Case Study: M. B. Sugar achieves cleaner, higher-throughput sugar conveying with Piab’s piFLOW®p vacuum conveyor

M. B. Sugar raises sugar throughput to nearly 4 tons an hour with Piab

The customer, M. B. Sugar, a leading Indian sugar manufacturer, faced product quality and contamination issues using an open bucket elevator system. This resulted in high product losses and required significant manual labor for inspection and cleaning. To overcome these hygienic challenges, M. B. Sugar turned to vendor Piab for a solution using its piFLOW®p vacuum conveyor.

Piab implemented its closed-system piFLOW®p vacuum conveyor, which eliminated contamination and was easy to clean and maintain. The results for M. B. Sugar included zero product contamination, a throughput increase from three to nearly four tons per hour, and the reallocation of six workers to other tasks. The solution also requires far less maintenance, running for six months without any, which tremendously increased available production time and reduced costs.

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