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Endress+Hauser helped the Archie Rose distillery upscale its manufacturing capabilities.
Modernising traditional processes for future success Endress+Hauser helped the Archie Rose distillery upscale manufacturing after the company experienced rapid growth in its first years. Food & Beverage Industry News reports.
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fter hitting the market in 2014, Australian distillery Archie Rose experienced rapid growth when its products became popular with consumers. As a result, the company had to scale up its manufacturing capability and turned to Endress+Hauser for its instrumentation requirements. The project to help modernise the craft distillery kicked off in 2019 with a key challenge being centred on retaining the heritage of a centuryold method of whiskey production while also overhauling the method of gin distilling, too.
Modernisation at scale comes with many challenges. Ensuring the distillery is running safely and within specification is critical, but it is also important that resources are being used efficiently to extract the most from each process step. From a process control perspective, instrumentation plays an important role in guaranteeing optimal conditions for each step. Gustavo Queiroz, industry manager at Endress+Hauser, said the company helps manufacturers of all sizes to enhance, overhaul and upscale processes.
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The core of the process is distillation, where temperature is carefully controlled to ensure operational safety and an effective cut of heads, hearts and tails in the downstream. This step is crucial for a high-quality and consistent product. Meanwhile, blending and storage areas require instrumentation for accurate transfer of products and consumables as well as inventory control of final products. This makes production planning more effective. Both process steps were looked at by experts from Endress+Hauser who developed a multi-
pronged solution. “We worked together with an engineering company and supplied all the instrumentation they needed from a monitoring and control perspective,” said Queiroz. “They needed to upscale from the handmade production of spirits, to an automated system that created a reliable way to protect the brand and ensure product quality.” The resources offered by Endress+Hauser also had to meet resource requirements for a successful expansion. “Our instrumentation is present
