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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23.10.2014

BMA attends trade events in Brazil

The BMA Group is aiming for greater brand visibility and promoting its products for sugar cane and alcohol, hence its attendance of two major international trade events in Brazil in 2013.

Positive response from trade visitors

The first event was the 28th Sugar Cane Congress, organised by the International Society of Sugar Cane Technologists (ISSCT) and held from 24 to 27 June in São Paulo. After 1977 and 1989, this was Brazil’s third time as the host country – which clearly shows the major role it plays in this sector. Researchers and scientists from a range of countries attended the 2013 event, presenting more than 500 papers and topics.

Dr. Andreas Lehnberger from BMA Germany presented a study entitled “Falling-film evaporator plant for a cane sugar factory: presentation of the concept and operating results”. This had been prepared in collaboration with Indian Cane Power (ICPL). The findings presented show the excellent performance of BMA falling-film evaporators in the cane sugar industry and made a lasting impression on trade visitors from Brazil and other countries. At the end of the presentation, there were many requests for more technical details for this type of equipment.

A fascinating look inside the centrifugal

The second major event was the FENASUCRO trade fair, the largest of its kind for the sugar and alcohol industry. This was held from 27 to 30 August in Sertãozinho, in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. Sertãozinho is considered Brazil’s most important centre for the manufacture of machinery for the sugar and alcohol industry.

It is the fourth consecutive time that BMA has attended the fair. This year’s highlight of the BMA exhibition stand was a K3300 continuous centrifugal, which attracted a good many visitors. The assets of this machine, which had been brought to Brazil especially for the occasion, were clearly visible.

To permit visitors to look inside the centrifugal, one of the side panels and the cover for screen installation had been made from transparent material. Anyone interested could thus see for themselves the perfect state and outstanding design on the inside of the machine. All surfaces of the centrifugal on show that come into contact with the massecuite, syrup or any liquids are made from stainless steel. The machine’s high- lights include its innovative design and easy-to- handle compact size. With its low height, the centrifugal also permits a view of the basket, a new staged-type basket with two inclination angles, which contributes significantly to the outstanding technical performance of the K3300. The stainless steel operator panel also impressed visitors: as it is positioned on the centrifugal at an easily accessible height for the operator, it permits easy control of the process.

Worldwide sales of the K3300 have been very successful since its market launch in 2009, and it was clearly very popular in Brazil, too.

Henrique Degen
BMA Brasil
hdegen@bma-br.com