1. The Challenge

At one of the world’s largest wheat beer breweries, filling, cleaning (CIP), transport, and water treatment must operate reliably and consistently around the clock. Fluctuations in hygiene, cleaning chemicals, conveyor belt lubrication, or water quality would immediately lead to quality risks, downtime, or increased resource consumption. At the same time, the use of chemicals and water must remain as efficient as possible. The company was looking for a solution that reliably and uniformly safeguards several critical process steps.

2. The sera Solution

Erdinger has relied on sera dosing pumps and dosing systems for nearly 30 years—today, around 150 systems are in use. Among other things, they handle belt lubrication, chemical dosing for CIP cleaning processes (lye, acid, disinfectants), as well as tasks in process and wastewater treatment. For CIP cleaning, CVD-type compact dosing systems are used, which supply cleaning chemicals in defined concentrations as needed. All systems used are designed to meet hygiene standards and eliminate dead spaces where residues or germs could accumulate. Additionally, the brewing water treatment from the company’s own wells is stabilized via dosing as needed.

3. Customer Benefits

• Consistent and reproducible product quality across all production stages
• Safe, economical CIP cleaning process with optimized chemical and water consumption
• Smooth material flow through controlled belt lubrication
• More sustainable management of process and wastewater

4. Brief Summary

The Erdinger example shows: Consistent beer quality is the result of stably controlled ancillary processes – from cleaning to water treatment.