One of our business cases.

1. Optimize the washing process
The client:
Cerealis is one of the largest Portuguese agri-food
groups, with a strong presence in Portugal and very
active internationally.
Focused on products derived from cereal processing,
it is a leader in pastas and industrial flours,
complementing its range with home cooking flours,
biscuits, breakfast cereals and cereal bars.
Cerealis is owner of the Nacional, Milaneza,
Harmonia and Concordia brands, employs 670
employees, and transforms more than 440,000 tons
of cereals every year in its 5 certified production centres.
Its over 130 products, in different categories,
are now marketed on five continents.
At this moment, Cerealis has 5 plants.
Leader
in pastas
and industrial
flours
130 products
in different
categories
5 production
centres
Cerealis’s Trofa's unit, which spans 8,321 sqm,
is one of the most modern breakfast cereals production
centres in the Iberian Peninsula.
The factory:

2. Optimize the washing process
The Problem:
At Cerealis, the breakfast cereal filling lines
need to wash the vertical (multi-head) scales
every time the product is changed.The number
of times this change happens is not standardized,
and depends on the orders that are being
fulfilled and the management of stock.
The factory has 5 vertical scales, each with about
40 different pieces.
The scales are placed on a platform about
10 feet high, which made it difficult to remove
the pieces, wash them, and put them back on.
Washing was done manually, with cold water
and with an unspecified concentration of detergent.
The sanitation staff had to constantly move
parts during the washing process: they were
brought on a pallet to the washing area and
returned to the scales in the same way.
After washing, the parts had to be dried with
compressed air, which was a slow, inefficient
process that generated too much noise inside the factory.
Improvement
of working
conditions

3. Otimizar o processo de lavagem
The solution:
A Multiwasher (MWS 300) with dryer
and 10 dedicated trolleys was installed.
The trolleys were designed for the specifications
of each of the vertical scales.
In addition, the trolleys are designed
so that they can be lifted onto the
platform where the scale is located and
easily reached by the maintenance technician,
accommodating the parts as soon as they
are disassembled from the scale.Then the
trolley goes to the Multiwasher, which washes,
rinses and dries the parts in a 5-minute cycle.
These can be mounted on the scale
immediately after washing.
Time Savings
Decrease
of the
environmental
footprint
With the washing solution we installed,
the customer achieved shorter downtimes
on the filling lines, improved working
conditions for employees
(less noise and less exposure to water)
and the entire process logistics
became more user-friendly.
Conclusion: