Alfa Laval Brew Series Disc-Stack Centrifuges
High Efficiency Separation with Minimal Oxygen Pick-Up and Unique Hygienic Features
Valutech offers Alfa Laval’s Brew Series of disc-stack centrifuges for use in pre-clarification, polishing, separation, and recovery processes within the brewing industry; specific applications include green beer and hot wort separation.
Brew series units feature a unique fully-hermetic feed design to ensure minimal oxygen pick-up and gentle handing of the clarified liquid. Other features include SmartEject: a self-triggering system providing intermittent discharge of high dry-matter solids, as well as a turbidity measurement system, a specially-designed VFD, low power consumption, and bowl-speed adjustment functionally. These features allow brewers to customize their separator to match changing performance and capacity needs over time, and to suit various applications in their process within a given period.
Smaller brew series units are offered as complete skids or modularized systems, and all models come fully-equipped with a control panel, valves, instrumentation, and other process and utility control components.
The following Brew Series models are available:
| Brew Series Model | Brew 20 | Brew 80/80 Plus | Brew 250/250 Plus | Brew 301 | Brew 450 | Brew 600/600e | Brew 701 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maximum Motor Power in hp | 4.02 | 14.8 | 29.3 | 46.9 | 46.9 | 60.3 (Brew 600) 51 (Brew 600e) |
73.7 |
| Maximum Capacity in hl/h | 15 | 80 | 250 | 250 | 450 (DN80) 550 (DN100) |
550 (DN80) 850 (DN100) |
550 (DN80) 850 (DN100) |
| Inlet and Product Outlet Connection(s) | DN25 | DN32 | DN50 | DN50 | DN80/100 | DN80/100 | DN80/100 |
| Product-Wetted Gasket Material(s) | NBR and EPDM, FDA-Approved Materials |
EPDM | EPDM | EPDM | NBR and EPDM, FDA-Approved Materials |
NBR and EPDM, FDA-Approved Materials |
EPDM |
Models with the suffix ‘e’ refer to Alfa Laval’s direct drive (eDrive) system containing fewer rotating parts.
Models with the suffix ‘Plus’ refer to optional features such as capacity control by inlet turbidity; exact options vary by model, please contact us for more information.
Specific features vary by model; however, the following are standard:
- Main process valves (butterfly, flow regulating, counter-pressure, etc. where applicable) instruments, and other components
- Flow meter
- Sight glass(es)
- Control panel/cabinet with PLC and HMI
- Motor starter cabinet with VFD
- Documentation
- Special tools (where applicable)
Options also vary based on model;
however, the following options are available across the range of Brew Series units:
- Feed pump
- Solids receiving unit
- Blending by-pass (larger models)
- Solids control — recirculation of solids from outlet to inlet (larger models)
