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The new approach to plant planning
Faster and more efficient to market
Friedrichshafen (Germany),
October
2016:
Nowadays,
billion-euro
investment
decisions in the plastics production and processing industry are taken in a very short
time. According to Rochus Hofmann, Managing Director of Zeppelin Systems, the time
between an investment decision and commissioning is less than half of what it was a
few years ago. These challenges can only be met with better and faster planning.
The plant engineering specialist from Friedrichshafen will demonstrate its new approach to
planning and designing plants for the plastics industry at the K 2016. Zeppelin Systems is a
plant architect with extensive knowledge of all processes and acts as systems integrator.
This allows a significant reduction in the time to market period. "We are now thinking like
architects in order to implement our customers' ideas into a working concept," Hofmann
describes. "We impartially advise our customer on the best possible solution. The customer
then decides what he wants and we make sure all elements fit together perfectly." For the
customer this is a double win: he can select from a larger variety of products and the overall
process will be optimized.
While a traditional machine construction company focuses on the machine, a plant
engineering company's planning will keep the total plant in mind. To do so, Zeppelin Systems
makes use of various modern planning tools. One of them is the Zeppelin Value Engineering
concept which enables extensive discussions and the optimization of the plant concept in
digital form at a very early stage. This leads to better concept solutions such as optimized
piping, improved room layout or perfect positioning of all components, and shorter distances.
An innovative planning software supports this process. "We use the same tools as
international contractors, planning every plant using 3D technology," Hofmann explains. This
experience is also useful for revamping. With the help of a 3D laser scanner, an accurate
model of an existing plant can be created. This is always helpful in cases where building
alterations have not been recorded over time, data formats are not convertible or when the
drawings do not correspond to reality. Informed decisions can then be taken regarding the
components that will remain in the old plant or be relocated and those that will be
disassembled during modernization. Rebuilding a plant can therefore be planned accurately
and performed with little production downtime and a high level of security. Zeppelin Systems
supports plants for the production and processing of plastics from the first planning steps to
realization, covering the complete lifecycle including modernization.
In the future, focus will be set on innovatively developing the planning process, for example
by further improving digitalization – not only when planning, but also with the use of
components which can communicate in a digital network. Therefore, Zeppelin focuses its
component development on this new product segment named "smart components" and will
also present new ideas regarding Industry 4.0 at the K 2016, hall 9, booth B41 in Düsseldorf.
Legends:
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Zeppelin plans and builds complex plants for plastics processors and compounders.
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Zeppelin is the world leading plant engineer for plastics producers and forwarders.
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3D technology leads to better plant design results.
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Detailed view of the plant design enables optimal design.
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Zeppelin offers complete logistics solutions, from design to construction.
About the Zeppelin Group
The Zeppelin Group operates 190 sites around the world. In the 2015 fiscal year, its 7,800 employees generated
sales of over 2.3 billion euros. Group-wide collaboration in the Zeppelin Group revolves around a management
holding company and six strategic business units: Construction Equipment EU (sales and servicing of
construction machines), Construction Equipment CIS (sales and servicing of construction and agricultural
machines), Rental (rental and project solutions for the construction and industry sectors), Power Systems (drive,
propulsion, traction, and energy systems) and Plant Engineering (engineering and plant engineering) as well as
Digital Services and Solutions (new digital business models). Zeppelin GmbH is the Group holding company. It is
legally domiciled in Friedrichshafen and has its head office in Garching near Munich, Germany. For more
information, please visit www.zeppelin.com.
About Zeppelin Plant Engineering
The Strategic Business Unit (SGE) Zeppelin plant engineering with its 1.300 employees at 20 locations worldwide is specialized in the development, the production and the construction of components and systems for the
handling (storage, conveying, mixing, metering and scaling) of high quality bulk materials. In this area Zeppelin
Systems supports its customers from the project development phase via engineering, production, job site
installation, commissioning to the customer service. The customers of the SGE plant engineering belong to the
chemical industry, plastic producers and processors, the rubber and tyre industry as well as the food industry.
Further information under www.zeppelin-systems.com
Zeppelin Systems GmbH
Graf-Zeppelin-Platz 1
88045 Friedrichshafen
Herbert Mayer
Tel.: +49 (0)7541 202 - 1436
E-Mail: [email protected]
www.zeppelin-systems.com