Ifat

Due to the immense increase in fire damage in industry, insurers are increasing their requirements: they demand certified fire protection for production facilities. Companies can often only obtain fire insurance for their production if they install certified fire protection solutions. Fire protection with a seal of approval is therefore not a luxury, but often makes the difference between survival and insolvency. As with all insurance policies, the same applies here: Maximum possible prevention is a prerequisite for a high damage class. This is because maximising prevention also makes claims less likely. Fortunately, this coincides with the goal of every company to keep operations running without interruption. This means that people are not put in danger by fire or explosion, material assets are pre-served and the environment is not unnecessarily polluted. With its new system for the early detection of potential fire risks based on an infrared camera, T&B electronic GmbH from Alfeld in Lower Saxony remains true to its principle of always realising the safest fire prevention. The system fulfils today’s enormously increased

The presentation of Gebrüder Lödige Maschinenbau GmbH at IFAT focuses on the efficient and reliable conditioning sewage sludge. An ongoing project demonstrates the potential of continuous Ploughshare® mixers in mixing and texturing. The processing of highly heterogeneous material flows, e.g. from sewage treatment plants, power stations, recycling plants or mining operations, to enable their safe and marketable reuse is a highly demanding process engineering task. Application-specific Ploughshare® mixers manufactured by Lödige Maschinenbau offer good results for sludge, dust and other bulk materials. One of Germany’s biggest sewage treatment plants Every year 220,000 tonnes of sewage sludge are generated by the Bottrop sewage treatment plant and neighbouring plants of the Emschergenossenschaft and Lippeverband water boards. In order to guarantee an optimum thermal process, this sewage sludge must be conditioned prior to incineration. The focus is thereby placed on dry matter content (DM content). This means that a specific mixing ratio of moist and dried sewage sludge and a high degree of homogeneity are essential for the quality of thermal utilisation. In addition, requirements exist regarding