Südzucker AG - GH180 GenV 10kV - The most compact drive ever Food and Beverage, Germany

Südzucker AG - GH180 GenV 10kV - The most compact drive ever 

Food and Beverage, Germany

Food & Beverages

Südzucker

Completion: 2018

Südzucker

Südzucker plant, Zeitz, Germany

Customer Situation / Objectives

Use of existing motor, no replacement

High efficiency drive

Heat exchanger

Solution/Service Description

The overall goal was to save energy costs and increase productivity. Solution for this is a combination of the existing motor in addition with the brand new SINAMICS PERFECT HARMONY GH180. In total now a high efficient System, which saves the customer a lot of money.

Customer Benefit

„The results are impressive. The quality of the output voltage is close to perfect sine wave shape and most of all the performance of the drive system increased by 20% while the energy losses could be reduced by 25%“

Stefan Rosenkranz, Südzucker AG

SINAMICS PERFECT HARMONY GH180 5th 

Generation - 10 kV (China version)

Best in class footprint

Retrofit with existing Motor

Very good customer relation, due to excellent sales contact in the region.

Best product offering - with new GH180 GenV drive

Location / Project Description

At this long-standing combined site with an industrial history of over 150 years, four industry units have been created since 1993 including the sugar factory, the bioethanol plant, the CO2 liquefaction plant and the wheat starch factory. Factory and production performance Sugar from beets has been produced at the Zeitz mill for over 150 years. This makes the city one of the most tradition-rich locations of Germany's sugar industry. The new Zeitz factory was built in 1993 to replace the original operation, which dated back to 1858. It is one of the major new sugar mills built in Germany's new states following the reunification. The factory operates twenty-four hours per day during the campaign, which lasts from September to January. About 12,500 tonnes of beets are delivered and converted to syrup and sugar daily. A significant amount of the beet syrup produced daily is stored and converted to sugar together with syrup from the sister factory in Brottewitz during a syrup campaign in the spring/summer of the following year. As a result, a large part of the plant is fully loaded almost year-round. The sugar produced at the plant meets the average annual needs of over five million consumers. Employees Most workers are specialists qualified to handle the sugar extraction equipment, as well as repair and maintain the sophisticated technical systems. Partnership with farmers Südzucker Group relies on its close partnership with the agricultural industry. 800 farmers plant sugar beets for the factory. The fields are located in the state of Thuringia, the southern part of Saxony-Anhalt and West Saxony. Beet cultivation and payment are regulated by a contract. In areas such as beet growing and the associated logistics, among others, Südzucker and farmers work in partnership in order to ensure that the quality of the raw materials supplied to the factories; i.e., beets, is the best possible, and that they arrive at the right time. Brand with a long-standing tradition: Zeitz Sugar The local region is very important to Zeitz. For decades, sugar from Zeitz has been seen as a top Sachsen-Anhalt brand, for example Zeitz sugar in one-kilogram packages. The sugar produced at the Zeitz plant for the secondary processing industry is shipped loose in dry bulk containers, twenty-five and fifty-kilogram sacks or big bags.