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Efficient drive solutions for the beverage industry

Automation solutions – just as varied and unique as your beverage portfolio


The beverage industry is about much more than just quenching thirst. There is a huge selection of different drinks in a wide variety of containers. What this diversity has in common are the requirements for product quality, availability and, increasingly, sustainability.

The decisive factor here is, of course, the production process, from process technology to filling and packaging, as well as the conveyor technology as the connecting element between the process steps. For all these steps, we offer you our many years of expertise in the beverage industry, not only as a machine manufacturer, but also as a beverage manufacturer.

This gives you the security of having a reliable partner at your side who will support you with the right drive and service solutions throughout the entire life cycle. In concrete terms, this means that you have a contact partner who takes care of your needs - no matter when and where - so that quality, availability and sustainability are always guaranteed.

Your advantages at a glance

Reliable
With over 90 years of experience, we offer you reliable and durable drive and automation solutions for the beverage industry that you can rely on.
In partnership
Your machines and systems are characterised by a long service life. We support you worldwide - from planning and design to utilisation and modernisation.
Flexible
No matter how diverse your requirements are, our modular automation system for centralized and decentralized system concepts always offers you the right solution.
Safe
Thanks to hygienic design, special wet area designs with FDA-certified surface protection or completely in stainless steel, high quality standards as in the beverage industry are no problem for us.

Our certifications in the beverage industry emphasise the safety of our products. Find out more.

Beverage industry – Production process

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Our solutions

For machine manufacturers

The manufacturing process and the associated process steps and the required technology can vary greatly depending on whether it is water, carbonated soft drinks, beer or another beverage.

In general, however, the production processes in the beverage industry do not only have to meet high hygienic standards. In addition to the delivery of the raw materials, you need to perfectly harmonize many stations that include pumping, stirring and mixing in different forms.

Process technology solutions

Three criteria that have a significant influence on the design of beverage filling and packaging machines are the beverage itself to be filled, the container - whether glass bottle, PET, keg, can or beverage carton - and the desired throughput.

Accordingly, the specific technical requirements for the various drive units can vary greatly. In principle, however, good synchronisation with each other is important to ensure a smooth process.

Filling technology solutions

In order to achieve a high degree of automation, materials handling technology is essential, which connects the individual process steps and machines. In addition to the line layout, it makes a difference whether a container (or container type), a pack or a pallet is transported. Depending on the point at which the material is conveyed during the filling and packaging process, a distinction can also be made between dry and wet areas, which also has an influence on the design of the materials handling technology.

Materials handling solutions

For beverage manufacturers

With the large number of drives along your machines and systems, it is important to keep an overview. Our CDM® – Complete Drive Management provides the necessary transparency. On this basis, you can reduce variants, optimize inventories and reduce costs, among other things. With our CDM® – Complete Drive Management, you can proactively influence the variety of variants.

Inventory management

Condition monitoring minimizes production downtime through systematic condition recording and analysis. Predictive maintenance enables predictive maintenance by detecting critical changes in condition at an early stage and avoiding unplanned downtimes. Act predictively with our DriveRadar® solutions for condition monitoring and predictive maintenance.

Machine solutions

Machine downtime can not only be a nuisance, but also a real disaster in certain situations. So you need suitable spare parts and accessories as quickly as possible? With us, you don't have to search for long. With our new ‘Spare parts and accessories’ function, you can reach your destination with just a few clicks and easily select all the components you need. You benefit from direct availability display and customised net prices to make your purchasing process even more efficient.

Spare parts availability

We make your life easier. With our life cycle services such as our 24-hour hotline, pick-up and delivery service or express installation, we are always on hand to actively support you with our expertise and experience. It is not without reason that we were awarded the "Top Service Award 2024" for our exceptional customer orientation and excellent service quality.

All-round service

From replacing your old drive technology to modernizing your entire system, our retrofit solutions offer you the opportunity to modernize outdated, discontinued or no longer repairable drive technology components across all manufacturers. This increases machine and system availability, ensures serviceability and spare parts availability, avoids unplanned downtimes and failures, reduces maintenance costs and meets current standards and legal requirements.

Retrofit

Application examples

References from the beverage industry

Carlsberg A/S | High-bay warehouse | Storage of beer bottles

Our certifications for the beverage industry



Legal requirements and high standards that are mandatory for beverage production must be adhered to. Our products and solutions comply with the quality and safety standards of the beverage industry and have multiple certifications.

FDA

FDA logo for American approval standards

FDA certification is mandatory for domestic and foreign companies to market their products in the USA. We comply with the relevant standards and quality criteria of the US Food and Drug Administration.

EHEDG

EHEDG logo for hygienic engineering standards

The stringent standards of the European Hygienic Engineering and Design Group (EHEDG) apply to hygienic food equipment. Our products and solutions are certified in accordance with the EHEDG guidelines.

EcoVadis

EcoVadis Gold Medal for sustainability assessment

EcoVadis is one of the world's most comprehensive providers of sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) ratings. It evaluates private and public companies according to their social, ethical and ecological impact. SEW-EURODRIVE is constantly improving the necessary standards and has therefore once again been awarded the gold medal.

ISO 5

ISO 5 certification logo for quality standards

Our logistics assistants for cleanrooms and stricter hygiene requirements are ISO 5 certified in accordance with ISO 14644-1 and therefore fulfil particularly high cleanliness requirements. ISO class 5 corresponds to cleanliness class A.

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Our experts know your industry and its requirements. Our global
network ensures we are close at hand wherever and whenever you need us.