During this operation, further problems were identified in peripheral equipment which in the past had already led to production stops and diminished centrifuge performance. As a result, the customer commissioned the HEINKEL team to give the entire process line a detailed check. Discussions with the various operating groups, such as process technicians, maintenance and service personnel, were of great importance as they indicated areas of further optimization potential. This then formed the basis of a cost-benefit analysis by HEINKEL. The customer then decided to extend this successful collaboration and commission further sub-projects. These included, for example, the adaptation of the filling and washing system, pressure regulation in the filtrates area, filling of the solid and modernization of the safety procedures.
After the mechanical adaptations had been completed, the first production cycles were analyzed by HEINKEL and further process engineering optimizations put in place. Overall the pharmaceutical company was able to increase its throughput performance by 100 percent and completely automate operation which had, until that point, still been in part manual. The company has stipulated that, in the future, a HEINKEL process engineer should be on site for every product change.