Case Studies
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VREUGDENHIL DAIRY FOODS factory in Joure (The Netherlands):
Vreugdenhill dairy foods is present on the dairy market since 1954 and is the largest producer of whole cream milk powder in Europe. Three factories in the Netherlands are collecting and processing the milk of more than 900 farms to produce powder milk for the food industry and for millions of consumers worldwide. For their factory in Joure (NL), we installed OXAQUA RW CL system to treat water flows varying from 1m3/hour up to 25m3/hour on a recirculating loop. |
Vreugdenhil factory in Joure (NL)
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This treated, and therefore sterilized water, is being used for the cooling water in the heat exchangers and thus keeping the cooling water (for the injection mold machine where the plastic milk bottles are being produced) free from any bacterial contamination.
The same factory uses BlueSense’s in-line OXAQUA system to sanitize the water, used to prevent dust explosions in the dry milk powder towers.
The same factory uses BlueSense’s in-line OXAQUA system to sanitize the water, used to prevent dust explosions in the dry milk powder towers.
Machine Room
Vreugdenhil’s case study: detailed here by Sybren Abma Technical Dept. Manager
• Cooling water treatment
• Hydrofores
The laboratories are sampling the water of the factory every week on
Thursday, testing for bacteria, and reporting on Monday. Levels have to be below 100 cfu per ml. (drinking water standards) with all water treated by our equipment. Free chlorine residual has to be in a range between 0.4 and 0.6 ppm.
• Cooling water treatment
• Hydrofores
The laboratories are sampling the water of the factory every week on
Thursday, testing for bacteria, and reporting on Monday. Levels have to be below 100 cfu per ml. (drinking water standards) with all water treated by our equipment. Free chlorine residual has to be in a range between 0.4 and 0.6 ppm.
Oxaqua RW CL Installed
In order to keep the free chlorine levels in the piping, where water is not flowing continuously, Vreugdenhil uses fully automatic open (electric) valves, 4 times a day, to get chlorinated water to the end of the tap. The flushing lasts for 5 minutes
The temperature of the water in the cooling system can easily reach 40°C, creating the ideal conditions for bacterial blooming. Therefore, a regular flushing of the system is done.
The fresh water is passing through the OXAQUA system in order to avoid any risk of external contamination.
As a result, the bacterial count in our process systems is less than 1CFU, which is compliant to our manufacturing standards.
Learn more about OXAQUA RW here.
The temperature of the water in the cooling system can easily reach 40°C, creating the ideal conditions for bacterial blooming. Therefore, a regular flushing of the system is done.
The fresh water is passing through the OXAQUA system in order to avoid any risk of external contamination.
As a result, the bacterial count in our process systems is less than 1CFU, which is compliant to our manufacturing standards.
Learn more about OXAQUA RW here.
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Disinfection of flower bulbs in APELDOORN BLOEMBOLLEN farm (The Netherlands) using BlueSense™ OXAGRI ECA Water as an alternative to formaldehyde.
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Bulb growers are USING Oxagri and recommend it :
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DE BOER POULTRY FARM (The Netherlands) Mezutec Distribution for BlueSense™ The farm has 130,000 broilers. The animals arrive as day-old chicks and are ready to be slaughtered after 43 days. The meat is for export to England and Germany. |
De Boer Chicken Farm
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The drinking water for animals comes from a well with a depth of 80 meters. Water consumption on the farm averages 25,000 litres per day, reaching 35,000 litres per day at the end of the cycle.
Out of 3 livestock buildings, one was equipped with OXAQUA 1, and the other 2 were not. Being “plug and play” design, our material was easily retrofitted downstream the existing line.
On two different water analysis, performed by third party laboratories (details available on demand), the comparative bacterial count was very significant:
"Well-purified water is vitally important to our business, my savings on tap water is an important reason for me to use my own spring water", explains the grower. "It is very important that we can be confident that the treatment is 100% guaranteed... The personal approach and the tailor-made solutions fit in perfectly with our way of working, so the choice was made quickly".
Out of 3 livestock buildings, one was equipped with OXAQUA 1, and the other 2 were not. Being “plug and play” design, our material was easily retrofitted downstream the existing line.
On two different water analysis, performed by third party laboratories (details available on demand), the comparative bacterial count was very significant:
- Equipped with Oxaqua: between 10 and 20 CFU/ml
- Not equipped: between 1000 and 3000 CFU/ml
"Well-purified water is vitally important to our business, my savings on tap water is an important reason for me to use my own spring water", explains the grower. "It is very important that we can be confident that the treatment is 100% guaranteed... The personal approach and the tailor-made solutions fit in perfectly with our way of working, so the choice was made quickly".
De Boer Chicken Farm
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Oxaqua 1 in-line system
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