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This year, too, BMA was represented at ATAM, the annual congress of the Mexican Sugar Technicians' Association, which was held in Córdoba (Veracruz) between 26 and 28 August 2009. Together with EPI Equipos para Ingenios S.A. de C.V., our long-time representatives in Mexico, we presented both our current product portfolio and the latest developments at BMA. The new continuous K3300 centrifugal met…

Even in these times of a global financial crisis, BMA has opportunities for highly qualified students and graduates, above all from the fields mechanical engineering, (bio)chemical engineering and industrial engineering.The bonding job fair is an enjoyable, but nevertheless professionally organised way of meeting students and graduates from a wide range of disciplines.BMA was one of the exhibitors…

Every year, customers that have BMA extraction plants installed in their factories receive a "safety can be planned" circular letter from BMA, to draw their attention to the importance of proper plant inspection. BMA can offer staff that has acquired the required experience, expertise and skills to perform these inspections in a professional manner. BMA's customers have shown a growing interest in…

After a three-year break, in May 2009, we continued our series of regular user seminars. The subject of this year's seminar was BMA centrifugals, so the focus was on developments since the last BMA user seminar. Items on the agenda included our new K3300 machine, and general information on continuous and batch centrifugals.For machine operators, the seminar provided a perfect platform for an…

BMA Automation GmbH was awarded the order for an automation system for a new sugar-cooler for a sugar refinery in the USA. The system is designed according to NEMA and built with UL-approved components with an Allen Bradley PLC. The contract includes the design of the control cabinets to ANSI / ISA, the software development and the visualization. For data exchange with the customer's DCS and with…

Cheese ripening requires sophisticated skills. Each step affects the taste of the cheese. The processing technique, hygienic conditions and automation play an increasingly important role in the production of any kind of cheese in order to produce high quality cheese in a cost-effective way.During ripening, cheese loaves are regularly rubbed with brine or mixtures and turned, so the loaf shelves…

Moisttech, a division of Sensortech Inc. from the USA is one of the leading suppliers of online near infrared moisture sensors. The main product of this series is the IR 3000 sensor. As of now these devices are sold in Germany by BMA Automation GmbH. The sensors are used to measure the moisture in the food industry, tobacco processing, paper industry and other sectors. By online measuring the…