Werner Bran­dis, CEO of AXXERON HESCH elec­tron­ics GmbH, also pro­vided the audi­ence with an aha moment. Bran­dis made it clear that the com­pressed air costs for large fil­ter sys­tems can be reduced by using the HE 5750 from AXXERON HESCH elec­tron­ics can be sig­nif­i­cantly reduced. The rea­son: the HE 5750 allows the com­pressed air pulse to be reg­u­lated as required – i.e. only as much com­pressed air is deliv­ered as is needed to clean the fil­ter. With a fil­ter sys­tem with 96 valves and com­pressed air costs of around 15,800 euros per year, the HE 5750 enables sav­ings of around 3,500 euros per year, accord­ing to Bran­dis. Added to this is the sig­nif­i­cantly longer fil­ter ser­vice life, as the fab­rics are sub­jected to less stress due to the bet­ter dosed com­pressed air pulses. This also results in sav­ings.

Finally, Werner Bran­dis gave an out­look on the new gen­er­a­tion of fil­ter con­trollers from AXXERON HESCH elec­tron­ics: These con­trollers will also allow fil­ter sys­tems to be reg­u­lated to a fixed oper­at­ing point. Users can then choose between an oper­at­ing point with low or higher dif­fer­en­tial pres­sure.

The Ger­man Engi­neer­ing Fed­er­a­tion (VDMA ) was also rep­re­sented at all around fil­tra­tion. In their con­tri­bu­tion, Andre Kor­ing and Thorsten Gehrke made it clear why a pos­si­ble com­plete ban on per­flu­o­ri­nated and poly­flu­o­ri­nated chem­i­cals (PFAS) would have a very neg­a­tive impact on the indus­try. As many seals, pipes and valves in indus­trial envi­ron­ments are made of PFAS and there is often no alter­na­tive, a com­plete ban on the sub­stances would pose major prob­lems for many com­pa­nies, accord­ing to the VDMA. The asso­ci­a­tion is there­fore call­ing for the risk-based approach to the reg­u­la­tion of PFAS to be retained.

Andre Kor­ing and Thorsten Gehrke also out­lined to the par­tic­i­pants pos­si­ble com­pro­mises to the com­plete ban on PFAs demanded by author­i­ties in some EU coun­tries.

Man­age­ment con­sul­tant and pub­li­cist Staffan Reve­man pointed out the con­se­quences of the energy tran­si­tion for the indus­try in his con­tri­bu­tion. Reve­man sees great poten­tial in the reuse of indus­trial waste heat to reduce the energy con­sump­tion of man­u­fac­tur­ing com­pa­nies. Many indus­tries are expect­ing higher elec­tric­ity demand, accord­ing to Reve­man. As things stand at present, this can­not be achieved in Ger­many with­out fos­sil fuels – with­out green­wash­ing. Increas­ing energy effi­ciency is an impor­tant fac­tor in being able to cover future elec­tric­ity require­ments.

In order to oper­ate sys­tems and machines more energy-effi­ciently and thus remain com­pet­i­tive, large invest­ments are some­times required. With the right sup­port pro­grams, com­pa­nies can be greatly relieved finan­cially. Alessan­dro Hox from Limón GmbH took the par­tic­i­pants on a tour of the con­veyor land­scapes with his pre­sen­ta­tion.

Every­thing for a good cause

The orga­niz­ers AXXERON HESCH elec­tron­ics GmbH and Buschjost GmbH donated the entire par­tic­i­pa­tion fee of 2529 EUR to the children’s hos­pice Löwen­herz e.V. in Syke near Bre­men.

The Löwen­herz Children’s and Youth Hos­pice takes in chil­dren, ado­les­cents and young adults with life-short­en­ing ill­nesses. Here they and their fam­i­lies are accom­pa­nied and strength­ened to draw new strength. This is because par­ents are often on the verge of exhaus­tion due to the daily demands of every­day life – and their own needs take a back seat. There is also the uncer­tainty of how long the child has to live and how the death can be dealt with.

At Löwen­herz, the fam­i­lies not only find secu­rity and care for their sick child, but also time for each other. They can also exchange ideas with other par­ents.
In addi­tion to these respite stays, par­ents are also accom­pa­nied on their child’s last jour­ney.