Arla Foods Saves Energy and Production Costs With Baumer Flex-Flow Sensors
Dairy cooperative Arla Foods has, for the first time, created transparency over the energy consumed in cottage cheese production at its Falkenberg (Sweden) location. This involves the use of the Baumer Flex-Flow sensor, which is able to measure the temperature of the medium as well as the flow rate. The cost reductions this could achieve in the future quickly made this a worthwhile investment.
At its Falkenberg location, dairy cooperative Arla Foods produces 20 000 tons of cottage cheese every year, equivalent to 76.9 tons per day. An impressive quantity indeed. Arla Foods satisfies almost the entire cottage cheese demand on the Swedish market and also exports to Finland, Denmark and Greece. Production volumes of this magnitude call for a resource-efficient manufacturing process, and Arla Foods is a forerunner when it comes to sustainability; the dairy cooperative intends to make its products completely CO2-neutral by 2050. A key element of this journey is energy efficiency.