Case story > Danisco Sweeteners, Finland.
Because everything in life needs to be in balance.
The World’s Largest Xylitol Plant Relies on Sarlin’s Technology
The world's largest and most efficient xylitol manufacturer, Danisco Sweeteners Oy's Kotka plant, uses high-quality compressed air in its production.
Danisco Sweeteners Oy’s Kotka plant, which is part of the Dupont Group, produces xylitol, a natural sweetener, and high-quality fructose, i.e. fruit sugar. As a manufacturer of xylitol, the plant is the world’s first, largest and most efficient. Xylitol and fructose are used as a raw material in the food and pharmaceutical industries.
Food-quality
compressed air
Food-quality
compressed air plays an important role at the factory: it is needed used by
machines, equipment and tools. Daniscola has is using a wide range of services
related to the production, control, maintenance and monitoring of compressed
air.
The largest
consumption is the transfer of material from one department to another by means
of compressed air along the pipeline. The compressed air in contact with the
products must be of excellent quality and meet the strict requirements of the
food industry.
Long-lasting
cooperation
The cooperation
between Sarlin and Danisco has lasted already for a couple of decades. Over the
years, the plant has had several oil-free screw compressors and adsorption
dryers supplied by Sarlin.
In addition, the Kotka
plant uses CompAir’s Quantima high-speed turbo compressor. The company’s latest
purchase from Sarlin is an energy-saving, vacuum-regenerated FST dryer, which
has reduced compressed air consumption by about 25 percent, and brought
considerable cost savings.
With a maintenance
service contract, Danisco can allocate their own maintenance resources more
efficiently to the other challenges required by in our production.
Sarlin Balance has
been controlling the compressed air system since 2003
The compressed air
system has been controlled by Sarlin Balance since 2003 and a software update
is now planned. Updated version of Sarlin Balance system opens up new
development opportunities as management and reporting are further improved.
The common goal has
been the production of energy-efficient and reliable compressed air.
Verifiable savings in
energy costs have been achieved with the Sarlin Optimi service and Balance
control. With Sarlin Balance, compressors can be controlled in an optimal way
and system data can be used in the planning of energy efficiency projects.
Sarlin Optimi service
Sarlin Optimi is a service that ensures the optimal and cost-effective operation of the compressed air system, and Sarlin is involved in the development of the system. In the implementation of the service, we utilize the Sarlin Balance control, monitoring and data collection system, which is also used by Danisco Sweeteners. The energy-efficient FST dryer has reduced compressed air consumption by about 25%.