Equipment, pumps and plant maintenance — Steiner Ukraine blog
Self-adhesive Labeling Machines: Where They Provide Process Control and Where They Create Hidden Costs
Self-adhesive labelling is often perceived as a “safe choice”. The technology looks universal: it needs no glue on the line, gives high positioning accuracy and adapts easily to different formats. That is exactly why it is the first to be considered when the task is to buy labelling equipment. But in real production conditions...
Automatic labelling machines: how to choose the right technology
At most production sites automatic labelling machines are for a long time perceived as the final and technically simple stage. Up until the moment when problems start to accumulate exactly here: unstable speed, label misalignment, quality depending on the operator. And then it becomes obvious that the choice of labelling technology directly...
Safety first: Modern dosing and packaging systems for corrosive chemicals
The production of household chemicals, fertilisers and industrial reagents requires a special approach to automation. Unlike the food sector, here the main criterion for choosing equipment is not only speed, but also chemical resistance and environmental safety. Steiner analyses how modern technologies minimise the risks...
Irrigation pumping station: how choosing the wrong one increases the cost of watering
Why the wrong choice of pumping station increases the cost of watering. We examine the economics of irrigation systems and typical engineering mistakes.
Automating reporting and quality control: how to transition to paperless production
How much time do your operators spend filling in paper logbooks? How many errors arise because of the “human factor”, and how quickly do you find out about deviations in the quality of a batch? In modern industrial engineering the Paperless concept (paperless production) is not simply doing away with stationery. It is...
Green engineering: how modernising pumping equipment reduces energy consumption by 30%
Today energy efficiency is not only a contribution to the environment, but also a critical condition for the survival of a business. Amid unstable electricity prices in Ukraine, the cost of powering industrial units is becoming a substantial share of a product’s cost price. At an average enterprise, pumping equipment consumes from 20%...
How to choose a pump for corrosive and chemically active liquids
How to select a pump for aggressive and chemically active liquids – this is not a question of brand or price. It is an engineering task with a high level of risk. A mistake at the selection stage almost always leads not simply to a drop in efficiency, but to degradation of the equipment, downtime, leaks...
The most common causes of downtime on bottling lines
The causes of filling line downtime are rarely accidental. In most cases they are the result of accumulated engineering decisions taken without regard for the real dynamics of the process. A line may look technically sound but operate at the limit of its modes, and in such a state any minor deviation quickly leads to...
How to adapt a packaging line to different container formats
The modern market dictates the terms for operating production facilities, demanding a high degree of product variability from them. For enterprises this means the need for a rapid changeover between different types of containers. For example, from complex-shaped glass bottles to PET containers or canisters of various volumes. But adapting a packaging line is —...
JS Proputec vane pumps: Technical features and applications in the meat processing industry
Technology overview The transport of viscous products with a high content of solid particles requires equipment that is resistant to mechanical wear and cavitation. Vane pumps from the Danish manufacturer JS Proputec, which are now represented in the Steiner Ukraine portfolio, are designed exactly for such conditions. Unlike...
