Project Challenge
Many steps are necessary to make choco-late from cocoa beans. Ingredients and mixtures in various states must remain in near-continuous motion for hours and days on end. These processes require reliable drive systems. In Zotter Schokoladen’s factory in the south of Austria, the durability and fail-safe operation of these drives is doubly significant. First of all, smooth operation ensures the premium quality of the final product. Also, visitors observing the production process are present every day and obviously should not experience any malfunctions.
Reliability under public scrutiny. – The Zotter plant has up to 3,000 visitors per day, which amounts to hundreds of thousands of eyewitnesses every year. Strolling through the factory on a gallery high above the production facilities, they have an excellent view of roasters and crushers, scales and mixers, rollers and conches. The production floor is therefore also a showroom where no system must come to an unexpected standstill.
Resilient and trouble-free. – Turning beans into the finished product involves a series of grinding, mixing, agitating, conveying, pumping, filling, and evacuation processes. Drive loads and applicable modes of operation vary widely for these diverse tasks, but robust drive technology is imperative in every one of them to ensure the smooth operation of all machinery. While drive reliability was therefore paramount, geared motors were also to be sourced from a manufacturer capable of resolving any problems on location swiftly and effectively.