A mineral water company has replaced up to 40 combinations of motors and gear units with just one motor size and three gear ratios. Subsequently the spares inventory has been significantly reduced and system output has been greatly increased. In the food and beverage industry demands for energy efficiency and flexibility are rising in line with increasing cost pressure. In the past, different drive concepts were required for different areas, such as production, filling and packaging. Previously, several hundred drives with a wide variety of sizes and power ratings were required to drive the large number of conveyors that connect the individual production machines. This resulted in large stocks of spare drives, corresponding maintenance effort and high energy costs. Valser Mineralquellen is a Swiss mineral water bottler, with a number of well-known brands including Valser Classic, Valser Naturelle and Valser Limelite. The source water accumulates in the form of rain, snow and ice in the Piz Aul massif region of Switzerland, a mountain of the Lepontine Alps overlooking Vals in the canton of Graubunden. The water seeps into the limestone and passes through cracks into the deeper parts of the mountain. Inside the Piz Aul massif, the water is purified and highly mineralised by rock layers 200 million years old. After following a route at least 1000m deep over an average time of 25 years, the water eventually emerges from the Spring of St Peter in Vals as a crystal-clear stream with a unique, balanced taste, enriched with many valuable minerals and trace elements.
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