AFRY supplies turnkey solutions to the Nordic food industry

As a specialist in food processing and manufacturing, AFRY delivers projects and services that help increase productivity, improve quality and reduce production costs.

AFRY are specialists in process and manufacturing systems and solutions for the Nordic food industry both when it comes to handling raw materials and consumer products.

The AFRY name is a combination of letters in ÅF and Pöyry, who joined forces in 2019.

In the recent years, AFRY has experienced great progress for the part of the business, which is aimed at the food industry. AFRY provides a high level of advisory services and projects within the automation, process and building industry. The cooperation between the various competencies are strong and has led to many common projects in all of the Nordic countries.

Being an independent supplier, as well as possessing a unique combination of highly specialized competencies within process technology and automation, AFRY offers solutions that are tailormade to the customers’ needs. Through corporation internally and across national borders, AFRY is able to lift significant projects, while maintaining closeness to the customers at the same time.

Product safety and hygienic design

What is unique in the food sector compared to other industry sectors is the product safety, which ensures safety of the consumer. Product safety is achieved only if the whole supply chain is designed

for this purpose. In the food manufacturing industry this is regulated with laws and standards, which are essential to be familiar with in order to be able to become a successful player in the sector.

An important part of product safety is applying hygienic design as part of every project design. Hygienic design principles are implemented to prevent contamination by making the process and the equipment cleanable and avoiding foreign objects and external contamination sources. Hygienic design consists of factory design and process engineering. Factory design aimed at product safety should consider how to minimize and eliminate product safety risks in the environment.

Process engineering aimed at hygiene must consider that the production process is cleanable and there are no places for micro-organisms to hide and grow. It is achieved with the right equipment, materials and design.

AFRY has a deep knowledge of the requirements within the food sector and demands related to hygienic design and product safety. Together with strong local presence this makes AFRY relevant for our customers in the Nordic market. One of AFRY’s latest orders in Norway makes a good example of this.

Approved by Norway’s most historic ice cream maker

Hennig-Olsen Is is the oldest ice cream producer in the Nordic region. The factory in Kristiansand produces approximately 32 million litres of ice cream and frozen desserts every year, which represents nearly half of the Norwegian ice cream market. After inviting tenders from a number of companies, Hennig-Olsen has selected AFRY as supplier of much of the new processing plant.

In the past ten years, the company has enjoyed steady sales and production growth. This increase in production has been achieved to date by utilizing existing capacity. The time is now ripe to upgrade much of the processing plant to modern new technology that will improve capacity, flexibility and ensure stable quality. The new solution will also reduce energy consumption and wastage in production. - Hennig-Olsen Is is a new customer for us and we look forward to working with them. This is a strategically important project for us, and we won the contract in tough competition with other suppliers, says Hans Vedde, Manager of Food & Pharma at AFRY in Norway.

AFRY will supply, install and commission two processing plants, a wet mix plant, a tank group and a valve matrix, as well as delivering project management, process design, pumps and the associated instrumentation.

On top of the selection as supplier for the processing part, AFRY has also been selected as sup-

plier for automation and electrical installation for the wet mix plant as well as the existing CIP plant. The project is executed on Siemens S7 and Wonderware IAS, as HMI system. The delivery also contains MCC, remote I/O, frequency converters, and associated commissioning.

Supplier of turnkey solutions

AFRY design and implement compliant, effective, safe, and environmentally friendly production lines and plants in close cooperation with the customer. This project for Hennig Olsen Is is a major component of AFRY’s continued focus on turnkey supplies for the food industry in Norway. - AFRY’s extensive operations in food and pharma worldwide mean that we have access to a wide range of skills across national borders, in this case through colleagues in Denmark. At the same time, we’re also strengthening our Norwegian specialist design and automation team with more engineers, says Vedde.

Contact:

AFRY Susanne Clausen, Senior Sales Engineer M: +45 3060 8290 / T: +45 4343 1400 susanne.clausen@afry.com https://afry.com/da-dk

The new processing plant is planned for completion in Q1 2022.

Au2mate

– Your 360° Solution Provider

Au2mate develops and delivers complete automation solutions with special focus on process optimisation and minimising waste, energy consumption, and carbon footprints.

Standard Dairy library

Our solution designs emphasise a high level of user-friendliness, operational reliability, and optimal use of Industry 4.0 technologies to safeguard your investment. We offer training programmes for both operating and technical staff at our training centre, Au2mate Academy, and competent support via our 24/7 Hotline.

We have many years of experience in the field of process automation. We have developed a structured work method, and with efficient knowledgesharing tools, we can guarantee rapid delivery of top-quality solutions at competitive prices.

Au2mate’s standard dairy library is the result of our comprehensive experience within the dairy sector and provides our customers with a state-ofthe-art dairy automation framework covering all automation elements from top floor to shop floor. The library includes all major dairy processes - e.g. CIP, pasteurisation, mixing, tank control, transfer lines as well as associated traceability, operator dialogue and reporting.

The Au2mate dairy automation framework is based on products from world leading suppliers e.g. Siemens, Allen Bradley, Wonderware, CISCO, Microsoft, and embedded Industry 4.0 technologies and includes standard software building blocks structured according to S88 & S95 covering: control modules, equipment modules and units. Hereby ensuring scalability, plant uptime and lowest cost of ownership.

Products

To support and complement our software activities and to add further value to our customers, Au2mate has developed several products with elements in the industrial digitalisation segment. • The Au2mate OEE Module is matured and has now been implemented in more than 50 lines on several sites. • Our documentation tool, DocModule, is a strong tool offering operators and maintenance staff full control and easy access to plant documentation via QR code scan.

MASStermate standardisation units

• The new data analysis module for analysing, optimising and documenting processes in plant equipment is currently in the final stage of pilot testing before release to market. • The MASStermate standardisation unit for automatic high accuracy standardising of fat % in cream and milk has been installed in several process lines. The flexibility in the offered solutions means that our customers can design a tailored solution for seamless integration into the overall control system. Standardisation (batch or in-line) on fat, protein, and dry matter in e.g. a cheese milk tank is offered as an add-on to the MASStermate.

Total dairy automation solutions from Au2mate offer the full package inclusive of training in the Au2mate Academy as well as after sales service and 24/7 HOTLINE support securing our customer’s investment throughout the lifecycle of the automation system.

Training and support

To ensure the proper education when handling the new control system, Au2mate offers training of operators and technical staff. The Au2mate Academy is a knowledge centre and small-scale dairy where we can educate and train customers ensuring the optimal usage of any dairy plant. The Au2mate Academy offers training in dairy automation and has a large variety of standard courses as well as special courses tailored for customer needs. The courses can be held at the Au2mate Academy or at the customer site – this helps the operators feel better prepared when working with their new automation system.

Our service agreement - 24/7 HOTLINE - consists of complete service package to the systems that Au2mate has developed and delivered in cooperation with our customers. The services are based on customer needs and build on Au2mate core competencies and experience within automation that include instrumentation, PLC, SCADA and MES.

The 24/7 HOTLINE service agreement ensures customers fast and professional assistance in case of breakdown – securing optimal running time of the dairy plants.

Proactive partner

Moving forward, Au2mate strives to be a proactive partner in the continuous optimisation of the dairies.

In case more information is required, please do not hesitate to contact us at www.au2mate.dk or by telephone +45 8720 5050.

5 quick facts about Au2mate

• Founded in 2001. N.

FOSS & Co became major shareholder of Au2mate in 2018. • Delivers total end to end dairy automation solutions. • 130 employees at 9 offices in Denmark, Norway,

Sweden, Germany, UK,

UAE, and Australia with comprehensive experience in dairy automation. • Project-oriented, has delivered more than 2000 projects: PLC, SCADA,

MES and ERP integration to dairies throughout the world, including the Nordic countries, Europe, the

Middle East and Africa,

America and Asia. • Supplies solutions based on open standard platforms and internationally recognised methods for software development and project management. Features Au2mate

Academy technology transfer and training as well as 24/7 service and support.

BAUMER – WHEN IT COMES TO FLOW METERS

A milliliter makes all the difference – save costs with the precise electromagnetic flow meters from Baumer.

The electromagnetic flow meters from Baumer allow efficient process monitoring thanks to their very precise, reliable, and reproducible measurement results. Volumetric flow, flow velocity, and temperature measurement – three of the most important variables for efficient process control combined in a single sensor, the electromagnetic flow meter. Baumer is introducing two new product series at once – the compact PF55S for industrial applications and the PF75H/S series. The latter measures media from a conductivity of 5 µS/cm and is available in a hygienic as well as a robust industrial design. The flow meters are suitable for high flow velocities up to 10 m/s.

The advantage during processing: Exact dosage. No energy loss. Save costs.

Thanks to the sophisticated design of their sensor, the electromagnetic flow meters from Baumer allow particularly precise, long-term stable, and reliable measurement results with an accuracy of up to 0.2%. Based on the highly precise measurements of the volumetric flow and the flow velocity, tasks such as volume balancing, mixing, and dosage processes can be optimized and controlled very accurately. This allows the very precise use of resources, such as liquid foods, chemicals, or fresh and sewage water and minimizes the waste of resources. The coreless air coils generate a stable, temperatureindependent magnetic field. In addition, the stable performance with a continuous, constriction-free measurement tube or fittings of the PF75 series also contribute to the efficient process control. This prevents pressure loss in the system, while the performance of the pump, and thus the energy consumption, can be optimally controlled.

All information at a glance

The flow meters PF75H & S are optionally available with the Baumer CombiSeries DFON display. For increasingly complex and demanding process monitoring and control, the DFON offers an easy yet efficient monitoring of the measured values. The sensor can be programmed directly via the touch display and all required information is displayed in such that they can be seen at a single glance even from the distance.

The electromagnetic flow meters from Baumer are available with all standard process connections for hygienic and industrial applications with customized, temperature- and vacuum-resistant linings for all media as well as a large range of pipe diameters from DN3 to DN250. The flow sensors are configured via the BCP operating and control software.

The new Baumer PF75 and PF55 magnetic flow meters are available in Scandinavia via our sales offices in Denmark and Sweden, as well as at our distributor Sigum Fagerberg, who has recently been appointed sole Baumer process sensor distributor in Norway.

Company contact:

Mikkel Damkjær Hansen Sales & Marketing Manager Baumer A/S Phone +45 89317611 mdhansen@baumer.com www.baumer.com