Danfoss FCD-302 Decentral Drives Saves Time and Money Instructions
- June 1, 2024
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Case story | VLT® FlexConcept®
Danfoss saves time and money with VLT® FlexConcept® at Fairlife
FCD-302 Decentral Drives Saves Time and Money
3 VLT® OneGearDrive® variants only, to minimize spare parts and installation
costs
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The first packaging lines – and the next
Danfoss North America (NAM) sales team has delivered the first VLT®
FlexConcept® solution in North America.
Fairlife has built a new dairy production facility in Coopersville, Michigan.
The new site will begin production of a milk protein drink called Fairlife and
Core Power.
Danfoss NAM has supplied a VLT® FlexConcept® solution for three packaging
lines at the Coopersville facility. Each line uses approximately 60 pieces of
the VLT® OneGearDrive® and the VLT® Decentral Drive FCD 302 respectively.
Everyone is a winner
To secure these packaging lines, Danfoss NAM utilized a Danfoss Food &
Beverage PUSH / PULL strategy, providing savings to both the equipment builder
Descon Conveyor Systems, and the end user Fairlife.
Savings in installation process
Jeff Philpott, Descon Conveyor Systems: “The VLT® Decentral Drive FCD 302 has
saved Descon time and money, for we can utilize the I/O connection of the FCD
302 and reduce analog I/O block. Node connectivity is very expensive. Any
additional Ethernet switches and I/O blocks add so much more cost, more wiring
and more time to install.”
“The additional digital and analog I/O provided by Decentral Drives FCD 302
offers Descon and our customers the ability to add field sensors without
adding major cost. Alternative suppliers did not support this feature”,
explains Jeff Philpott, and elaborates on the cost savings achieved:
“Descon is confident that we can deliver major savings for Fairlife in time,
labour, and installation costs. With the FCD 302 decentral solution, costs are
minimized for local electrical contractors.”
The Danfoss VLT® FlexConcept® solution provided a competitive advantage over
our rivals. The hygienic design of the VLT® OneGearDrive®, paired with the
VLT® Decentral Drive FCD 302, pushes Descon Conveyor Systems ahead of our
competition technically. Jeff Philpott Applications Group Manager Descon
Conveyor Systems
Streamlined hygienic design
Fairlife Maintenance Manager Robert Cunningham was highly impressed with the
clean, hygienic design of the VLT® FlexConcept® solution:
“The VLT® OneGearDrive® has no fan or bleeder valve, which is ideal for our
dairy plant.”
Danfoss VLT® FlexConcept® offers a second advantage for Fairlife: the very
limited number of spare parts required for the plant.
Descon Conveyor Systems only required three VLT® OneGearDrive® variants and
two Decentral Drives FCD 302 variants for all three bottling lines.
Many thanks for the excellent local support given to Descon Conveyor Systems
by our sales partner Davis Controls. Davis was instrumental in securing this
project order. For more information, contact:
Danfoss Drives
salesinformation@danfoss.com
800-432-6367
www.danfossdrives.com
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