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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28.03.2014

Future Career Day 2014 at BMA

Be it the discovery of the company grounds, or the assembly of a centrifugal, the sugar production way from beet to bagging, or self-made small workpieces: The 27 girls and boys took part in this year’s Future Career Day at BMA with enthusiasm and great interest.

BMA’s Future Career Day on 27 March 2014 was rich in variety, informative and exciting for the interested girls and boys.

Visit of the manufacturing shops


Following a safety briefing by our colleague Wulf Schacht, which included the requirement to wear a helmet in the manufacturing shops and walking on designated paths inside the premises, the pupils started their discovery tour well-equipped.

Jens Dohnalek and Mark Bleskin made an interesting tour around the store for un-machined parts, the finishing shop and the production and loading halls. They extensively explained the machining shop, the machine construction shop, and the tank and apparatus construction shop. The assembly of centrifugals was explained to the young participants in detail, using the example of a B centrifugal.

In the subsequent cinema show about sugar production, Ingo Bardischewski illustrated the sugar way from beet processing to bagging.

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Vocational education at BMA


Before the pupils continued their tour to the trainee workshop, they could ask some questions and give comments during a refreshment break before lunch. One of the boys told of his grandfather, who had taken him along on a night tour with a large beet grubber. Another boy proudly told about his mum, who is working at BMA Automation.

After the lunch break with tasty spaghetti Bolognese in the in-house canteen, the young people could look around and inform themselves about the trainee workshop ProASS, which is part of the BMA Group.

The training supervisors Ralf Seidel and Till Reichenberg made a tour around the trainee workshop and explained the activities at the individual workplaces.

Under the guidance and assistance of the BMA trainees, the pupils could try to fabricate their own keyfobs. Fantastic drafts were made with a lot of creativity, which were then sawn, drilled and ground afterwards at the workbench.
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Active after the professional life – at AntiRost!


There was another highlight expecting the young people at the historic factory hall on the BMA premises.

The BMA-sponsored non-profit association AntiRost Braunschweig e.V. advocates the passing-on of knowledge and experience from seniors to pupils. Most diverse projects are jointly implemented by “old stagers” and pupils in a well-equipped wood, metal and printing workshop.

The girls and boys had the chance to familiarise themselves with typography. Under the guidance of Friedhelm Uhlenhut, they could print their names using an antique printing machine. The typesetting using old lead letters turned out to be not that easy: Each letter had to be set mirror-inverted. After preparation of the “Boston” platen press, a more than 100 year-old printing machine, each participant could print his/her name on paper by applying muscular power. The AntiRost-built trick box for mirror-writings was extensively tested, with enthusiasm all over the children’s face. Many of them gathered information about further activities and projects at AntiRost.
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During their BMA tour, the pupils were accompanied by Katharina Timmler and Manuela Knauf, both staff members of the BMA Personnel Management Department. They also look forward to the next Future Career Day for interested young people who want to get an exciting insight into BMA’s areas of work.