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Wine flows freely with help from ifm

When Greencroft Bottling, a UK-based contract wine bottler, approached ABM Limited, an expert in process automation and engineering solutions based in Widnes, the company was beginning development of its new Greencroft Two facility, the new home for Greencroft Bottling with potential capacity to bottle up to 400 million litres of wine per year.

07/10/2024 12:09:21

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The engineers at ABM worked in close partnership with Greencroft Bottling’s engineering team to design and implement a state-of-the-art wine offloading and storage process plant. This plant comprises a wine intake system, storage solutions, CIP facilities, water services and a filtration system, all controlled by a custom-designed SCADA system.

The impressive new plant, which monitors quality control and wine storage processing post-transport and pre-bottling, will be implemented in phases as Greencroft Bottling’s operations transfer from Greencroft One to Greencroft Two until it reaches its full capacity. The intake system, for example, is initially capable of receiving 35,000 litres of wine per hour, but it will be upgraded over time to increase its capacity to 210,000 litres per hour. The other sections of the plant have been designed to allow similar capacity upgrades.

To guarantee the reliable and efficient operation of this large and complex plant, and to collect the information needed for product traceability, ABM engineers developed a customised SCADA system with an intuitive graphical user interface.

Read the full article in DPA's October 2024 issue

Written By Sophia Bell

Sophia Bell is the Group Editor of DPA, Connectivity, and PBSI. She joined the team in 2020 as Assistant Editor after achieving a First-Class Honours BA in English Literature and Film Studies from the University of East Anglia. In her current role, she leads the editorial strategy, driving digital growth and ensuring each title continues to deliver trusted, relevant insight for engineering and manufacturing professionals.