Mobile workshop
Rolling maintenance of filling valves – beverage producers benefit from this KHS service contract with shorter downtimes and greater production reliability.
Depending on the container category and machine type, KHS fillers have an average of 125 filling valves. Two employees usually need around five days to overhaul them all. This normally causes long downtimes, during which no beverages can be produced. This isn’t the case if operators have a KHS service contract for the rolling maintenance of filling systems, however. Here, just a certain number of valves are gradually replaced and overhauled. “It’s like having your winter tires changed one at a time on four consecutive Fridays, with only ten minutes needed each time,” explains Andreas Krieg, technical support and conversions manager at KHS. “You then don’t have to leave your car at the garage for half a day.” The filling process is only interrupted for a brief period. Around 20 valves can be replaced in the space of two hours. This gives operators greater production reliability and soon pays off, yielding up to eight extra days of production per year.
KHS’ mobile overhaul and test station facilitates much faster rolling maintenance of filling valves on site.
A service contract for continuous overhauls can be provided on the condition that the customer procures a replacement set of at least 20 valves from KHS. Service itself comes in two process versions.
Version 1
In the first version customers dismantle the valves themselves. They then send these to the nearest KHS factory in special transport boxes, where they are overhauled. The parts are subsequently tested and returned. One option is to have KHS service personnel reinstall the valves. This variant has been used by lots of customers, especially in Germany, the United Kingdom and the USA, for many years.
Version 2
The second, new and much faster version of the service contract involves the use of a mobile overhaul and test station. This permits all work to be done on the customer site. “To stick with the car analogy, this is like the garage coming to your home, complete with car lift,” smiles Krieg. “The customer can decide for themselves whether they want to work with or without our personnel. Whatever their decision, our all-inclusive, trouble-free package contains everything you need for one year: measuring devices, an automatic testing facility and all the spare and wear parts needed, including enough sealing rings and easy-to-understand mounting and operating instructions.”
The contract runs for at least two years and can be extended at any time.
“Our service is like having a car garage come to your home, complete with car lift.”
Technical support and conversions manager, KHS
