the bottom up to suit current customer requirements, starting with all model sizes being of identical design. If you know one, you know them all, making things much easier for operating and maintenance staff. It also has a long-term positive impact on the availability of spare parts.

The uniform concept involves a “modular” principle, allowing its engineering to be adapted to a customer’s application-specific requirements even more simply and precisely than ever. Whether the customer requires low or high torque, low or high differential speeds, a flat or a steep cone, oil or grease lubrication, hot or normal running, open or hygienically closed discharge, whatever the type of wear protection for bowl and scroll or the special-grade steels used: every property can be perfectly matched to product and process. Subsequent modifications are also possible: the intelligent design means that individual components are easy and quick to replace if process requirements change, for example, or if the decanter is to be used for other products.

Our Original Manufacturer Service system, Westfalia Separator® directcare, was integrated specifically for this new range of decanters to ensure maximum availability of systems. Never before have customer expectations and requests for improvement been implemented more comprehensively than they have in this case, in the form of optional services which can be secured by contract. Westfalia Separator® ecoforce is a customized system which is economic for the user and can moreover be planned in advance.

Treatment of waste oil with the aid of centrifugal separation technology

The GEA Westfalia Separator Service Center in Hamburg is available 24 hours, 7 days a week. Located in Hamburg-Harburg we we offer all service features under one roof on an area of 3.400 m² for repair shop, spare part warehouse, training-center and offices.

Within the short distance from the motorways and Hamburg Airport as well as the port of Hamburg we can offer immediate delivery of our service features worldwide.

Our Service Center is ISO 9001 certified.

The BilgeMaster, SludgeMaster and CombiMaster systems from GEA Westfalia Separator
secure the oceans’ sensitive ecosystems extremely effectively and also provide protection for the value of the operators investment.

The main benefits of the systems are the high separating efficiency, continuous unmanned operation combined with pronounced service friendliness and, of course, the significantly reduced disposal costs associated with the method.

The systems meet the prevailing statutory regulations of the IMO with a residual oil content of much less than 15 ppm. The systems have been awarded type approval according to the IMO Resolution MEPC 107(49). With an additional facility, the BilgeMaster can even achieve a residual oil content of less than 5 ppm.