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Index of contents
2 Contents 3 Introduction 4 GEA Technologies Technologies Refrigeration Air Treatment Mechanical Separation Process Equipment Dairy Farm Systems Energy Technology Process Engineering Markets GEAs markets SmartClick Foodstuffs Dairy Beverages Breweries Pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and the cosmetics industry Chemistry, petro-chemistry, natural gas, oil and biofuels Energy and drive technology Marine Environment
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The GEA Competences
Leading Technologies. Individual Solutions.

Superior innovatory strength and the fast application of new developments in cuttingedge equipment and systems position GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft as a leading manufacturer of advanced plants, installations and components. Registered in Bochum, Germany, the parent company controls some 250 companies in over 50 countries.
Process Technology
Customized Systems Refrigeration Air Treatment
Process Equipment Mechanical Separation Process Equipment Dairy Farm Systems
Process Engineering Energy Technology Process Engineering
Plant, equipment and systems made by the GEA Group improve, for example, the production of food, premium beverages, pharmaceuticals and alternative fuels as well as milk production and dairying. GEA Group products also set standards in the chemical and petrochemical industry, in power engineering and engine manufacturing and in the construction sector. The GEA Group teams up with its customers in the value chain. Clients served appreciate the spirit of innovation and the mobility of experienced specialists, the resources and the market presence of a global technology group and the fast response of a service provider operating through medium-sized businesses all from a single source. Adopting an integrated view Markets and customers are the referees in the global competition for technology and cost leadership. The GEA Group approach does not limit quality to faultless workmanship and delivery on time. Quality is rather optimised over the entire value chain. Benefits are maximised for the entire life cycle of plants, equipment and systems. This integrated view strengthens the customer as it adopts the principle of successful corporate management of increasing output, lowering cost and maximising profits over the entire duration of a capital project.
GEA Group customers benefit from unique performance, a modular approach, compact design, fewer contractor interfaces and an understanding of environmental issues and the need for resource conservation. Fast service anywhere around the world from design support to web-based diagnostic functions, predictive maintenance and ongoing system optimisation ensure reliability, high availability and excellent productivity for all GEA Group products. The Groups technology and cost leadership is rooted in the efficient co-operation between leading specialised engineering companies which address the key challenges of international competition. They provide their customers with an optimised mix of high output and low cost as well as productivity and flexibility.

The GEA Competences
GEA Group technologies

The knowledge into the relevant markets; the grouping and focusing on core competencies and a large degree of corporate self-sufficiency are the crucial criteria that differentiate GEAs positioning in seven technology fields. Customers profit from the collaboration between GEA and specialised companies, all of whom are amongst the leading suppliers worldwide in their technology fields. The performance of these companies is additionally strengthened by GEA Group capacities that can be integrated to improve customer benefits brought into use. These generate technical process solutions that are distinguished by their first-class technical content, and comprehensive productivity and sustainability and this over the whole of the service life of the process technology in question.
Refrigeration Air Treatment Mechanical Separation Process Equipment Dairy Farm Systems Energy Technology Process Engineering
The GEA Competences
The GEA Competences
Refrigeration
www.grasso-global.com The Refrigeration Division of GEA is one of the world leaders in all aspects of industrial refrigeration. The services provided by the Division include: System design Component manufacture Contracting Engineering Installation Commissioning Service and maintenance of refrigeration systems and components around the world
The Refrigeration Division headquarters are located in s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands.
Refrigeration
Refrigeration
Performance and productivity in new dimensions

There is virtually no limit to the ways in which the refrigeration technology and equipment of the Refrigeration Division can be applied. For example the Division supplies plant and equipment for food processing as well as the storage and transportation of food using optimised refrigeration systems. Refrigeration equipment and complete refrigeration systems made by GEA are used throughout the food industry and in the brewery, beverage, marine, chemical, pharmaceutical and metallurgical industries too, as well as in air conditioning systems. Further applications include concrete cooling, ice plants and various freezing requirements such as ice-skating rinks and snow facilities. The expertise of GEAs Refrigeration Division has made it the preferred choice of many of the worlds leading companies.
Each refrigeration installation is tailored exactly to the requirements of the customer and their environment.
Refrigeration
A better environment, a better performance, a better future

Equipment Equipment made by the Refrigeration Division includes the key parts of large refrigeration systems: the refrigerant compressors as well as other refrigeration cycle components such as evaporators and condensers, ice-making machines, valves, purgers and freezers. All major classification societies certificates can be supplied. Design It needs more than just a low temperature for the optimised storage of products such as fresh meat, dairy products, beverages, flowers and ice cream. Refrigeration and freezing systems for the food industry are designed to meet the highest hygienic standards for processing and storage. The Refrigeration Division has a comprehensive knowledge of customers products and processes. With the help of basic design data, such as climatic conditions, product data, quantities, desired temperatures and problem analysis, the optimum installation will be designed which fully meets their requirements. Reliability, performance and operating costs are of importance in the design of each installation, while key characteristics such as optimal quality of the product, low energy consumption, ease of service and maintenance, safety, robustness and low noise levels are regarded as normal criteria. Refrigerants From the time the risks associated with CFC refrigerants were identified, the search for alternative environmentally acceptable refrigerants has been an important activity in the Refrigeration Division. The Refrigeration Divisions equipment has been optimised for the use of all new and natural refrigerants such as ammonia and carbon dioxide. Product portfolio: Reciprocating and screw compressors and packages Chillers air conditioning/central cooling systems Evaporators and condensers Ice machines and freezers Purgers and dryers Valves and other fittings Refrigeration system engineering Installation and start-up Comprehensive service and maintenance
To secure and improve availability for a consistently high refrigeration plant performance, GEA Refrigeration sets itself clear priorities with regard to service and maintenance.
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Type Grasso 1212E. Grasso 12E and Grasso 12 reciprocating compressor series contain the worlds largest number of single-stage and twostage compressors within one range.
Service and maintenance Correct maintenance prevents breakdowns, increases the life of plant and reduces operational costs. Specifications for industrial applications have become more exact and require self-regulating installations that perform with even greater accuracy. The contracting subsidiaries therefore equip plants with microprocessorbased control and monitoring systems which manage entire on or offshore refrigeration systems. With this all in mind, the Refrigeration Division takes care of your system by ensuring and continuously upgrading the best possible service organisation within the industry. Spare parts A practical and prompt parts organisation has been established to supply the necessary spare parts worldwide. Spare parts are sent immediately and delivery is guaranteed within 24 hours when required. To shorten the delivery time further, distribution centres have been formed throughout Europe, in Far & Middle East and North & South America. Training courses Extensive training courses are organised regularly for customers service engineers and mechanics to ensure proper operation and maintenance.
The Grasso SPduo series. Reduced installation costs and smaller space requirement compared with twoscrew compressor packages.
Air-cooled condensers produced by Kba and Goedhart.
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Air Treatment
www.gea-airtreatment.com Room temperature, atmospheric humidity, CO2 content, air purity through to clean-room quality GEA Air Treatment aims to pay full regard to these parameters and to turn them into the optimal indoor climate every time. Whether central air handling units, decentralised units for business or industry in the form of fan coils or unit heaters, chiller, controls and control cabinets. As system partner for air-treatment solutions this GEA Division provides components, systems and services with high value-adding potential for customers. This applies both to ensuring the individual indoor climate and to implementing extensive air-treatment projects and utilising plant at the lowest possible capital and operating costs. GEA Air Treatment is satisfying the requirements of demanding customers with increasing success. This is shown by the introduction of its air-treatment systems for example on cruise liners, in exclusive hotels, modern sports arenas, Europes leading museums, supermarkets and government buildings.
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Customers expect customized air!

An intelligent combination of heat exchangers enables the same appliance to both heat and cool a forward-looking solution called 3HX created by GEA Air Treatment which is ideal for, among other things, buildings with north- and south-facing glass facades, where the rooms must be simultaneously cooled on one side and heated on the other. Thanks to smooth inner faces, bacteria and dirt can no longer gain a hold in the new generation of central air handling units designated GEA CAIR (Customized Air). Available at numerous capacity levels, these units make ventilation, heating and cooling together with humidification/dehumidification possible with modest energy consumption. In the market for sophisticated living the newly developed air-conditioning system GEA acqua is in increasing demand. This water-based and therefore environmentally compatible system for the office or home can be connected to the heating system and easily installed by a heating technician. The GEA Air Treatment companies provide people with the optimal indoor climate and provide customized air in terms of temperature, humidity and purity, for numerous production processes. The GEA Air Treatment product spectrum comprises central and decentralised air-treatment systems for commercial and industrial premises, sports and leisure facilities, hotels and public buildings and, very recently, appliances for private use.
In the past the only factors in an ideal interior climate were heating or cooling. Today, the humidity and purity of the air in very precise measure, as required for clean-room systems for example, is vitally important.
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For optimal use of air there must be positive control

Specifically, this means central ventilation systems for large buildings, terminals, comfort appliances, air heaters, air dehumidifiers and cooling units together with associated components such as filters. GEA Air Treatment also develops the automatic control and monitoring equipment for these processes. The appliances and systems for heating, ventilating and air conditioning are installed in air-conditioned hotels, public buildings, retail and commercial premises, leisure facilities such as Center Parcs, large event venues and production sites in fact, wherever defined air quality is required. For the pharmaceutical and electrotechnical industry, GEA Air Treatment provides complete clean-room systems. One special field is air-filtration equipment (separators and filters through to complete filtering plants), used in the motor industry, building technology and various process-technology sectors. Extensive modularisation, constant improvement in detail and the accelerated development of web-based systems for monitoring, remote diagnosis and remote maintenance of equipment are driving the world-wide growth of GEA Air Treatment. In the rapidly growing field of central ventilation for example, a flexible design concept is employed. On the basis of only a few basic models the individual modules are combined to make individual customized solutions. Web-based control units with interfaces to all standard building-automation systems permit trouble-free installation of the equipment. The new GEA MATRIX control system, developed in close collaboration with highly efficient suppliers of hardware and software gateways, makes comprehensive viable solutions possible for seamless incorporation of airtreatment for air-conditioning appliances and systems in facility management applications.
Indoor climate is a matter of individual preference and must therefore be controllable according to customers requirements. It must also be fine-tuned to suit the infrastructure of the building.
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Communication via LON, EIB and BACnet is included in the services offered, as are prompt availability of a gateway for Ethernet and a specially developed alarm unit. With this platform GEA Air Treatment is the worlds first and only supplier of air-conditioning equipment to offer customers the means of feeding their own expertise and preferences for an individual comfort-climate directly into the specific applications. As part of its developing responsibility as system supplier GEA Air Treatment covers the entire process chain of air-treatment from the intake of outside air to the delivery of treated air into a room. It therefore includes schematic design and layout of air-treatment systems. If involved early in the working partnership, GEA Air Treatment can work very precisely and effectively from the planning stage, to design a system optimised for buildings in terms of both energy and cost. This applies above all to future-proof silent cooling, the components for which must be incorporated into a buildings architecture.
Since the market for air-conditioning is growing concurrently with affluence in the southeastern and eastern European countries, GEA Air Treatment is intensifying further development of attractively designed terminals for private use too. By expanding the services it provides, GEA Air Treatment now offers solutions for the most demanding interfacing tasks: especially in the interfacing of air-conditioning systems with building services control technology and remote maintenance systems. The potential of these services in cost-optimisation terms becomes clear if one takes account of the fact that, assuming an 80-year service life of the building, the outlay on replacement and upkeep of an air-treatment system is twice the original outlay on the plant.
GEA Air Treatment components prove their worth in both everyday residential use and in the often harsh conditions of industry and commerce.
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Mechanical Separation
www.westfalia-separator.com
The use of centrifugal force for the separation of solids from liquids or the separation of liquid mixtures is a long-established process-engineering technique with an equally promising future. Separators and decanters are used for a variety of processes. These include: beer, wine or fruit juice production; the dairy industry; hundreds of chemical and pharmaceutical applications; the treatment of oil and lubricants; and a wide range of further applications in which centrifugal separation enhances product quality, reduces processing times, reduces cost, the use of resources , and environmental pollution. The GEA Mechanical Separation Division, with over 50 companies around the globe, is the worldwide technology leader in the separator and decanter market and the development of complete mechanical separation process lines. Innovation, world-class engineering and comprehensive system competence forms the basis for the application of separators and decanters for key functions in the clarification of liquids, the separation of liquid mixtures, solid concentration and dewatering and extraction and recovery processes. Separation technology has been developed for over 2500 applications and the division is proud of groundbreaking innovations every year.
Customers expect better results all the time our separation technology provides you with efficient support!
For years breweries have been looking at options for replacing flushing filtration using kieselguhr in the brewery with dynamic filtration methods that no longer require any filtration media. In collaboration with a leading filter manufacturer the GEA Mechanical Separation Technology Division has developed a patented method with the designation PROFI for this purpose. This replaces the classic kieselguhr filtration in the brewery. At the same time significant savings can be achieved for the user in investment costs, reduced energy input and the minimisation of beer loss. The GEA Mechanical Separation Technology Division has developed separators that extract calcium and phosphate salts as useful products from whey. The addition of calcium is gaining in significance, in particular for the production of functional foods foodstuffs whose vitamins and active constituents are explicitly stated. For comprehensive improvement of the extraction of corn gluten this GEA Division has developed a decanter with an in-built disk stack. The DiscDecanter combines the advantages of both separator and decanter in one machine. In this way the use of rotary vacuum filters can be completely avoided. The advantages of this new decanter application include both lower space requirement, and also significantly reduced costs for both investment and operation with, at the same time, an increase in processing capacity. In accordance with the IMOs high standards aimed at keeping the oceans clean, a new generation of compact separators is making the efficient treatment of bilgewater and oil sludge possible on seagoing vessels. Under the name SeaProtect Solutions this innovation, together with ancillary units, is achieving a waste water quality of < 5 ppm and is therefore reconciling the protection of our marine environment with the economic necessities of sea transport. WRP Changi, Singapore. In 24-hour continuous operation, the largest decanters in the world, developed by the GEA Mechanical Separation Division, clarify the sewage sludge of the Republic of Singapore with 4 million inhabitants. A total of 30 decanters process the sludge in the first expansion stage of the waste water treatment plant rated for 800,000 m3. More than 110 years of successful utilisation of centrifugal force for the separation of solids from fluids or the separation of fluid mixtures have given this GEA Division its status and a name.
The high-performance RSE 300 separator is setting new standards, e.g. in the centrifugal treatment of edible oil. Its robust direct drive provides the high-performance and minimises maintenance resource.
Take the best separate the rest

As the lead organisation in the GEA Mechanical Separation Technology Division, Westfalia Separator, with more than 50 sales and service companies worldwide, is today a market leader in the field of mechanical separation technology. Supported by more than 110 years of innovation, first-class engineering and comprehensive processing capabilities, the company manufactures separators and decanters. These are used for the purification of suspensions, the separation of fluid mixtures with simultaneous removal of solids, and also for the extraction of material constituents and the concentration or removal of water from solids. In total, Westfalia Separator has gained experience with 2500 different process applications. The GEA Division is in a position to adjust its products and services optimally to meet customer requirements, and to provide the correct machine for a wide range of applications. In addition, the Division has expanded its range of products to include filtration technology using ceramic membranes. Supplemented by this new business activity, i.e. the development and construction of ceramic membranes, Westfalia Separator is now in a position to expand its product purification capability within a single process chain. As a result of intelligent and matched designs using technologies such as centrifugation and membrane filtration, the economics of the process chain are improved to a significant extent. Similarly Westfalia Separator moved very early to embrace customer relationship management and is certified in accordance with DIN EN ISO 9001:2000. All subsidiaries, both at home and abroad, have fully implemented this highest level of quality standard. For Westfalia Separator quality is multi-faceted and goes beyond just the production area. It extends from research, via service, to the responsibilities of the company towards the community. Strategic staff development and an environmental management system certified in accordance with DIN EN ISO 14001 are further examples of this policy. Westfalia Separators range of business activities is divided into four marketing groups: Food Tec applies separators and decanters primarily to the production of beverages, dairy products and the processing of edible oils. Industry specialises in the optimisation of separation technology processes in chemistry, pharmacy, biotechnology, starch technology, and the extraction of oils and fats.
Our separators and decanters undertake key functions in the production processes of users worldwide.
Mineraloil Systems is concerned with the centrifugal treatment of mineral oils and their derivatives. Its main applications are in the marine sector, gas turbine and diesel engine power plants, the oilfield industry, as well as in the maintenance of production facilities and treatment of old oil. Environmental Technology concentrates on the removal and concentration of both municipal and industrial sewage sludge. In close collaboration with its customers, qualified specialists from Westfalia Separator identify solutions that are specially designed to meet their needs. This service starts at the project planning stage and extends through to production, installation and commissioning of the facilities. Maintenance contracts tailored to the customers needs and the use of original replacement parts ensure economic operation over the lifetime of the machinery. Servicing matched to requirements and WEWATCH a system developed by Westfalia Separator for online monitoring of centrifuges complete the products and services offered by this Division. Thus customers are able to increase the reliability of their separators, decanters and separation technology process lines significantly and at the same time reduce the overall cost of their operation and maintenance. A worldwide internal communications platform, a global network of authorised workshop facilities, and the international interchange of innovations and ongoing developments, together ensure a comprehensive exchange of experience within this GEA Division. In this way customers can profit from the technological lead of a company that is active worldwide: Westfalia Separator.
Mechanical Separation
Process Equipment
www.geaag-ped.com The GEA Process Equipment Division groups together machines and equipment for optimum heat utilisation, machine cooling and various specialised technological fields. Included here is the whole heat-engineering spectrum including equipment such as valves and pumps for liquids processing and homogenisers.
Process Equipment
Variations on the efficiency theme

GEA Process Equipment provides energy- and space-saving cooling for a wide range of applications from the pressing machines in CD production to the propulsion gear and fresh water on the worlds most prestigious cruise liner Queen Mary 2. Meeting the highest purity and safety requirements, GEA Process Equipment improve the management of product and cleansing media in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology fields and also the refining of milk into premium products in the dairy industry. A newly developed, highly efficient pump working on the internal fluid flow principle gives less wasteful operation and, consequently, a significantly higher efficiency rating. This high efficiency and better adjustability lowers operating costs for GEA customers. GEAs heat exchangers, valves, pumps and homogenisers are Process Equipment which give first-rate process results, economical process flows and trouble-free operation possible in almost all industrial processes.
Varitherm VT40 milk pasteuriser from GEA Ecoflex guarantees gentle product treatment at high efficiency.
Quality assurance on a double-seat valve at Tuchenhagen in Bchen.
Process Equipment
VARIVENT mixproof valves as a valve block in a fermentation and storage cellar in a brewery.
Charge air cooler of GEA Maschinenkhltechnik GmbH. This cooler is used for a diesel engine 12 V BR 4000-03 of MTU.
The new generation of plate heat exchangers: the NT series for maximum efficiency.
High presure homogenizer model NS5180H
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Any amount of variety, four product groups, one aim: process optimisation!
Plate heat exchangers made of titanium and high-grade steel are available as one of three types: gasketed, brazed or welded. They are increasingly finding their way into all branches of industry and represent the technology of tomorrow. With a fully automated state-of-the-art pressing line, GEA is setting standards for productivity and automation in the manufacture of plate heat exchangers. Since GEA has a wide product range in this field, its share in world-wide growth in this market is above average. Tailored precisely in each case to customer requirements, the wide-ranging process equipment fall into four basic product groups: compact heat exchangers made of copper and aluminium (charge-air coolers for locomotives and marine diesel engines, generator coolers for machines) and shelland-tube heat exchangers (transformer coolers for power engineering and heat exchangers for the petrochemical industry) work on the same principle and represent traditional technology. High-grade steel valves and pumps constitute another product group within this GEA Division. These liquid-processing components are of particular benefit to customers in the dairy, brewing and pharmaceutical area. Specifically for the growing pharmaceutical and biotechnology market segments GEA has developed new products for sterile applications not only able to meet markets requirements, but also setting new standards: in March 2004 for example the VESTA range of sterile valves was launched. Designed for low volumetric flows, this innovation presents an alternative especially for material-flow separation, control and process reliability to the conventional diaphragm valves used almost exclusively in this market segment. Ceramic and high-grade steel Homogenisers the fourth product group in the Process Equipment division are used primarily in dairies. As high-pressure blenders they are of considerable importance for improving quality and yield in turning raw milk into premium dairy products, a technological field in which GEA is one of the worlds leading players. GEA is further expanding its homogeniser business to include the growing biotechnology market.
The process equipment of GEA combine standardization and customization to provide optimum process technological solutions.
Process Equipment
Dairy Farm Systems

www.westfaliasurge.com GEA Dairy Farm Systems is one of the worlds two leading milking technology manufacturers and product suppliers in the fields of animal hygiene, milking parlour cleaning and accessories. In the North Rhine Westphalian town of Bnen, the development, production, logistics, sales, and management are brought together in the new GEA Dairy Farm Systems headquarters. A modern, highly networked infrastructure provides synergy and ensures the ongoing interchange of know-how, in particular between development, production and sales. Located in the immediate vicinity of the Centre of Excellence for Bio-Security, which is supported by the NRW government and the EU, this GEA Division also assumes a leading role in the development of new procedures and facilities for the safer manufacture of foodstuffs.
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Modern milking technology, high through-put facilities and excellent facility and animal hygiene are the prerequisites for high-performance milk production. GEA Dairy Farm Systems also provides maximum enhancement in working conditions by means of rational ergonomics and extensive automation of the facilities.
Dairy Farm Systems
Better milk, less work, more efficiency

It is milking time in a parlour with 400 cows: in a routine manner, and without any fuss, the cows move into the milking carousel. This has been developed by GEA Dairy Farm Systems and belongs to the new generation of AutoRotor milking carousels. During their passage through the carousel all the cows are milked at the same time and are visibly contented this speaks for the convenience, the hygiene and the thought that has been put into the layout of this new development. It is setting the standards in ergonomics, raw milk quality, through-put performance and space saving in the dairy business. A farmer is literally carrying the data for his cows in his waistcoat pocket as they pass inspection through the parlour. Using DPMobil from GEA Dairy Farm Systems he can enter or call up a wide variety of data from GEAs DairyPlan Herd Management System on his PDA: for example regarding reproduction history or milking performance. A ProMilk specialist from GEA Dairy Farm Systems, at the request of the customer, checks out the milking and parlour hygiene in detail on-site, and at the same time checks the functionality of the milking technology equipment. From his analysis, which he carries out with the aid of an extensively fitted portable mini laboratory, come precise recommendations and cost comparisons, which present to the customer the most attractive solution in each case for profitable milk production with better milk quality.
Dairy Farm Systems
Good herd management makes for contented cows and boosts successful milk production
Based on experience going back to 1926, GEA Dairy Farm Systems offers an integrated range of services which provides customers with technological support at all stages of the milkproduction process. ProFormance, ProMilk and ProDairySupplies are the strategic quality brands under which the Company offers an innovative equipment and planning concept, customer-oriented service and products for equipment and stock hygiene, together with a new, internet-based distribution scheme for spares and accessories. GEA Dairy Farm Systems supplies solutions world-wide with integrated process lines for producing and cooling milk and also electronic herd management and feeding systems for all sizes of herd and all customer requirements. At the centre is the milking parlour from a pipeline milking installation for small herds up to 30 cows to milking parlours and carousels for herds of more than 15,000 cows. GEAs controlling company WestfaliaSurge, which marketed the first RotoMelk carousel in 1969, is today the worlds market leader in AutoRotor milking carousels which allow over 100 cows per hour to be milked by one milker. These installations increase the convenience and throughput of milking and improve overall operating efficiency. Using computer-controlled feeding and herdmanagement technology all data on feeding, milking, health and heat can be recorded for each individual animal and monitored/controlled. Here, GEA Dairy Farm Systems customers benefit from the companys considerable expertise in setting up milking profiles and checking milk quality. GEA Dairy Farm Systems complements this by providing all products and services for comprehensive care of milk producers. These include cooling equipment, stall hygiene such as maintenance and cleaning of claws and stalls including special pharmaceutical products such as wound salves and preventives. For pre- and aftercare of stock GEA Dairy Farm Systems offers a variety of udder care and health products. All hygiene aids, developed both in-house and in collaboration with partners, are biodegradable. With its unique ProMilk range GEA Dairy Farm Systems offers in addition to its animal hygiene and equipment cleaning products focused, authoritative advice on matters of milking hygiene and water quality on site. Based on the latest mobile laboratory and analytical technology, milk output, milk quality and food safety are at the centre of this service.
Dairy Farm Systems
Milking and herd management, together with GEA Dairy Farm Systems flawless plant management, combines milk production, milk cooling, animal feeding, performance monitoring & control and animal husbandry into a one time- and cost-saving solution.
First-class customer orientation is also provided by WestfaliaSurge with the ProDairySupplies scheme. Tested genuine replacement parts and accessories for the entire milk-production spectrum give customers the assurance of firstclass operation and economical milk production. GEA Dairy Farm Systems provides customised tenders for professional ancillary equipment and spares and also assists distribution with a customer-friendly, internet-based product selection and ordering system. GEA Dairy Farm Systems opens up significant potential at initial installation and in after-sales service for milking goats and sheep. Experience of developing milk profiles for cows allows species-specific profiles and system solutions for goats and sheep to be prepared and adapted. Furthermore, the development of new technologies such as the treatment system for liquid manure launched at the beginning of 2005 for environment-friendly utilisation for energy and fertiliser production, allows entry into new markets. All milk producers must rise to the challenge posed by low milk prices by adjusting technically to changed market conditions. GEA Dairy Farm Systems provides the dairy technology and computerised stock-feeding and herd management systems necessary to maintain competitive viability.
GEA Dairy Farm Systems provides precise detailed milking systems that work well, are ergonomically efficient and based on world-wide experience and first-class engineering.
Dairy Farm Systems
Energy Technology
Energy Technology
www.gea-energytechnology.com GEAs Energy Technology Division deals with cooling for power stations and the petrochemical industry. The company helps its customers in the power- and petrochemical industry decide whether to choose a wateror air-cooled installation thereby combining economical and engineering factors to create the best system for each customer.
Energy Technology
The Energy Technology Division is involved in the efficiency and costeffectiveness of modern power stations.
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Our contribution to progress is cool and dry

A new large-scale power station in Kogan Creek, Australia, provides a 750 Megawatt output for the subcontinents aluminium industry. It is air-cooled by condensing systems from GEA Energy Technology, since water is scarce and particularly expensive in this area. On the Russian Pacific island of Sakhalin the GEA process-air coolers extend over a distance of 400 metres. They have 62,000 tubes with a total weight of 7000 tonnes and are part of the dry-cooling system for a naturalgas liquefaction plant which operates above one of the biggest natural-gas fields outside the Middle East. In Yangcheng, China, a modern power station is currently being built. Cooling towers, each 150 metres high and operating on the Heller principle of indirect dry cooling, are being used. In the wet-cooling field too the Energy Technology Division has demonstrated its commanding expertise. At the Schwarze Pumpe power station in Cottbus for example, for which GEA built the wet-cooling towers.
Energy Technology
The Energy Technology Division provides the full range of services from design to commissioning, maintenance and upgrades.
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Individual solutions and standardised systems

The Energy Technology Division of GEA is by tradition a worldwide player in the heat transfer industry. Our history goes back to the year 1920, when GEA was founded. The corporate culture is rooted in the principles of decentralisation and entrepreneurship. We serve our clients in the power generation business and all traditional areas of the process industries such as chemical and petrochemical plants as well as refineries. Our product portfolio includes products and systems for: Direct Dry Cooling (Air Fin / Fin Fan Coolers) Direct Condensing (Air Cooled Condensers) Wet Cooling (Natural draught cooling towers Cell Cooling Towers, Hybrid Cooling Towers ) Indirect Dry Cooling (mainly Heller Systems) Special Applications (Surface Condensers, Desublimators Post Reactors, Shell-&-Tube Heat Exchangers, BoP Engineering) Services Based on these leading technologies, we are able to develop individual solutions as well as standardised systems for our customers. Our sales network offers local contacts all over the world. GEA products are designed for optimal performance, cost-effective operation and minimal maintenance. The long service life of our products is demonstrated by our first Air Cooled Condenser built in 1939 which is still in operation today. Our mission is to be the preferred supplier, recognised for our innovative products as well as for the high degree of added value generated for our clients. We are your partners and together we will develop the future.
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Process Engineering
www.niro.com The Process Engineering Division supplies stand-alone installations and complete processing lines for customers in the dairy, food, brewery/beverage, pharmaceutical and chemical industries. A comprehensive group of companies makes up the division each a leader in its field, and each committed to meeting the customers exact requirements. Decades of experience, innovation and dedication to testing and development enable the GEA Process Engineering Division to offer the markets widest range of technologies and applications. A full range of engineering services supports the divisions activities.
Process Engineering
Process Engineering
Solid dosage granulation and drying suite from Niro Pharma Systems
GEAs advanced processing technologies are making a difference around the world
Consider the starch industry: The worlds largest evaporator constructed by GEA Wiegand is helping save fossil fuels and reduce carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide emissions through the economic production of power alcohol. Meanwhile, Tuchenhagens compact new pipe work system, called ECO-Matrix, is preventing brewery product losses and optimising manufacturing space. IFD Spray Drying Technology, Niros novel spray drying concept, is delivering superior powder quality in less factory space and making it easier to protect facilities against fire and dust explosions. And the challenges of coating hygroscopic and oddly shaped tablets are being solved by Niro Pharma Systems SUPERCELL Coating Technology, a breakthrough for the pharmaceutical industry. These are just a few of the ways GEAs advanced processing technologies are making a difference around the world. The Process Engineering Division supplies a complete range of process systems and services based on the following technologies: Liquid processing GEAs supply of liquid processing systems includes CIP/SIP units, UHT and pasteurizers, membrane filtration systems and process integration and automation systems. Concentration and pre-treatment For concentration and pre-treatment, the Process Engineering Division offers crystallization, evaporation, freeze concentration and solids/liquid extraction technology. Drying The Process Engineering Division offers a range of contact and convection type drying technologies, including spray dryers, fluid bed dryers, freeze dryers, flash dryers, ring and rotary dryers, and vortex disintegrator dryers. Powder processing and handling Cutting-edge solutions for manufacturing granulates and agglomorates include agglomerators, coaters, containment handling and dispensing systems, granulators, pelletizers, tablet presses and power handling and packing systems.
Process Engineering
Engineering processes. Supporting customers

With companies and representatives in more than 50 countries, the Process Engineering Division is a strong global partner and one that goes to great lengths to meet customers needs. For example, the divisions financial experts have access to an extensive network of local and international banks and financial institutions. By securing funds and/or guarantees, the Process Engineering Division can help customers implement their projects, especially in markets where access to investment capital is limited. Tailored to individual product specifications Every single technology solution is carefully designed to meet individual product specifications and comply with official standards. Superior hygiene and safety are, of course, integral features of every modern plant the Process Engineering Division supplies. With project management one of the divisions core competencies, efficient planning and contract execution is also a given. Headache-free delivery, installation, commissioning When a project is ready for installation, supervisors from the Process Engineering Division inspect the individual plant components and are on site to ensure a smooth start and finish. The divisions project engineers are present during mechanical commissioning and startup to optimise operating conditions, demonstrate guaranteed performance and train plant operators. The Process Engineering Division companies are all committed to and known for staying with a project until it meets the customers expectations in every respect. Optimal product and process development Designing the optimal processes for manufacturing specific products and developing new products or production methods is the job of the Process Engineering Divisions product and process specialists. Pilot plant facilities are also available for test processing and manufacturing product samples. Advanced product testing facilities In recent years, the Process Engineering Division has heavily invested in providing test facilities in Switzerland and Denmark. The NPS Test Centre in Bubendorf, Switzerland is licensed to produce medical products by Swissmedic (The Swiss Agency for Therapeutic Products) a license which is recognised throughout the EU. It provides a one-stop GMP environment in which pharmaceutical companies can use the whole range of NPS process technologies to develop new solid dosage pharmaceuticals. In Denmark, the new GMP Spray Drying Test Station is approved by the Danish Medicines Agency for the production of drugs for clinical trials. It provides an unrivalled opportunity for pharmaceutical companies to test pharmaceutical processing technologies under controlled and repeatable conditions.
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The Test Centre for Food and Chemical Produ cts in Denmark is one of the worlds major competence centres. This cutting-edge resource offers food and chemical companies the possibility for making tests on various types of extraction-, evaporation- and drying technology. Global after-sales service network A global network of local companies, offices and service centres provides all the support customers need, including: plant and process optimisation, capacity increase, retrofitting and upgrading, plant safety evaluation, training programmes, technical service and spare parts supply. GEAs Process Engineering companies represent all the Process Engineering Divisions technology centres locally and provide a onestop-shop for customers requiring any combination of products, systems and services available within the division. There are currently GEA Process Engineering companies in the following countries: The Netherlands, France, Italy, UK, Poland, Australia, New Zealand, China, India and Singapore and the United States, which serves the USA, Canada and Mexico.
The Process Engineering Division companies The Process Engineering Division includes the following companies: Avalon Engineering www.avapac.com Barr-Rosin www.barr-rosin.com Colby Powder Systems www.colbypowder.com GEA Diessel www.diessel.com GEA Filtration www.geafiltration.com GEA Huppmann www.huppmann.com GEA Jet Pumps www.geajet.de GEA Kestner www.geakestner.com GEA Liquid Processing Scandinavia www.gea-liquid.dk GEA Messo www.messo.com GEA Messo AG www.geamesso.com GEA Wiegand www.gea-wiegand.com Niro www.niro.com Niro Pharma Systems www.niropharmasystems.com Niro Process Technology www.niro-pt.nl Tuchenhagen Brewery Systems www.tuchenhagen.de Tuchenhagen Dairy Systems www.tuchenhagen.de
A spray drying plant for polymer products supplied by Niro A / S
The AVAPAC Inline bag filling line by Avalon Engineering Ltd.
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In numerous industries, products and processes Made by GEA are enhancing the costeffectiveness and environmental compatibility of production processes and the quality of GEA customers products. As a leading process technology enterprise, GEA stands for efficient, reliable process management in the food, beverages, pharmaceutical and cosmetics sectors and also in chemistry, in power station construction, engine building, shipbuilding and the construction industry. GEA owes its stability to its global presence in diverse markets and its wide-ranging technological proficiency. With a share in turnover of about 60 percent, food, beverages, milk and the pharmaceutical industry are GEAs major sales markets. The main factors driving its growth here are the worlds growing population and rising household income. This results in increasing demand for valueadded foods and healthcare. Other global applications for GEA products and processes in the future include the efficient utilisation of non-renewable energy sources and economical use of our vital natural resources.
Foodstuffs Dairy Beverages Breweries Pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and the cosmetics industry Chemistry, petro-chemistry, natural gas, oil and biofuels Energy and drive technology Marine Environment
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The markets and your contacts SmartClick

To find out more about the service and features of individual GEA technologies, customers can obtain contact details very quickly from the internet portal using SmartClick. On the homepage www.gea-smartclick.com customers will find the new SmartClick at the top on the left. Each market is given a code, this number is entered in the field provided for it. A straightforward navigation system provides direct access to the required information.
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All markets and their SmartClick codes at a glance:
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For foods to taste good they must undergo numerous value-adding steps in the production process. GEA therefore consistently focuses on improving production by aiming for perfection and encouraging innovation.
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Foodstuffs
The food industry faces two major challenges from its markets: A growing world population must be supplied with food and customers demand for new and increasingly high-grade products must be met quickly. In the industrialised countries there is, moreover, a clear trend towards convenience products which can be prepared quickly and also have a dietary role. To comply with high hygiene standards, a production method which is both easy on the product as well as being efficient and smooth are essential prerequisites for success in the food processing industry. It is also essential to be able to adapt quickly to changing market demands in what is a highly competitive industry sector. GEA supplies a variety of modern plant systems, which meet these requirements in fine detail. Planning of plant systems is assisted by computer programs developed in-house. They enable GEA to supply equipment from standard plant systems, to special customised solutions. In its engineering for the food industry, GEA integrates the high-performance capacities, expertise, and thorough practical knowledge of experienced specialist companies from plant planning to comprehensive after-sales service. Complete production lines are designed so that, for example, mixing of products with one another or with cleaning agents is prevented. Cleaning (CIP) and/or sterilisation (SIP) are performed without dismantling and therefore without any re-infection. In large-scale projects in the food industry GEA undertakes both project management and detail planning. Interface responsibility, cost control and schedule monitoring are all handled by GEA and complement the technical quality of GEA services with the aim of flexible, cost-effective food production.
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Processes and products for foodstuffs
Liquids processing
Extraction Extracting plant Clarification / separation Self-cleaning separators, solid-bowl separators, separating and clarifying decanters, nozzle-type separators, ceramic membrane units, membrane filtration units Distilling Distillation units Mixing Tank mixers, mixing units, liquid-jet mixers, liquid-jet solids pumps, centrifugal mixers Concentrating Downflow evaporators, plate evaporators, evaporators with stirring gear, forced-circulation evaporators, freeze concentrators Heating / pasteurising Gasketed plate heat exchangers, brazed plate heat exchangers, tubular heat exchangers, spiral heat exchangers, scraping heat exchangers, lenient steam injectors (LSI), pasteurisation plant Homogenising High-pressure homogenisers Cooling / in-process recooling Cell type cooling towers, modular cooling towers, cooling tower components (fills and drift eliminators), zero-discharge systems, shell&-tube heat exchangers, air-cooled heat exchangers / process coolers, gasketed plate heat exchangers, brazed plate heat exchangers, heat-recovery systems, condensers Refrigeration technology Screw and reciprocating compressors, liquid cooling assemblies, condensers, semi- and fully-welded plate heat exchangers, brazed plate heat exchangers, dry coolers, air coolers, evaporative coolers, flake-ice machines, isolating, regulating check and isolatable check valves, pipe filters for refrigerants, deaerators, steam-jet refrigeration units, icewater units, tunnel freezers, refrigeration plant Drying Spray dryers, freeze dryers Storage Process tanks, sterile tanks
Solids processing
Drying Flash dryers / ring dryers, fluid bed dryers, ring dryers, air heaters Cooling Spray coolers, fluid bed coolers Agglomerating Fluid bed agglomerators, re-wet agglomerators, spray-drying agglomerators
Bagging / packing Powder bagging plants, powderpacking plants
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GEA Process Technology ensures gentle processing at each stage of food production to preserve all useful constituents.
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Processes and products for foodstuffs

Process lines and complete plant systems
Oils / fats Plant for recovering fats and oils such as olive and palm oil, edible oil refining plant, process lines for producing oleochemicals Starch / proteins Process lines for producing modified, sugared, enzyme-converted starch, A and B starch, process lines for gluten production, process lines for producing proteins, protein concentrate and protein isolates, plant for powder production Fermentation raw materials Process lines for producing molasses and syrup Fermentation products Intracellular products: Process lines for producing yeast extract, ribonucleic acid Extracellular products: Process lines for producing e.g. amino acids: e.g. histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine and cystine, phenylalanine and tyrosine, threonine, tryptophan, valine, monosodium glutamate, citric acid, plants for powder production Biomass: Process lines for producing bakers yeast, algae, single-cell proteins, plants for powder production Enzymes / starter cultures (bacterial cultures) Process lines for producing enzymes and starter cultures Slaughter house by-products Fat production, blood processing (dried blood, blood plasma), gelatine Fish products Fish oil, surimi, fish meal, fish protein Ice-cream Process lines for ice-cream, refrigerating plant for ice-cream Monoglycerides Spray coolers for production of powder-form monoglycerides Baby food / coconut milk / coffee whitener Complete powder plant Eggs / egg products Process lines for producing liquid egg products, process lines for producing powdered egg products Other foods Process lines for mustard, vinegar, flavouring agents, spices, complete lines for soups and sauces, process lines for sweets and cream liqueurs, food additives, pectin, fruit and vegetable-powders, freeze dried fruits, vegetable, spices, freeze dried soups, etc., complete process lines for bakery and pastry goods, equipment for fruit, jam, honey, equipment for processing fresh and frozen vegetables, process lines for processing meat and poultry
Process automation and integration

Project management / engineering Project management services, Engineering for process lines Hardware / software Information and management systems, control systems, operator process control, documentation, recording of production data
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Valves / inline equipment Single-seat valves, double seat valves and double seal valves, sterile valves, inline control and measurement technology Pumps Centrifugal pumps, self-priming centrifugal pumps, lobe pumps, high-pressure piston pumps, jet pumps, steam-jet vacuum pumps
Waste-heat utilisation Heat-recovery plant, thermal vapour condensers, plate heat exchangers
Air conditioning and cooling of buildings

Air conditioning / heating / ventilation Unit heater, fan coils, exhaust air fans, air handling units, chiller, liquid cooling assemblies Cooling of storage rooms Air handling unit, refrigerating plant, cold rooms, chiller, liquid cooling assemblies, aircooling fans, static air coolers, condensers / recirculation coolers (refrigerant condensers), brazed plate heat exchangers, evaporative cooling Control equipment Control equipment, automatic defrosting device, hardware/software interfaces, control accessories Clean-room technology HEPA filter, high-performance filtration systems, air handling unit
Miscellaneous applications
Product recovery Clarifying and separating decanters, clarifying and separating systems, product recovery systems Cleaning / CIP CIP cleaning systems, CIP systems for powder plant, tank cleaning equipment
Environmental protection
Cleaning of incoming air Universal Duct Air Filter System Cleaning of waste air Cartridge-type dust collector, bag filters (CIPcapable), scrubbers Waste water treatment / sludge dewatering Clarifying and separating decanters, clarifiers and separators, soapstock-splitting units, evaporators, crystallising plant, media for trickling filters, media for submerged fixed bed
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Dairy
The worlds milk consumption in 2004 was about 616 million tonnes; growth of about 10 million tonnes per annum is forecast. Milk is the worlds most important and versatile food. Consumers expect dairy products to be pure, natural, fresh and wholesome. In countries where the basic requirement for dairy products is met, expectations of their variety and convenience rise. If one adds in the strict standards imposed by food regulations and the trade, clear basic requirements to be met in milk production and processing emerge. Hygiene, storage quality, processes not detrimental to the product, optimal cooling of raw, intermediate and finished products. Global competition requires producers and processors to employ economical, reliable and flexible process management and to apply the most up-to-date technical standards. GEAs process technology is improving the processing of the white gold world-wide. The spectrum over which GEA components, systems and plant are used ranges from hygienic milking of dairy cattle through nondetrimental treatment of the milk, cheesemaking and protein extraction, to the unbroken cooling chain and conditioning of indoor air in production facilities and supermarket stores. The GEA speciality companies are opening up new and high-yielding segments by targeted innovation in, among other things, cold milk separation and protein extraction. The introduction into food and cheese production of modern clean-room technology is opening up market opportunities for GEA. This technology makes it possible for example to produce deep-frozen semi-finished and finished products with distinctly improved freshness and durability properties importantly, without additional chemical preservatives. In this promising market segment GEA customers are benefiting from complete modular clean-room systems, which are also suitable for modernising existing processing facilities.
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Processes and products for dairy

Liquids processing
Cream separation / standardising Self-cleaning separators, standardizing systems, membrane filtration units Clarification / separation Self-cleaning separators, nozzle separators, separators, high-performance clarifiers, clarifying and separating decanters, ceramic membrane units, membrane filtration units Degermination / sterilisation Membrane filtration units, self-cleaning separators, sterilisers, Heating / pasteurising Gasketed plate heat exchangers, tubular heat exchangers, scraping heat exchangers, lenient steam injectors (LSI), pasteurising plant Concentration Falling film evaporators, membrane filtration units, freeze concentrators Cooling / in-process recooling Cell type cooling towers, modular cooling towers, cooling tower components (fills and drift eliminators) zero-discharge systems, cooling-water treatment units, shell-&-tube heat exchangers, air-cooled heat exchangers / pro-cess coolers, gasketed plate heat exchangers, brazed plate heat exchangers Refrigeration technology Screw and reciprocating compressors, liquid cooling assemblies, condensers, brazed plate heat exchangers, semi-and fully-welded plate heat exchangers, pressure vessels, dry coolers, air coolers, ice-water machines, isolating, regulating, check and isolatable check valves, pipeline filters for refrigerants, de-aerators, steam-jet refrigeration units, refrigerating plant Homogenising High-pressure homogenisers Drying Spray dryers Storage Process tanks, sterile tanks
Solids processing
Agglomeration Fluidised bed agglomerators, re-wet agglomerators, spray-drying agglomerators Drying / cooling Fluid bed dryers, fluid bed coolers, ring dryers Bagging / packing Powder bagging plant, powder packing plant
Milk production and Dairy Farm Systems

Vacuum technology Watering-vacuum pumps, sliding-vane vacuum pumps Milking-parlour equipment / milking equipment Bucket milker units, pipeline milking installations, rotary parlours, autotandem parlours, herringbone parlours, side-by-side parlours, milking units/clusters, automatic cluster removal, automatic stripping device, stimulating pulsators and pulsation systems, milk transportation systems and pipeline systems, electronic milking management systems, electronic milk yield metring systems, electronic milking control units
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Milk cooling / storage Closed cooling tanks, open tanks, mobile milk tanks for lower capacity, refrigeration units / chillers, controlling and monitoring systems for milk cooling and tank cleaning, electronic dip stick, gasketed plate heat exchangers Heat recovery Heat-recovery systems
Powdered milk / powdered whey Milk/whey powder plants Cream / butter / buttermilk / concentrated milk fat Process lines, equipment for cream concentration, butter production, butteroil separation, buttermilk separation Cheese Cheese presses, product-recovery systems Yoghurt / curds / cream cheese / desserts Process lines for yoghurt, process lines for curd products and fresh cheese, process lines for desserts and puddings
Hygiene equipment
Automatic cleaning / rinsing units, circulation cleaning systems, teat care and disinfection systems, devices for intermediate cluster disinfection (Back Flush systems), hoof care management systems Herd management / plant management Integrated plant controlling and monitoring, herd management systems, electronic animal identification systems, electronic data recording, monitoring and evaluation of animal data and herd performance, systems for automatic weighing of animals, systems for automatic selection of animals, crowd gates, automatic feeding systems, heat-detection systems, automatic calf drinkers, automatic power feeders Aftermarket products and service Products for equipment and animal hygiene, accessories for professional milk production, spares for milk production and services
Ice-cream
Process lines for ice-cream, refrigerating plant for ice-cream Lactose / casein Process lines for lactose- and casein-production Calcium phosphate / phosphorolipids / lactalbumin Plant for producing calcium phosphate phosphorolipids and lactalbumin

Project management / engineering Engineering for integrated dairy systems, engineering for process lines, project management services Hardware / software Information and management systems, control systems, operator process control, documentation, production-data recording
Dairy systems and integrated process lines

Turnkey dairy process plants Turnkey dairy process plants Milk / cream / coffee cream Milk-processing lines
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Processes and products for dairy
Valves / inline technology Single seat valves, double seat valves, double-seal valves, sterile valves, inline control and measurement technology Pumps Centrifugal pumps, self-priming centrifugal pumps, rotary-piston pumps, high-pressure piston pumps, fluid-jet solids pumps
Waste water treatment / sludge dewatering Clarifying and separating decanters, clarifiers and separators, evaporators, waste water treatment plant, media for trickling filters, media for submerged fixed bed Waste-heat utilisation Heat-recovery plant, thermal vapour condensers, gasketed plate heat exchangers
Miscellaneous applications
Product recovery Product recovery systems, clarifying and separating decanters, clarifiers and separators Cleaning / CIP CIP cleaning systems, CIP systems for powder production plants, tank cleaning equipment

Air conditioning / heating / ventilation Unit heater, fan coils, air handling units, dehumidification units, chiller, liquid cooling assemblies Cooling of storage rooms Air handling unit, refrigerating plant, cold rooms, chiller, liquid cooling assemblies, aircooling fans, static air coolers, condensers / recirculation coolers (refrigerant condensers), evaporative cooling Control technology Automatic control equipment / control electronics, automatic defrosting device, hardware/software interfaces, peripheral units Clean-room technology HEPA filter, high-performance filtration systems, modular component range, central airconditioning units,
Waste treatment and environmental protection

Cleaning of incoming air Universal Duct Air Filter System Cleaning of waste air Cartridge-type dust collector, bag filters, scrubbers
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Beverages
The market for soft drinks, fruit juice and other non-alcoholic beverages is growing dynamically world-wide. This applies to Asia, America and Eastern Europe in particular. At the same time the products are becoming more varied: new-age drinks, isotonic drinks and health drinks mean differentiation and potential opportunities for earnings for the beverage industry, especially in mature drinks markets. Since the sales prospects for process technology tend to rise disproportionately with increasing household income, in the growth markets China, India, Russia and Eastern Europe, GEA is increasingly expanding its position in beverage production and preparation. In both mature and boom markets GEA customers are benefiting from components, systems and integrated plants for producing and preparing juice, syrup, soft drinks, drinks concentrates, coffee, alcohol, wine and beer. GEAs leading position here is based not just on its outstanding skill in innovative product differentiation and quality production. The environmental protection incorporated in production using GEA technology is also increasingly attractive to the beverage industry. It minimises flows of environment-relevant substances and also the consumption of water, natural feedstocks and energy resources. Beverage technologys modular design, straightforward installation and low maintenance mean that customers in the beverage industry benefit from significantly lowered operating costs, while the quality and environment-friendliness of their production systems are maximised.
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Premium quality in the drinks sector primarily rests on the most advanced process technology. GEA offers forwardlooking processes which guarantee outstanding results in products, minimise operating costs and enable maximum protection of the environment.
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Processes and products for beverages

Liquids processing
Juice extraction Clarifying decanters, clarifiers Concentrating / clearing / separating Falling film evaporators, plate evaporators, freeze concentrators, membrane filtration units, ceramic membrane units, self-cleaning separators, nozzle separators, separators, high-performance clarifiers, clarifying and separating decanters Distilling / rectifying Distillation plant, rectification plant Extracting Extraction plant Mixing Mixing plant Heating / pasteurising Gasketed plate heat exchangers, shell-&-tube heat exchangers, vapour condensers, pasteurising plant, short-time pasteurisers Cooling / in-process re-cooling Cell type cooling towers, series cooling towers, cooling tower components (fills and drift eliminators), shell-&-tube heat exchangers, air fin coolers, gasketed plate heat exchangers, brazed plate heat exchangers, heat-recovery systems Refrigeration technology Screw and reciprocating compressors, liquidcooling assemblies, double-pipe coolers, condensers, pressure vessels, dry coolers, air coolers, scratch and deep coolers, shut-off and regulating fittings, check and combined shut-off and check valves, pipe filters, de-aerators, steam-jet coolers, refrigerating plant, semi- and fully-welded plate heat exchangers, brazed plate heat exchangers Carbonation / degassing Carbonation plant, degassing plant Drying Spray dryers, freeze dryers, heat exchangers for drying units Homogenising High-pressure homogenisers Storage Sterile tanks, fermentation, cooling and storage tanks
Powder processing
Agglomeration Agglomerators Cooling Fluid bed coolers Dissolving Powder dissolvers
Process lines and complete plant units

Juice Process lines for producing fruit juice and concentrates, process lines for extracting premium juice, process lines for obtaining valuable ingredients, pre- and after-treatment plant Syrup Syrup-production lines Soft drinks / non-alcoholic drinks Process lines for producing non-alcoholic drinks Drinks concentrates Process lines for concentrate production Puree / puree concentrate Process lines for producing puree and puree concentrate Essential oils Process lines for producing essential oils
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Coffee Process lines for producing instant coffee, process lines for producing liquid coffee, process lines for producing coffee substitute Tea Process lines for producing tea extract Beverages Process lines for producing soy and cereal drinks Alcohol Complete distillation plants Grape juice / wine Process lines for producing grape juice and grape-juice concentrate, process lines for wine making, wine stabilisation and screening Sekt / champagne Process lines for clarifying sparkling wine and champagne production
Treating solid waste Flash, ring and rotary dryers
Waste-heat utilisation
Heat-recovery plant, gasketed plate heat exchangers Product recovery Clarifying and separating decanters, clarifiers and separators, product recovery systems
Sundry applications
Cleaning / CIP CIP installations, plate heat exchangers Cooling of Power Plants Air-cooled condensers, natural draught cooling towers, indirect dry cooling towers Heller, cell type cooling towers
Air-conditioning and cooling of buildings

Air conditioning / heating/ ventilation Unit heater, fan coils, exhaust air fans, air handling unit, chiller, liquid-cooling assemblies Cooling of storerooms Air handling unit, refrigerating plant, cold rooms , chiller, liquid-cooling assemblies, aircooling fans, static air coolers, condensers/ recirculation coolers (refrigerant condensers), brazed plate heat exchangers, evaporative cooling Control technology Control equipment, automatic defrosting device, hardware/software interfaces, control accessories Clean-room technology HEPA filter, high-performance filtration plant, air handling unit

Engineering Engineering services Project management Project-management services Hardware / software Information and management systems, control systems, operator process control, documentation Valves / inline technology Single-seat valves, double-seat valves and double-seal valves, sterile valves, inline control and measurement technology Pumps Centrifugal pumps, rotary piston pumps, piston pumps, jet pumps

Waste water treatment / dewatering Clarifying and separating decanters, clarifiers and separators, evaporators, media for trickling filters, media for submerged fixed bed
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Westfalia Separator PROFI a combination of membrane filtration and centrifugal separation technology permits kieselguhr-free beer production an innovation which substantially affects process management and cost-effectiveness in breweries.
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Breweries
Lean fluid processes, top product quality and rapid adaptation of production to a constantly increasing variety of products and quantities are critical for success in the world-wide competition in the brewing industry. If a plant is fully to meet the requirements of brewery markets and customers, it must be designed according to the latest standards of process technology, i.e. as a highly flexible system capable of continuous optimisation. In-depth knowledge of products and processes in general and the craft of brewing beer in particular are further pre-requisites. First-rate engineering, precision assembly of the plant units and proven innovative design complete the GEA package. With more than 250 companies in over 50 countries GEA supplies and services all major breweries world-wide as leading supplier of its own brewery process-technology components and systems. In partnership with GEA, customers benefit both from customised design and building of turnkey plant systems and from the provision and implementation of individual components for boosting existing systems performance. GEA centres of excellence in Europe, SouthEast Asia and North America make the most up-to-date technologies available to the customer through a world-wide distribution network. Experienced GEA engineers bring their knowledge and skills to this working affiliation and secure optimal quality and cost-effectiveness from planning, through to plant production and commissioning.
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Processes and products for breweries

Process lines and complete breweries
Engineering Engineering for complete breweries, engineering for process lines Project management Project-management services Process lines Yeast propagation and yeast cellars, fermentation and storage cellars, filtration cellars, pressure-tank cellars, pre-filtration beer clarification, wort clarification, green beer clarification, beer recovery from tank bottoms Beer / hop extracts / malt extracts Plants for producing beer, non-alcoholic beer, speciality beers (wheat, sorghum), hop extracts, malt extracts, kvass Cooling / in-process recooling Cell type cooling towers, modular cooling towers, cooling tower components (fills and drift eliminators), zero-discharge systems, shell-&-tube heat exchangers, air-cooled heat exchangers/process coolers, gasketed plate heat exchangers, brazed plate heat exchangers, heat-recovery systems Refrigeration technology Screw compressors / reciprocating compressors, liquid-cooling assemblies, double-pipe coolers, condensers, brazed plate heat exchangers, pressure vessels, dry coolers, air coolers, scratch/deep coolers, shut-off and regulating fittings, check valves / combined shut-off and check valves, pipe filters, steamjet coolers, refrigerating plant, semi- and fully-welded plate heat exchangers, brazed plate heat exchangers Carbonation / nitrogenation Carbonation plant, nitrogenation plant Degassing / aeration Degassing plant, aeration plant Dealcoholisation Falling film evaporators Beer recovery Controlled discharge equipment, treatment of leaked and residual beer
Liquids processing
Concentrating Falling film evaporators, freeze concentrators, membrane filtration units, plate evaporators Distilling / rectifying Distillation plant, rectification plant Clarification / separation Self-cleaning clarifiers, high-performance clarifiers, clarifying decanters Extraction Extraction lines Mixing Mixing plant, static mixers Homogenising High-pressure homogenisers Heating / pasteurising Gasketed plate heat exchangers, scraping heat exchangers, shell-&-tube heat exchangers, brazed plate heat exchangers, short-time pasteurisers Drying Spray dryers, heat exchangers

Hardware / software Information and management systems , control systems, operator process control, documentation, recording of production data Valves / inline technology Single-seat valves, double-seat valves and doubleseal valves, sterile valves, inline control and measurement technology
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Pumps Centrifugal pumps, rotary piston pumps, piston pumps, jet pumps Cleaning / CIP CIP cleaning systems, spray balls, cleaning lances, rotating-jet cleaners, orbital cleaners Cooling of power plants Air cooled condensers, natural draught cooling towers, cell type cooling towers, indirect dry cooling towers, cooling tower components (fills and drift eliminators)
Consistent top quality, trouble-free batch changes and maximum yields GEA Process Technology offers everything the modern brewery needs.

Grains drying Flash, ring and rotary dryers Waste water treatment / sludge dewatering Clarifying and separating decanters, clarifiers and separators, evaporators, media for trickling filters, media for submerged fixed bed Waste-heat utilisation Heat-recovery plant, vapour condensers Product recovery Clarifying and separating decanters, clarifiers and separators

Air conditioning / heating / ventilation Unit heater, fan coils, exhaust air fans, air handling units, chiller, liquid-cooling assemblies, dry coolers Cooling of storerooms Air handling unit, refrigerating plant, cold rooms, chiller, liquid-cooling assemblies, aircooling fans, static air coolers, condensers / recirculation coolers (refrigerant condensers), brazed plate heat exchangers Control equipment Control equipment, automatic defrosting device, hardware/software interfaces, control accessories Clean-room technology HEPA filter, high-performance filtration systems, air handling unit
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Everyone expects high quality products, but the safety requirements for people and the environment are also extremely high in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and cosmetics markets. Here too GEA sets high standards, the value of which is measured in more than cents and euros.
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Pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and the cosmetics industry

Research, development and production in both the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries and also the cosmetics industry place health and personal well-being in pole position. Demographic developments are turning these markets into growth markets. Today in the developed industrial countries 15 percent of the population is already 65 years or older, in the next 20 to 30 years this proportion will approximately treble. In view of these trends, and the fact that development of a new medicine often takes more than 10 years, manufacturers are investing billions in the improvement of existing products and procedures at the same time as they develop new products and procedures. In the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and cosmetics industries GEA is able to bring to bear all its capabilities with growing success. Challenging but profitable potential markets are being opened up, as shown by the example of the GEA Mechanical Separation Technology Division. In the pharmaceutical industry and in biotechnology, separators and decanters from this company are being introduced into the fields of purification, separation, fractionation, concentration and extraction. Amongst others, the tasks include human blood plasma fractionation, extraction of plant extracts for medicines, insulin extraction, and the separation of micro organisms and their constituents, as for example in the manufacture of vaccines, interferon, antibiotics and enzymes. The industrial production of pharmaceutical, biotechnological and cosmetic products places high requirements on the process engineering. GEAs equipment, systems and facilities stand out not only in terms of their high availability, economic operation and adaptability, but are also setting the worldwide standards for safety, hygiene and a constant quality of result.
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Processes and products for pharmaceuticals, biotechology and the cosmetics industry
Treatment of fluids
Extraction Extraction plants (batch and continuous operation), centrifugal extractors Purification / separating Solid-wall separators, chamber separators, steam sterilisers, self-cleaning separators, separators with VISCON nozzles, extraction decanters, HyCon hyperconcentrators, membrane filtration units, ceramic membrane units Distilling / rectifying Distillation plant, rectification columns Concentration Falling film evaporation plant, updraught evaporators, circulation evaporators, forced circulation evaporators, thin film concentrators, vortex layer evaporators, spiral tube evaporators, agitation evaporators, plate evaporators, membrane filtration plant, freeze concentration plant, crystallisation plant Mixing Fluid jet mixers, centrifugal mixers Heating Tubular heat exchangers, heating systems, lenient steam injectors (LSI) Cooling / re-cooling in the process natural draught cooling towers, multi-cell cooling towers, modular cooling towers, cooling tower components (fills and drift eliminators), tubular heat exchangers, air-cooled heat exchangers / process coolers, evaporation cooling plant/vacuum cooling plant Refrigeration technology Screw and piston compressors, liquid chillers, condensers, brazed plate heat exchangers, pressure vessels, dry coolers, air coolers, iced water plants, shut-off valves, control valves, non-return valves and non-return valves with shut-off functionality, pipework filters for coolants, breathers, steam jet cooling plant, vacuum cooling plant, refrigeration plant Homogenisation High-pressure homogenisers Drying Spray dryers, spray coolers Storage Process tanks facilities, sterile tanks facilities, facilities for storage/distribution of pure media,
Handling of solids
Agglomeration / granulation Fluidised bed agglomerators and granulators for batch operation, fluidised bed agglomerators and granulators for continuous operation, granulators with high shear force for batch operation, granulators with high shear force for continuous operation, spray drying agglomerators and granulators, turbine granulators Drying Fluidised bed dryers for batch operation, fluid bed dryers, vacuum dryers, vacuum dryers with gas washing, microwave vacuum dryers, air heaters Pelletising Mounted pelletisers, wet granulation pelletisers, melt granulation pelletisers, extruders and spheronisers Coating Fluidised bed coaters (top and bottom sprays), radial spray coaters, rotocoaters, spray coaters
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Processes and products for pharmaceuticals, biotechology and the cosmetics industry
Powder dedusting Drum deduster for powders Cooling Fluid Bed Coolers Complete process lines Installations for drying of pharma / biotech products, syrup and suspensions, parenterals, blood plasma fractionation, cytostatica, x-ray solutions, aerosol products, injection solutions, infusion solutions, fermentation plants Complete process lines for the extraction of: Human vaccines/veterinary vaccines, insulin from biomass, human blood proteins, enzymes, synthetic pharmaceutical products, antibiotics, statins, steroids/hormones, organ extracts, plant extracts, pectins/vitamins/aromatic substances Produce batches Turn-key process plants batch production Sterilise materials Sterilisers for batch operation, sterilisers for continuous operation Execute biochemical reactions Fermenters Recovery of products Purifying and separating decanters, purifying and separation separators, product recovery systems Cleaning (CIP / SIP) CIP cleaning facilities, CIP systems for centrifuges, CIP systems for powder production plants, tank cleaning equipment Cooling in company power plants Air cooled condensers, natural-draught cooling towers, multi-cell cooling towers, cooling tower components (fills and drift eliminators)

Plant construction Engineering for process lines, project management services Hardware / software Information and management systems, control concepts, process operation, documentation, operational data recording Valves / inline technology Single-seat valves, double-seat valves and double-seal valves, sterile valves, in-line control and measurement technology Pumps High-pressure pumps, centrifugal pumps, rotary piston pumps, jet vacuum pumps, jet pumps
Clean of incoming air Universal duct air filter system Clean exhaust air Cartridge-type dust collector, bag, filters (CIP able), wet scrubber, jet washers, ethylene oxide washers
Various applications
Clean room technology Components for clean rooms, central ventilation plant for clean rooms, HEPA filter, high-performance filtration plant,
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Treatment of waste water / removal of water from sludge Purifying and separating decanters, purification and separation separators, evaporation plants, crystallisers, media for trickling filters, media for submerged fixed bed Deactivation of biological waste water Plant for the thermal disinfection of infected waste water Utilisation of waste heat Heat-recovery plant, thermal vapour compressors
Building air-conditioning and cooling systems

Air conditioning / heating / ventilation Unit heater, fan coils, exhaust air fans, air handling units, chiller Cooling of storage rooms Air handling unit, refrigerating plant,cool rooms, chiller, liquid cooling assemblies, ventilator air coolers, static air coolers, liquefiers/heat exchangers (coolant condensers), brazed plate heat exchangers Control equipment Control equipment, automatic defrosting device, hardware / software interfaces, control accessories
Methanol is one of the raw materials with a very promising future. GEA is opening up the growth potential in the field of methanol processing in a focussed manner, and with a very close eye on the safety and protection of people, resources and the natural environment.
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Chemistry, petro-chemistry, natural gas, oil and biofuels

Without chemistry, progress and civilisation are no longer imaginable. Whether tensides in washing detergents, PVCs in floor coverings, high-tech fibres for clothing, colourings or phosphoric acids in soft drinks all areas of life are to a greater or lesser extent affected by the developments in the chemical industries. The worldwide consumption of just the one plastic PET for example for carpets, upholstery, clothing, seat belts and bottles was already at a level of 29 megatonnes in the year 2000 and rising! Since in these industry sectors concentrated acids, fuels, gases and explosive materials, amongst others, are part of the everyday business, safety and protection of the environment are absolutely essential prerequisites for GEAs systems and facilities. GEA is also opening up profitable growth potentials in the field of production of methanol from gas, such as natural gas, coal gas and biogas, as a feedstock for petrochemical products and fuels. While today only 5 percent of the natural gas extracted worldwide is processed further to become methanol, petrochemical products and fuels, this proportion will rise to at least 20 percent by 2030. Similarly interesting areas of growth are offered by the generation of oleochemicals. In the petrochemical industries the raw material of oil is converted to gas. The companies in the petrochemical industries are investing in new procedures and facilities. For all of these processes the companies in GEAs Energy Technology Division are the people to talk to for all your cooling needs. Centrifugal separation technology provides process line support for the treatment of renewable resources to become ethanol and biodiesel. In oilfields, the world-leading technologies of the Mechanical Separation Technology Division frequently come into play.
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Processes and products for chemistry, petro-chemistry, natural gas, oil and biofuels
Treatment of gases and vapours
Cooling / re-cooling Air-cooled natural gas coolers, naturaldraught cooling towers, multi-cell cooling towers, modular cooling towers, cooling tower components (fills and drift eliminators), zero-discharge systems, cooling water treatment plant, vacuum cooling plant, fluidised bed coolers, spray coolers, gasketed plate heat exchangers, evaporation air coolers, tube bundle heat exchangers (single and double tube configurations), air-cooled heat exchangers / process coolers, phtalic acid anhydride separators (PSA separators), post reactors Compression / generation of cold conditions Piston and screw compressors, gas jet compressors, vapour jet compressors, refrigeration plant, refrigeration valves Liquefaction Liquefaction plant Condensation Condensation plant, air-cooled condensers, pressure vessels Heating / heat recovery Thermal oil-heated exchangers, heat recovery boilers, heat exchangers (single and double tube configurations), gas pre-heaters, gasketed plate heat exchangers, brazed plate heat exchangers, semi- and fully-welded plate heat exchangers, dry coolers Filters HEPA filter, coarse and fine dust filters, highperformance filtration plant Gas pipelines Aircoolers, brazed plate heat exchangers
Treatment of fluids
Mixing / agitation Jet mixers, centrifugal mixers Purification / separation / extraction Solid-wall separators, chamber separators, self-cleaning separators, nozzle separators, purifying decanters, separating decanters, centrifugal extractors, membrane filter units, ceramic membrane units Distillation / rectification Distillation plant, stripping plant, rectification columns Concentration / crystallisation Climbing film evaporators, falling film evaporators, circulation evaporators, forced circulation evaporators, vortex layer evaporators, spiral tube evaporators, agitation evaporators, plate evaporators, freeze concentration plant, crystallisation plant Drying Spray dryers, fluid bed dryers, flash dryers Homogenisation High-pressure homogenisers De-gassing Vacuum de-gassing plant Cooling / re-cooling Natural-draught cooling towers, multi-cell cooling towers, modular cooling towers, cooling tower components (fills and drift eliminators), zero-discharge systems, cooling water treatment plant, vacuum cooling plant, fluidised bed coolers, spray coolers, gasketed plate heat exchangers, evaporation air coolers, tube bundle heat exchangers (single and double tube configurations), air-cooled heat exchangers / process coolers, phtalic acid anhydride separators (PSA separators), post reactors
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Generation of cold conditions Refrigeration plant, screw and piston compressors, chiller, liquid-cooling assemblies, shut-off and control valves for refrigeration plant, non-return valves, ventilator air coolers, automatic defrosting device, refridgerant condensers (liquefiers) Heating / heat recovery Steam jet pre-heaters, gasketed, fully welded plate heat exchangers, brazed plate heat exchangers, tube bundle heat exchangers (single and double tube configurations)
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Processes and products for chemistry, petro-chemistry, natural gas, oil and biofuels
Handling of solids
Concentration Solid-wall separators, chamber separators, nozzle separators, self-cleaning separators, purifying and separating decanters, centrifugal extractors Drying Contact dryers, flash dryers, ring dryers, bed dryers, drum dryers, vortex flow dryers, flash dryers, heat exchangers for drying plant Granulation / agglomeration spray drying granulators and agglomerators, bed Granulators, mixer-compactor-granulators Calcination Rotary ovens, fluid bed calcinators Powder dedusting Dedusters, tumblers-mixers-dedusters Cooling Spray coolers, fluid bed coolers, contact coolers, dry coolers, condensers, air coolers, natural draught cooling towers, multi-cell cooling towers, indirect dry cooling towers working on the Heller principle, air-cooled condensers, surface condensers, phtalic acid anhydride separators (PSA separators), post reactors, cooling tower components (fills and drift eliminators) Chemical applications Installations for drying of organic and inorganic chemicals, installations for drying of polymers, installations for drying of fine ceramics and hard metals, installations for drying of dyestuff and pigments, installations for drying of agrochemicals, installations for drying of fine chemicals, installations for drying of detergents, installations for drying of tannins, installations for drying of spary collong of chemical products

Clean exhaust air / gas Filter systems, filter elements and housings, HEPA filter, gas washers/spray absorbers, spray drying absorption plants, desulphurisation plant Air intake / filtration Filter elements and housings, air intake systems, air filtration systems Waste-heat utilisation Finned tube heat exchangers, exhaust gas exchangers (corrosion resistant), gasketed plate heat exchangers, rotating heat exchangers, vapour compressors, heat pumps, heat-recovery plant Treatment of waste water / removal of water from sludge Purifying and separating decanters, evaporation plant, rectification equipment, stripping plant, spray driers, freeze concentration, contact driers, crystallisation plant, vortex bed combustion, water treatment plant, sludge desinfication plant, membrane filtration plant, media for trickling filters, media for submerged fixed bed
Various applications
Cleaning components CIP cleaning facilities, spray spheres, cleaning lances, rotating jet cleaners, orbital cleaners Pumps Piston pumps, centrifugal pumps, jet pumps, vacuum pumps Ventilators Radial ventilators, axial ventilators Pressure vessels Pressure vessels Cooling in machine and process technology Pressure gas cooler, gas pre-heater, radiator cooler
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Complete process lines

Natural gas treatment Natural gas treatment plant, natural-draught cooling towers, multi-cell cooling towers, modular cooling towers, cooling tower components (fills and drift eliminators), zero-discharge systems, cooling water treatment plant, vacuum cooling plant, fluidised bed coolers, spray coolers, gasketed plate heat exchangers, evaporation air coolers, tube bundle heat exchangers (single and double tube configurations), air-cooled heat exchangers / process coolers, phtalic acid anhydride separators (PSA separators), post reactors Natural gasoline separation Plant for separation of natural gasoline Liquefaction Liquefaction plant Cooling / re-cooling Natural-draught cooling towers, multi-cell cooling towers, modular cooling towers, cooling tower components (fills and drift eliminators), zero-discharge systems, cooling water treatment plant, vacuum cooling plant, fluidised bed coolers, spray coolers, gasketed plate heat exchangers, evaporation air coolers, tube bundle heat exchangers (single and double tube configurations), air-cooled heat exchangers / process coolers, phtalic acid anhydride separators (PSA separators), post reactors
Oilfields onshore and offshore

Oil supply platforms and FPSOs Processing of drilling mud, removal of oil from produced and drain water and bilgewater, removal of water and oil from crude oil, cleaning and treatment of fuel oil, lubrication oil and hydraulics oil, processing of drilling muds Oil / refineries Separation of cat fines from oil residues, cleaning and disposal of slop oil, naturaldraught cooling towers, multi-cell cooling towers, modular cooling towers, cooling tower components (fills and drift eliminators), zero-discharge systems, cooling water treatment plant, vacuum cooling plant, fluidised bed coolers, spray coolers, gasketed plate heat exchangers, evaporation air coolers, tube bundle heat exchangers (single and double tube configurations), air-cooled heat exchangers / process coolers, phtalic acid anhydride separators (PSA separators), post reactors Natural gas Purification of monoethylene glycol (MEG) for pipeline protection
Cooling of gases, vapours and fluids

Cooling of gases and vapours Air coolers, natural draught cooling towers, multi-cell cooling towers, hybrid cooling towers, cooling tower components (fills and drift eliminators), indirect dry cooling towers working on the Heller principle, aircooled condensers, surface condensers, fullywelded plate heat exchangers Cooling of liquids Air coolers, gasketed and fully welded plate heat exchangers

Air conditioning / heating / ventilation Unit heater, fan coils, exhaust air fans, air handling units, chiller, modular cooling towers
Fuels from renewable resources

Biodiesel
Process lines for the production of biodiesel Bioethanol / ethanol Process lines for the extraction of ethanol from raw materials containing sugar, starch and cellulose
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Energy is an expensive, complex and sophisticated commodity. GEAs responsibility in this field extends therefore beyond the immediate technical issues to include questions of security of supply and the protection of resources.
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Energy and drive technology
To safeguard economic development and to cover the rising energy needs without threatening the quality of life of future generations, energy must be generated economically, safely and in an environmentally acceptable manner. A large proportion of the coal-fired power stations in Europe and the USA must, in the coming years, be replaced by new technology. Moreover 1.6 billion people in the world have no access to electricity. The economic boom in China and other regions of Asia is also resulting in an increased energy demand. GEAs Mechanical Separation Division is also registering constant growth in the worlds energy markets. Here the most important applications are in the processing of fuel oils and lubrication oil in turbine-driven power stations, or plants with diesel engines. This divisions high performance, but economical, centrifuges reduce wastage and protect the highly-loaded, sophisticated drive units from any possible damage and its consequences for people, environment and the companies concerned.
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Processes and products for energy and drive technology

Cooling of gases, steam and fluids
Cooling of gases and steam Air coolers, natural draught cooling towers, multi-cell cooling towers, cooling tower components (fills and drift eliminators), hybrid cooling towers, indirect dry cooling towers working on the Heller principle, air-cooled condensers, surface condensers, fully-welded plate heat exchangers Cooling of liquids Air coolers, brazed plate heat exchangers, gasketed plate heat exchangers Centrifugal separation technology in power stations for Diesel oil treatment, crude oil treatment, heavy oil treatment and desalination, lube oil treatment, sludge and waste water treatment, fuel oil conditioning systems, control and regulation systems, process and cooling systems, water desalination systems Cooling in company power plants Air cooled condensers, natural draught cooling towers, multi-cell cooling towers, air coolers, natural draught cooling towers, multicell cooling towers, cooling tower components (fills and drift eliminators), hybrid cooling towers, indirect dry cooling towers working on the Heller principle, air-cooled condensers, surface condensers, fully-welded plate heat exchangers

Air-conditioning / heating / ventilation Unit heater, fan coils, exhaust air fans, air handling unit, chiller, liquid cooling assemblies, dry coolers, brazed plate heat exchangers, gasketed plate heat exchangers, unit heater, air intake and exhaust air cleaning plant Components and installations for cooling transformer oil Air coolers, water coolers, circulating pumps Components and installations in air technology Heat exchangers Electrical machines and drives Circuit coolers, circulation coolers, rail car coolers, radiators Power plant technology, general Circuit coolers Components, systems and installations in diesel or gas turbine power stations Charge air coolers, circuit coolers, exhaust gas heat exchangers, transformer oil coolers, heat recovery systems

Hardware / software Information and management systems, control concepts, process operation, documentation, operational data recording Valves / inline technology Single-seat valves, double-seal valves and (leakage proof) double-seat valves, pipework technology, in-line control and measurement technology Pumps Rotary pumps, rotary piston pumps, piston pumps, jet pumps Cleaning / CIP CIP cleaning plant, spray spheres, cleaning lances, rotating jet cleaners, orbital cleaners
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Air conditioning technology

Components and installations in air technology Heat exchangers, brazed plate heat exchangers, unit heater, air intake and exhaust air cleaning plant Process control for refrigeration systems Control systems Refrigeration technology Piston and screw compressors, liquid chillers, heat exchangers, brazed plate heat exchangers, valves and pipework filters for coolant, cargo hold and container cooling plant, pressure vessels, crushed ice machinery, slurry ice machinery, ice generation plant, freeze tunnels, complete cooling plant for provisions, deep freeze rooms, complete refrigeration plant, refrigeration facilities for gas tankers, complete fish treatment lines
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Marine
Safer, larger, faster, more environmentally friendly marine engineering is state-of-theart technology, proven under the extreme conditions of the sea. More than 30 knots cruising speed with wave heights of six metres, worldwide transport networks in which goods flow around the clock, increasingly stringent requirements concerning protection of the seas, and the global competition in shipbuilding and logistics are here setting the standards for the future. With a proportion of more than 85 percent of the worlds transport tonnage, the ship is by far the most effective, most environmentally friendly and most economical means of transport, and is a key building block within worldwide supply chains. Supported by more than 250 agencies in 50 countries GEA, as a leading company in process technology, is fully acknowledging the high requirements set in shipbuilding. Customers are profiting from components, systems and facilities which in function and design are precisely tailored to the requirements of a very wide variety of types of ship. These are fulfilling their duties on container ships, tankers and fishing trawlers just as reliably as on ferries and megayachts. Built to time on short assembly times, with long in-service lives, low operating costs, and fault-free, environmentally-friendly plant operation at constant load these are the payoffs for the customers in terms of maximum performance and cost effectiveness. For this reason many leading companies in the shipbuilding industry have selected GEA as their preferred supplier.
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Processes and products for marine

Ship engines
Preparation of fuels Treatment systems with centrifugal separators Fuel supply Fuel supply plant (booster units) Treatment of lube oil Treatment systems with centrifugal separators Lubrication oil / cooling water recooling Gasketed plate heat exchangers Charge air cooling Charge air coolers Exhaust gas cooling Exhaust gas heat exchanger Cooling of generators / electric motors Circuit coolers, brazed plate heat exchangers
Bilgewater Treatment systems with centrifugal separators, evaporation plant Treatment of oil sludge Treatment systems with centrifugal separators Removal of oil damage Decanters
Turbines
Treatment of fuels Treatment systems with centrifugal separators Fuel supply Fuel supply plant (booster units) Treatment of lube oil Treatment systems with centrifugal separators, double tube safety heat exchangers Treatment of process air Intake systems
Cooling of steam
Surface condensers
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M 009
Environment
Every second the worlds water, soil and air receives a thousand cubic metres of waste water, solid waste materials and exhaust gases of all kinds. Only a fraction of this is treated. The number and severity of the conditions for protection of the natural environment are growing, and with them the need for solutions that are ecologically viable and economically achievable. At the same time great efforts are being made globally to meet these challenges. The saving of resources and energy; the avoidance, reduction and recycling of waste materials, waste water and emissions to the greatest possible extent - these are the requirements that are being positively implemented in GEAs process technology whilst adhering strictly to the parameters of business economics. This applies to the use of natural refrigerants in industrial cooling, to the power alcohol plant and the GEA plant for flue gas treatment, and also, for example, to the GEA systems for industrial air cooling. Increasingly more important in the safeguarding of our natural foundations for life is the treatment of waste water. Here the GEA Mechanical Separation Technology Division is one of the worlds leading suppliers of separators and decanters for the treatment of drinking water, removal of water from sludge and its concentration, as well as the recovery of resources from production processes. More than 3000 stationary and mobile GEA plants are in use worldwide for the treatment of industrial and municipal wastewater. The fact that customers using these plants can link environmental protection with sometimes dramatic cost reductions in disposal, energy and water consumption, underlines GEAs sound growth in the environmental sector.
GEA Environmental Technology is complex technology and system management at a high level. Customers profit not only from the optimal treatment of waste water, but also from the reduced energy consumption and lower disposal resources resulting from high concentration of solids.
UCD 205 decanters, prepared for mobile use.
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Processes and products for environment

Cleaning, filtration and intake of air and gas
Clean incoming air Universal passage air filter systems Cleaning exhaust air Deduster cassettes, nose filters (CIP cleaning capability), wet separators (venturi), jet washers, ethylene oxide washers Clean exhaust air / gas Spray drying absorption, desulphurisation plant, fills for scrubbers Treatment of waste water / removal of water from sludge Purifying and separating decanters, purifying and separating separators, soapstock splitting plant, waste water treatment systems, freeze concentration plant, water treatment plant, sludge thickening plant, membrane filtration plant, fills for trickling filters, fills for submerged fixed bed Biomass, sewage sludge incineration Exhaust gas heat exchangers Separation technology procedures Sludge dewatering, sludge thickening, treatment of municipal and industrial waste water, treatment of drinking water, recovery of resources from production processes
Recovery
Recovery of products Purifying decanters, purifying separators, plate heat exchangers, brazed plate heat exchangers
Heat
Utilisation of waste heat Gasketed and fully welded plate heat exchangers, brazed plate heat exchangers Gas pipelines Air coolers, brazed plate heat exchangers Liquefied natural gas / gas liquefication terminals Air coolers
Petrochemical plants
Cooling of gases, vapours and fluids Air coolers, natural draught cooling towers, multi-cell cooling towers, hybrid cooling towers, indirect dry cooling towers working on the Heller principle, air-cooled condensers, surface condensers, fully-welded plate heat exchangers, cooling tower components (fills and drift eliminators) Cooling of liquids Air coolers, gasketed and fully-welded plate heat exchangers
Treatment of resources
Cleaning of consumable materials Treatment of oil and waste emulsions: Cooling lubricants (KSE), lubrication oil, hydraulic oil, cleaning fluids and washing emulsions, developer fluid, lower diesel grades
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