Westfalia Separator

Industry
Mechanical Separation
Division

Company Portrait
Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology
Oils and Fats Recovery
Starch Technology and
Industrial Biotechnology

Olaf Mller and Ludger Konkol,

Managing Directors of Westfalia Separator Industry GmbH

Strong Alone,
Unbeatable Together
The basis of success
Separators and decanters are used in many
areas of application. Westfalia Separator
Industry has specialised in the following areas:
chemicals, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology,
oils and fats recovery, starch technology as well
as industrial biotechnology. As a subsidiary of
Westfalia Separator AG, a company in the
GEA group, Westfalia Separator Industry with
its powerful processing installations is one of
the world market leaders. The know-how of
the entire group is the basis for designing
complete and turnkey system solutions.
Individually tailored to meet the needs of
our clients.

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Uncompromising quality

Local presence throughout the world

The installations have to meet particularly stringent

requirements in these sensitive areas of application.
Safety and quality have the highest priority
in this respect. No compromises are permitted.
Westfalia Separator guarantees maximum product
quality, and has been doing so for more than
100 years. The company was originally founded in
1893 in Oelde, Westphalia. Originally involved in
manufacturing hand-driven centrifuges, the
company quickly progressed to the production of
high-performance separators, decanters and
complete process lines. The companys products are
now manufactured in Oelde (Germany), Niederahr
(Germany) and Chteau-Thierry (France) and are
shipped throughout the world for a wide range of
applications.

The olive oil co-operative in Spain, the corn starch

factory in the USA, the pharmaceutical group in
Asia. Our customers are spread throughout the
entire world. And Westfalia Separator has followed
them. More than 50 sales and service companies
as well as sales partners throughout the world are
fully dedicated to ensuring that everything runs
smoothly. Whether for corn starch, bioethanol, PTA
or palm oil the focus is always on the specific
requirements of our customers. Everything that
Westfalia Separator can do for you is shown on the
following pages.

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Chemicals, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology

Oils and fats recovery
Starch technology, industrial biotechnology

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High-Tech From Germany

First-hand competence
The patent for a milk centrifuge submitted in
1893 marked the start of an unparalleled
success story. Even at that time, the small
company was characterised by visionary ideas,
a strong desire to expand and excellent quality.
Today, Westfalia Separator supplies turnkey
separator and decanter systems as well as
complete lines for many engineering processes.
The companys core competence is its ability to
combine separators and decanters with process
engineering. As a result of this strategy, the
company has now become a key player in the
field of centrifugal separation technology.

Centre of competence Niederahr

On the other hand, our location in Niederahr, as the
production plant of Westfalia Separator Industry
GmbH, stands for the successful production
of decanters. Production originally started in 1962.
Whereas, in the initial years, the company manufactured individual parts for separators, milking
installations and buttermaking machines in the
Westerwald, the entire decanter production was
relocated to Niederahr at the start of the 1970s.
Around 500 decanters are shipped from Niederahr
every year to locations throughout the world for
use in a broad spectrum of applications. Money
is constantly being invested in expanding the
production plant. Westfalia Separator uses these
resources to maintain the ultra-modern production
facilities as well as to train its own staff. Over
400 employees have served their apprenticeships in
this plant since 1962.

Three locations with the latest production

installations in the companys headquarters in Oelde
as well as in Niederahr and Chteau-Thierry (France)
today guarantee a high level of production
technology Made in Germany at all times. Most
of our separators are manufactured in our main
works in Oelde.

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Perfection right down to the smallest detail

Certified quality

Westfalia Separator does not know the expression

standing still. Management of all production
processes is constantly checked, analysed and
optimised, with the intensive involvement of all
suppliers. Every machine which leaves our works
is tested to ensure that it functions perfectly and is
customised to meet the customers individual
requirements. Ambitious quality management
enables all processes to become more efficient and
more cost-effective. This results in smooth operating
procedures which guarantee rapid order processing
and which minimise the error ratio.

Since the start of 2000, the three production

facilities, as well as all domestic and foreign
subsidiaries throughout all parts of the world, have
had standard DIN EN ISO 9001 certification. This
was followed in August 2001 by certification
according to the environmental standard ISO 14001.
Westfalia Separator is accordingly one of the small
number of globally operating companies which have
a quality certificate with world-wide validity.

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Chemicals
The chemistry must be right
The requirements for separators and decanters in
the chemical industry are particularly stringent.
Concentrated acid and caustic compounds,
high temperatures and high pressures pose
extremely stringent demands on the material.
The safety of production processes accordingly
enjoys the utmost priority. Westfalia Separator
has extensive engineering and process
know-how to enable it to provide every
installation with optimum design in this
respect. Separators and decanters from
Westfalia Separator also provide absolute costeffectiveness and efficiency in the process.

All separators and decanters comply with the most

stringent demands in terms of safety and quality,
and have been tailored to the various areas of
application in order to guarantee safe and efficient
processing. Comprising features such as special
steels, for instance Duplex, Hasteloy, Incoloy or
titanium for corrosion protection, explosion
protection for motors and all other electrical
components or separators and decanters with a
gastight design; the comprehensive range of
products enables centrifuges to be used in a wide
range of areas and all process stages involving phase
separation in the chemical industry. The machines
are of course designed to comply with the new
Directive ATEX 95 (RL 94/9/EC).

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Organic and inorganic chemicals

Acids
Aldehydes/alcohols
Barium sulphate
Catalysts
Cellulose and derivatives
Fluorescent substances
Lyes
Nitrite compounds
Organic pigments
Peroxides
Pesticides
Plant extracts
Process liquids
Salt solutions
Solvents
Tensides
Varnishes/resins

Rapid response capability

Westfalia Separator has always kept up in advance
with new developments in the sector by means of
constant co-operation with universities, research
institutes and industry. The company is accordingly
able to provide a customised and rapid response to
current customer requirements at any time. With
individual machines or complete process lines which
guarantee a high valuable substance yield and which
operate efficiently and cost-effectively without any
problems over a long period.

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Petrochemicals and plastics production

Plastic suspensions
Polycarbonate (e. g. PVC, polyethylene,
polypropylene, polyacetate)
Terephthalic acids

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Pharmaceuticals and
Biotechnology
Quality in pure form
Mechanical separating processes are a key
component in many processes in the pharmaceutical
industry. Millions have been invested in human
health, and it nowadays frequently takes more
than ten years for a new drug to be developed.
The quality of the separating process is of vital
importance for the quality of the final product and
for the cost-effectiveness of the process. With
their high separating efficiencies, separators and
decanters from Westfalia Separator are able to
meet these requirements. Technologies developed
specifically for this particular area of application
ensure that pharmaceutical, biotech and cosmetic
products are manufactured smoothly and under
hygienic conditions and that the right and constant
composition is achieved.

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Sterile conditions are particularly important

Westfalia Separator consistently implements the fullsterilisation principle which ensures that the entire
plant is sterilised including the separator. Unlike
other processes in which only some sections are
subjected to this procedure, the full-sterilisation
process reliably eliminates the risk of re-contamination.
This concept has been validated by the GBF in
accordance with FDA specifications. In order to avoid
even extremely small spaces which cannot be
cleaned, the installations are equipped with
special surface polishings as required; they can be
sterilised in place (SIP sterilisation-in-place) and
can also be cleaned in place (CIP cleaning-inplace). Absolutely closed machine and installation
systems guarantee bio-containment definitely.

Cost-effective, safe and adaptable

For every area of application, Westfalia Separator
supplies customised concepts for a safe, efficient
and cost-effective process. The systems are
accordingly ideal for separating micro-organisms
and related fragments in the processing of animal
cell cultures or fermentation products, such as
vaccines, amino acids, enzymes and starter cultures;
they are also ideal for isolated and purified cell proteins,
extracting active substances used in the recovery of
antibiotics, alkaloids and hormones, human blood
plasma fractionation and insulin recovery.
Pharmaceuticals and biotechnology
Alkaloids
Animal cell cultures
Antibiotics
Aromatics
Enzymes
Extraction of bio-products from genetically
modified micro-organisms
Extracts from organs
Extracts from plants
Hormones
Human blood
Insulin
Morphine
Pharmaceutical proteins
Rose oil
Scents
Starter cultures
Synthetic pharmaceutical products
Vaccines
Vegetable-based medical products
Vitamins

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Mineral Processing
Small particles, large effect
Inorganic pigments such as calcium carbonate,
kaolin and titanium dioxide, which are
extracted from natural minerals such as marble
and ilmenite, are used in a wide range of
applications as additives for papers and plastics
and also as pigments for dispersion paints,
varnishes and much more besides. Absolutely
specialist machines are required for classifying,
sorting and dewatering the pigments. This
is another area in which the intelligent
processing technology of Westfalia Separator
enables the company to offer its customers the
corresponding engineering and processing
know-how.

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Decanters and separators supplied by Westfalia

Separator are used in a wide range of applications
for the production of inorganic pigments:
Corresponding nozzle-type separators and decanters
are available for dewatering the slurry in which the
processed pigments occur. Powerful decanters
are used for extremely efficient dewatering of
the slurry. With these machines, a slurry can be
dewatered to a point close to the physical limit of
being classified as dry. Optimum utilisation of raw
materials is always guaranteed.

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Cost-effective production of
calcium carbonate

Mineral processing
Inorganic pigments,
e. g. calcium carbonate, kaolin, mica,
talcum, titanium dioxide
Metal extraction

Calcium carbonate is much in demand as a primary

material (filler and coating) for the paper, plastics
and pigment industries. More than 100 centrifuges
of Westfalia Separator are in use throughout the
world for classifying and dewatering calcium
carbonate. In order to ensure that they can cope
with the extreme demands, the machines have been
equipped with special wear protection and special
coatings, and they are also designed to resist high
torque loads. A dewatering process using decanters
takes place continuously without any interruption,
and provides a high degree of flexibility in terms
of designing the process.

New generation of centrifuges

with even higher yields
The advantage in terms of capacity provided
by installations from Westfalia Separator is also
evident in the field of recovering kaolin for the
plastics and paper industries. Much higher yields can
be achieved with the new generation of separators
and decanters. As a result of their continuous
method of operation, they also guarantee constant
yields even in conjunction with fluctuating throughputs, and thus make a major contribution to the
stability of the entire production process.

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Oils and Fats Recovery

Maximum yield optimum quality
Animal and Vegetable Fats
Abattoir waste
Animal bones
Avocado oil
Blood meal
Blood plasma
Bone flesh
Clarification of frying fat
Cocoa butter
Cooking broths
Fat extractor contents
Fish meal
Fish oil
Flotation sludge from the fish and meat

Gelatine
Lanoline
Liver oil
Machine leather cuttings
Man-made fats
Nut oils
Olive oil
Palm oil
processing industry
Sinclairs glue
Surimi
Vegetable fat

Modern processes for recovering oils and raw

fats are today characterised by the broad application of centrifugal clarifying and separating
technology. The quality of the end product
depends on the production process used and
also on the nature of the raw materials and
products used. Westfalia Separator offers
value-adding solutions with a wide range of
separators and decanters right through to complete installations.

The heart of every installation

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The practical production methods and technologies

have to be as varied as the different fats and oils.
The centrifuges always represent the heart of
the installation. Irrespective of whether the
customer uses 2-phase or 3-phase decanters, selfcleaning separators with maximum automation or
discontinuously operating systems: he will find the
most cost-effective and best technological solution

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for his production tasks. For instance, around

95 percent of all olives used for oil in Spain are
processed with the 2-phase separating process
developed by Westfalia Separator. Apart from
mechanical separation, our company of course also
supplies all additional components and systems for
an efficient and reliable line. The result is gentle,
cost-effective and environmentally friendly processes
which are unparalleled.

problems in terms of food law is used as an aid in

the process. A special decanter centrifuge is used to
separate the oil from the raw broth. The remaining
particles are removed by the separator.

Westfalia Separator FRIOLEX

cold-pressed quality
Oil recovery entirely without solvent extraction. This
used to be pure wishful thinking in the past. However, with Westfalia Separator FRIOLEX it has now
become reality. The new patented process enables
vegetable and animal raw materials which contain
oil to be used for directly extracting high quality oil
or fat very efficiently and without using any solvent
extraction methods. Westfalia Separator FRIOLEX
is a water-based physical process of recovering oil.
A water-soluble agent which does not pose any

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The very best fish

Westfalia Separator has also been regarded as
an innovative and powerful partner for many
decades in all other areas of industry, such as the
industrial processing of fish or the processing of
abattoir by-products. More than 1000 separators
and decanters are already being used in industrial
fish processing in land-based operations and also
on-board fishing vessels for the production of fish
meal, fish oil and surimi. Westfalia Separator uses
specially designed machine configurations to meet
the requirements of fish meal and fish oil producers
for efficiency, standardisation and optimisation of
production processes.

Fat recovery in its pure form

For optimum yield and high quality in the recovery
of vegetable fats, Westfalia Separator has for quite
some time now been supplying complete rendering
lines which are tailored to meet the individual requirements of the customer and the raw material
which is used. The entire process can be completely
automated: from the feed unit of the installation,
the removal of metal particles which are detected
right through to all separating stages, including
subsequent defatting of the gristle and the final
check of the pure fat which is obtained. The userfriendly touch-screen panel is able to completely
monitor and control the actual process of
recovering vegetable fat as well as the entire
process from the point at which the raw materials

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are received right through to the point at which the

product is cooled and packed or dispatched to the
customer. The entire installation is CIP-compatible.
The chemical cleaning facility guarantees a safe and
sanitary process. Other essential components are the
separators and decanters which are used in many
hundreds of applications for the recovery of
gelatine, blood plasma and blood meal or for the
processing of flotation sludge in the fish and meat
processing industry.

Not a tough nut to crack

Cleaning frying oil is a further field of application for
the centrifuges from Westfalia Separator. The production of snacks like peanuts or cashew nuts involves frying them in edible oil baths. To maintain a
prime end product quality, the oil has to be frequently replaced because it quickly becomes contaminated through salt and constituents of the nuts.
This is where Westfalia Separator comes into play.
The use of clarifiers specifically adapted to the high
temperatures in the process significantly increases
the useful life of the frying oil. In this procedure,
partial volumes of the oil are continuously clarified
in bypass with the result that no time is lost due to
production downtimes. Separators from Westfalia
Separator not only substantially cut the purchasing
costs for the frying oil; customers also make considerable savings in disposal costs because the oil
has to be replaced much less frequently.

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Starch Technology
Naturally good
Starch as a key component of many sustainable
raw materials is becoming increasingly
important as a result of the variety of ways in
which it can be modified. Every year, around
50 million tonnes of starch are recovered
throughout the world. And demand is increasing
every day; starch is now also to be found in
applications outside the food industry. The
resultant increase in production capacities
as well as the diversification options of the
end products require the latest production
installations.
Westfalia Separator has so far managed to defend
its world-wide technology leadership for complete
process lines and installations in the field of
starch and protein recovery. Decanters and nozzletype separators are used in a wide range of starch
recovery processes and frequently form the heart of
the installations. The company co-operates closely
with the starch industry to constantly develop
new process technologies in order to ensure
that the processes become even more efficient,
cost-effective and environmentally friendly. This
guarantees that optimum use is made of raw
materials.

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Starch and Protein Recovery

Corn starch, corn gluten
Grated potato, potato protein
Pea starch
Potato starch, potato pulp,
Rice starch
Soya proteins
Tapioca starch/manioc starch
wheat gluten, brans, protein coagulate
Wheat starch, A- and B-starch,

Strong solutions for every

area of application
The starch production process can be mainly broken
down into three different steps: classification,
washing and concentration of the extracted starch.
These steps are implemented by using decanters,
separators and hydrocyclones. The solutions are
capable of handling corn, wheat, rice, tapioca,
potatoes or legumes. Irrespective of what raw
material is used for recovering starch, Westfalia
Separator is able to supply the technological skills
and appropriate equipment necessary for each area.

Turn one into three

With its patented 3-phase technology, Westfalia
Separator has created an important instrument for
achieving optimum separation of the individual
constituents (A- and B-starch, vital gluten, fibres,
proteins, etc.) in terms of quality, cost-effectiveness
and appropriate utilisation of resources. Significant
advantages are not only the optimised starch
recovery which permits a yield of almost 100 percent,
but also the sharp reduction in fresh water
consumption for the benefit of energy consumption.
In the field of processing wheat meal for instance,
consumption has been reduced to one quarter of
the original level. In the field of recovering
potato starch, consumption can be reduced by
around 95 percent by using innovative process

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developments. A one-hundred percent advantage

for the environment: the volume of waste water is
considerably reduced, valuable resources of drinking
water are spared and energy requirement is reduced
to a minimum.

Cutting your costs

Corn gluten dewatering gets really profitable
now with the new DiscDecanter. With this
revolutionary new development, Westfalia Separator
has succeeded in feeding the know-how gained
in separator development into innovative new
decanter technology. A disk stack in front of the
liquid discharge polishes the liquid clarified upstream
in the decanter resulting in extremely dry solids. This
not only enhances the properties of the protein
powder whose quality can already be seen in the
colour and consistency; the real revolution takes
place in the production process. The DiscDecanter
replaces both the gluten thickener as well as the
rotary vacuum filter, combining two process stages
into one. The outcome is not just a drastic reduction
in upfront costs but also a vast cut in operating costs
for the corn gluten dewatering. Depending on the
capacity and energy costs, this can be as much as
60 percent.

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Starch as the Basis for

Industrial Biotechnology
Strong for the environment
More and more applications are now being
developed outside the food industry. For
instance, for biodegradable packaging or the
extraction of technical alcohol, ethanol from
fermentation to be used as an additive in
petrol. This environmentally friendly nature is
a major advantage of starch in native or
modified form compared with synthetic
products which are based on crude oil.

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Ethanol on the move

Alcoholic fermentation has been known for many
centuries. Alcohol was discussed as a fuel right at
the very beginnings of the automotive industry, and
it is nowadays being used to a growing extent.
Hopes are being increasingly pinned on sustainable
raw materials in order to bring the desire for unlimited
mobility into line with the limited quantities of fossil
fuels and the need to protect the environment. One
potential solution is to add technical alcohol
(ethanol) obtained from alcoholic fermentation
to petrol.

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Sugar and bio-plastics from starch

Competence from a single source

The recovery of starch syrup in the form of glucose

and maltose or dextrines is now also common
practice in the food industry. In technical industries,
such as the paper industry, starch is degraded
by enzyme action and used for instance as an
adhesive for recycled paper and also as a coating for
smooth paper surfaces. The process of manufacturing
lactic acid from starch is also becoming more
important at present, whereby lactic acid can in turn
be polymerised to bio-plastic. Many materials,
such as organic acids, which previously have been
obtained by way of chemical catalysis with high
energy input and by-products which in certain cases
damage the environment, are now obtained via the
process of fermentation.

The quality and quantity of the starch which is

obtained is directly proportionate to the efficiency
of the downstream fermentation process and
subsequent processing of the fermentation
products. And this is precisely the point at
which Westfalia Separator uses its traditional
experience with reliable, environmentally friendly
and profitable processes. Westfalia Separator
offers complete process lines and installations for
intelligent products in the modern world from
sustainable raw materials to its customers from a
single source.

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Industrial Biotechnology
Motor of progress

Industrial Biotechnology
Processing of bio-products e. g. molasses,
slops, vinasse, sugar juice
Processing of extra-cellular products
e. g. alcohol, amino acids, acetic acid,
L-lysine, monosodium glutamate, threonine,
tryptophane, citric acid
Processing of fermentation products
e. g. algae, bakers yeast, single-cell proteins,
fodder yeast
Processing of intra-cellular products
e. g. yeast extract, ribonucleic acid

The importance of biotechnology is equivalent

to that of micro-electronics and computer
technology. It will probably play a role similar
to that played by the chemical industry for the
industrial development of the 20th century. The
combination of tried-and-tested experience
with modern technology has resulted in
the development of process stages for the
fermentation industry being perfected.
With around 40 geneses and more than 500 strains,
yeast is probably the best known and most
investigated micro-organism. It is now no longer
possible to conceive of the food, pharmaceutical,
biotechnology and cosmetics industries without
yeast. The yeast cell is only 5 10 micrometers large
and contains an unbelievable variety of useful
substances which can nowadays be processed by
the modern separation technology of Westfalia
Separator. It is used specifically and in a controlled
manner as a ferment for the production of alcohol,
beer and bread. In the pharmaceutical industry,
yeast is an important raw material supplier which is
used for developing a wide range of pharmaceutical
products, such as inosin, adenin and insulin.

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Patented Westfalia Separator

VISCON system
Westfalia Separator has been accompanying the
development of yeast for almost 100 years and has
made a major contribution to its ability to be used
in industrial applications. Irrespective of whether
use is made of clarifiers, nozzle-type separators,
decanters and package units, self-cleaning clarifiers
with a Westfalia Separator HydroStop system or
the new Westfalia Separator VISCON separator
generation with automatic viscosity control. Stateof-the-art automation ensures constant product
processing and thus guarantees continuous product
quality in conjunction with high efficiency and
cost-effectiveness.

Key component in the process

This is also applicable for processing biotechnological
products, where in the past it has not been usual for
centrifuges to be used. For instance, separators from
Westfalia Separator play a key role in the process
of recovering algae. With these machines, the
treatable mass, which is only a few hundredths
of one percent in the algae breeding tank, can be
concentrated up to a level of 15 percent. This algae
paste is then sterilised and dried. Apart from being
used for human nutrition, bodycare and health
applications, algae are frequently to be found in the
food industry, as vegetable coagulants, special
animal feed, natural fertiliser, for binding heavy
metals or for processing waste water.

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Top-Quality Service
Round the Clock
Westfalia Separator WESERVE makes the difference
Customer training
Genuine spare parts
Preventive maintenance /service contracts
Westfalia Separator WEWATCH,
WESCAN, WEOPTIMIZE

Online diagnosis

Not only the quality of the product has to be

taken into consideration when choosing a
business partner. The factors surrounding the
installation must also be right. Westfalia
Separator provides everything to ensure that
you will also be completely satisfied in all of
these aspects. With an extensive service network,
rapid fault analysis and prompt delivery of
genuine spare parts, the companys experienced
service team is available to service you with the
support of more than 50 sales and service
companies as well as other sales partners in
more than 60 countries throughout the world.
Comprehensive service right from the initial
discussion. We work closely with you, and suitably
qualified specialists identify solutions which are
specifically tailored to meet your individual needs.
This involves auditing, maintenance, commissioning,
trials and rapid fault remedying right through
to complete maintenance and service contracts for
preventive maintenance and reducing operating
costs.

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Westfalia Separator WEWATCH WESCAN and

WEOPTIMIZE: With these three tele-service modules,
Westfalia Separator is already taking advantage of
the possibilities provided by the world-wide data
network for precise monitoring of the individual
machines. Consistently for the benefit of the
customer. The modular Westfalia Separator
WEWATCH tele-service system enables your process
parameters to be remotely assessed by experienced
specialists at any time. The machine data are output
online around the clock, and reliable diagnoses are
provided. Statuses are soon identified, and problems
are remedied quickly. This results in savings in terms
of valuable time and operating costs. Westfalia
Separator WESCAN also provides an additional
facility for automatic and precision monitoring of
individual components, for instance the bearings.
The vibration of the component is measured by
remote diagnosis, and the results are transferred to
a frequency diagram. Minimum variances are
thus quickly identified, analysed and remedied.
And finally, the Westfalia Separator WEOPTIMIZE
module comprises complete monitoring for all
operating data. These data are evaluated by means
of IT-based programs, thus ensuring an optimum
operating condition.

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As an additional benefit, Westfalia Separator

combines the tele-service with service contracts
tailored to meet the precise needs of the customer.
For you, this means that you receive automatic
service without a lot of administrative work. Simply
ask us.

Only the original is original

Even if a machine has been used for many years,
there are no problems in providing original spare
parts if necessary. The intelligent and world-wide
storage system of Westfalia Separator as well as the
corresponding logistics system ensure extremely
rapid delivery times for the required spare parts.

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Individual support on site

Westfalia Separator also holds regular customer
training sessions on the machines on the premises
of its business partners or in a modern training
centre in Oelde. This is because Westfalia Separator
WESERVE at Westfalia Separator involves not only
maintenance and repair, but also individual
support. Always with the aim of attaining a good,
uncomplicated and long-term partnership with the
customer. The main task is to provide individual
solutions tailored to meet the specific needs of the
customer.

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Life Cycle Benefit

Clear customer orientation with high benefit
What are the real benefits provided by a new
machine? What does the installation cost over
its entire service life? What operating costs will
be incurred? In the short term and over the
entire service life of the machine? The answer to
these questions form the basis for an intelligent
investment: The life cycle benefit strategy.

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What counts is an intelligent perception of the big

picture, viewed today, tomorrow and over the
entire service life of the machine. From installation
planning, installation and commissioning right
through to future-oriented service and intelligent
concepts for taking back machines.

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Life cycle benefit at Westfalia Separator is the sum of

many parameters which are the fundamental criteria
for ensuring that an investment is cost-effective.
Optimum flexibility in the production process
by way of simple process integration. High costeffectiveness for operation and service. And of
course also maximum consideration given to the
environment and resources.

Low operating costs

Westfalia Separator designs and builds separators
and decanters in such a way that the user is able to
expect maximum availability, cost-effectiveness and
overall operating costs that are calculable. Service
costs for maintenance and spare parts as well as the
energy and water consumption of a centrifuge are
all factors which are taken into consideration in the
calculation.

Product quality
As a result of patented feed and discharge systems,
the separators of Westfalia Separator operate with a
low feed pressure. The product receives very gentle
treatment. This results in premium products which
meet extremely stringent quality requirements and
which offer vital competitive advantages.

Cost-effectiveness
Intelligent modular machine concepts enable
the machines to be adapted precisely to meet the
individual needs of customers. For instance, the
most powerful separator in the world has arisen
from a light-weight construction concept, with
modular design and an innovative gear-free drive.
What are the specific advantages for the customer:
Weight reduced by up to 40 percent, less space
requirement, but with a considerable improvement
in throughput capacity.

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Added value
Innovative products and systems for modern
centrifugal separation technology guarantee an
optimum stream of added value for our customers.
The best example in this respect is our companys
patented Westfalia Separator VariPond system, with
which the pond depth can be adjusted while
the machine is still operating. Decanters from
Westfalia Separator are the right choice wherever
constant concentration for downstream processes is
necessary.

Safety
Intelligent, status-oriented service concepts pay for
themselves by way of preventive maintenance for
the customer. The Westfalia Separator WESERVE
concept developed by Westfalia Separator provides
customer-oriented solutions entirely in line with the
life cycle benefit strategy.

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Oelde, headquarters of the international

Niederahr plant,

Chteau-Thierry, France,

operations of Westfalia Separator and pro-

decanter production plant

specialised in the production of

duction plant for separators

separators

Always at Your Side

Think global act local
For Westfalia Separator, a world-wide presence
has been a reality for decades. Whether in
Europe, America, Asia, Africa or Australia
customers of Westfalia Separator everywhere
receive optimum support tailored to meet their
own specific requirements. This is guaranteed
by the companys global presence with around
50 subsidiaries and service companies as well
as additional sales companies in more than
60 countries.

Consistent quality throughout

the world
Westfalia Separator customers are to be found in
all regions of the world. However, the Westfalia
Separator quality which is offered to them is the
same everywhere. The global certification which
has so far been awarded by TV Rheinland to
only a small number of companies is the
external manifestation of this stringent requirement.
This certification ensures that the high quality

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standard is not restricted only to the companys

headquarters; it ensures that all subsidiaries are
also included. Our customers are able to rely on this
quality. Always and everywhere.

Quality is part of our programme

And of course, separators and decanters are used
in areas of application other than the chemical,
pharmaceutical or biotechnology industries. As one
of the leading companies in the world in the field
of mechanical separation technology, Westfalia
Separator AG is to be found in numerous other
areas. We would be pleased to supply you with
information concerning processing systems used
in application in the marine industry, oil field
technology, power engineering, industry and
environmental technology, beverage technology,
vegetable oil processing, oils and fats recovery,
starch technology or dairy technology.

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Beverage Technology
Dairy Technology
Oils and Fats Processing
Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals
and Biotechnology
Oils and Fats Recovery
Starch Technology and
Industrial Biotechnology
Environmental Technology
Marine
Energy
Oilfield
Industry
Engineering
Second Hand Machinery
Service

The information contained in this brochure merely

serves as a non-binding description of our products
and is without guarantee.
Binding information, in particular relating to capacity
data and suitability for specific applications, can

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