BMA Info 53/2015

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A successful year for BMA America

New projects and new colleagues in Colorado.

Breaking new ground in Central America

Last year, a total of four top sugar producers in Central America decided to upgrade their plants. They opted for BMA products – breaking new ground for sugar factories in the region.

Installation and commissioning of a pan seeding system

In the beet sugar industry, pan seeding systems have been established for a long time. BMA has now successfully applied the process in the cane sugar industry.

Manufacturing and service – BMA Brazil expands its capacities

In 2012, BMA set up its subsidiary BMA Brasil Equipamentos Industriais Ltda. – who has since gone from strength to strength. A new production and service centre opened in Indaiatuba in early September 2014.

Interview

BMA Info talks to Igor Djoukwé

A force, to be reckoned with

BMA MENA Industries are going from strength to strength as a design and service provider in the Middle East and North Africa.

Agrosnabsakhar – How a project turned into a big surprise

On first contact with the Agrosnabsakhar sugar factory, nobody at BMA could have foreseen how this collaboration would grow.

Russian pioneers – VKT for a competitive edge

The Russian sugar industry is driving the extension and upgrade of its production sites and BMA plays a key role in this development. The result: a significant increase in output.

Four companies, three continents, two years, one goal

Together with Etihad Food Industries, the BMA Group has got a large-scale project off the ground – collaboration at its best.

Innovations for better performance – A new drying and cooling plant

A good cooling and drying system is the key to high sugar quality. Reason enough for BMA to continuously enhance this equipment, launching new and innovative products on the market.

A premiere in Pakistan – Successful commissioning of two falling-film evaporators

Reducing consumption of resources to a minimum while enhancing performance – those were the objectives for a factory in Pakistan specified in the order JDW Sugar Mills Ltd. placed with BMA.

Indian Cane Power Ltd.– More revenue thanks to co-generation

Indian Cane Power Ltd. (ICPL) relies on bagasse for power generation. For several years now, BMA has helped the company implement its innovative concepts with numerous supplies of equipment.

Uzbekistan‘s most cutting-edge factory

The Angren Shakar refinery was commissioned in August 2014.

Expanding centrifugal production for China

In 2014, BMA China expanded its assembly range to include not only continuous centrifugals but also batch-type machines (see also BMA Info 52/2014). The model in question belongs to the well-established and reliable B series.

Centrifugals from BMA: Made in Germany

2014 was a truly international year, also for BMA‘s product business: customers on all continents opted for BMA centrifugals.

BMA Automation: a complex factory acceptance test

With the supply of the process control system including all key electrical equipment, BMA Automation was involved in the design of the new refinery in Iraq right from the start. The complex factory acceptance test was a major milestone on the path to the finished plant.

Scientific exchange across the globe – BMA at international conferences

BMA has been presenting the latest developments from current international sugar industry projects at conferences across the globe. The report on the upgrade and capacity extension of the ICPL cane sugar factory is a recent outstanding example.

Engineering projects for the cane and beet sugar industries

In the beet sugar industry, pan seeding systems have been established for a long time. BMA has now successfully applied the process in the cane sugar sector.

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19.05.2016

At last: centrifugals made in Brazil

BMA Brazil starts with local centrifugal production

In the second half of 2014, BMA Brazil started to manufacture centrifugals. Today, the company is well on its way to establishing the BMA Group permanently on the Brazilian market. Taking into account local requirements has been a major factor in this development.

Centrifugals made in Brazil

The best choice for the largest market

Brazil is the world's largest sugar producer and exporter. Even before BMA centrifugals were introduced, the decision had therefore been made to position BMA on this market with state-of-the-art centrifugal technology. BMA's batch centrifugals of the E series (E1810) and continuous centrifugals of the K series (K3300) were chosen for this task. One reason was that both models meet the requirements of the latest international safety standards for machinery. A key factor was their compliance with the safety and ergonomics provisions of the Brazilian regulatory standards*, issued by the Brazilian Ministry of Labour and Employment.

BMA Brazil had completed major groundwork before production could start. The centrifugals made in Brazil have a domestically manufactured share of more than 60 % and are therefore eligible for state funding for buyers. In addition to the centrifugals themselves, the BMA Brazil factory at Indaiatuba, roughly 80 km from São Paulo, also manufactures operator panels and machine controls. As production is starting, two BMA centrifugals have demonstrated in operation that the market launch benefits everybody. An E1810 type centrifugal has been running at the Santa Cruz factory since May 2014, and a K3300 type machine at the Zilor sugar factory. Both have been operating without any interruptions for almost two campaigns.

The initial manufacturing and acceptance tests were attended by BMA staff from Germany, while Brazilian engineers took over assembly. This was an opportunity to train the Brazilian team in the maintenance and repair of mechanical centrifugal parts and the electrical system, so they would be able to offer local customers an even better after-sales service. To complete the training, the service technicians were enabled to service the automation and process technology systems.

 

*NR 12 Segurança no Trabalho em Máquinas e Equipamentos (Safety at work for machinery and plants) and NR 17 Ergonomia (Ergonomics)

 

Henrique Degen
BMA Brazil
hdegen@bma-br.com

Reinaldo Scherner
BMA Brazil
info@bma-br.com