Flavourtech is transforming aroma recovery, extraction and evaporation solutions for the food and beverage industry supported by APS Industrial.
Founded in 1987, Flavourtech is a technology manufacturer specialising in aroma recovery, extraction, and evaporation solutions for the food and beverage, and pharmaceutical industries.
Located in the New South Wales Riverina region of Griffith, every piece of the company’s equipment is tailor-made and built in-house at their facility, working across tea and coffee through to dairy, pharmaceuticals, and more. Additionally, it exports to more than 60 countries around the world.
The Spinning Cone Column (SCC) is its flagship product and offered in multiple sizes, these units are now used in the coffee industry globally. Other applications of the SCC are also being achieved in other industries such as fruit and vegetables, dairy, and pharmaceuticals.
Flavourtech is committed to balancing its production and delivery demands swiftly and efficiently while maintaining the quality it is well known for. With that front of mind, they recently delivered their first fully integrated Siemens solution with the support of APS Industrial.
Partnering with APS Industrial
The integrated solution from APS featured Siemens SIMATIC PLCs and SINAMICS G220 variable speed drives to streamline the manufacturing process. What used to take around eight hours in factory testing of its old package has been reduced to 45 minutes of factory automation time.
On top of this, Flavouretch also effectively utilised the online Weidmüller Configurator tool to achieve efficiency gains when building out their motor control centres.
“APS Industrial has helped our motor control switchgear evolve,” said electrical design technician Steve Warton, Flavourtech.
“Our efficiencies have been through the roof in terms of how quick we can actually design our Motor Control Centres and get them out onto the workshop floor and onto our pieces of equipment.”
All of this, housed in market leading, Rittal enclosure technology. With the backing of APS’ portfolio of products, Flavourtech can execute their mission to deliver turnkey bespoke equipment nationally and internationally.
Simple planning tool for electrical designers
More than ever, engineering processes must be completed with greater speed, precision and efficiency. This requires intelligent tools that provide optimum support for complex planning processes.
The Weidmüller Configurator (WMC) is a configuration tool for seamless and secure planning of electrical systems as well as simple procurement and assembly of complete solutions. This free software enables users to unlock their potential of automated production from paperless production all the way up to automatic manufacturing – in just one tool.
From Wizards and Assistants that enable users to design complete applications within a few clicks – even without detailed product knowledge, through to integrated interfaces that allow product data and further information to be easily transferred between the WMC and all common engineering tools – from start to finish, the Weidmüller Configurator offers extensive support in all stages of the configuration process.
A broad industry portfolio
At the core of APS Industrial’s value proposition to Australian industry are their exclusive national distribution agreements with the world’s leading industrial manufacturers – led by Siemens, Weidmüller and Rittal. This exclusive local access to market leading technology and products makes APS Industrial a partner of choice for local food and beverage manufacturer’s like Flavoutech.
Whether it’s the new to market S7-1200 G2 PLC’s or SIMATIC G220 variable speed drives, if there is a technology to be leveraged, a solution to be achieved, a competitive advantage to be gained, APS Industrial prides itself on its ability to support local business with locally stocked products backed by local support and expertise.
“The first time I came to Griffith and met the team here at Flavourtech and saw what they were really about, I was blown away,” said state manager – NSW/QLD at APS Anthony Achermann. “We are immensely proud to be able to support their business.”
To help the food industry remain competitive and responsive to the demands of a rapidly evolving global market, APS brings an innovative and collaborative energy to advance the sector.
“We see APS Industrial as more than a part supplier; we see the company as an engineering provider,” said Andrew Menegazzo, Australian operations manager at Flavourtech. “We want to keep innovating, and with APS Industrial involved, we know we can do this together.”
For more information on this project story, including a video case study, please visit https://apsindustrial.com.au/integrated-siemens-solutions/