Melted wax is used in the manufacture process of the production of coatings of industrial floors and waterproofing of buildings.KEIL Anlagenbau has designed, constructed and commissioned a wax smelter equipment for this application featuring three different wax components.

The equipment for the production of melted wax is fully automatic and it is heated by means of hot water. The GRAVITUBE® dosing system is supplied with liquid wax from each melting vessel. The GRAVITUBE® dosing system allows precise dosing into an inline dispersing process without the application of mass flow measurement or weighing technique.

The dosing system has been successfully integrated into the customer‘s recipe control, and it manages the dosing processes of individual waxes in the production lines independently.

The entire pipeline system, starting from the smelter and moving on via the GRAVITUBE® measurement devices to the mixing facilities, is temperate. This application shows how the GRAVITUVBE® system is able to transform a manual addition into a trendsetting dosing technology in the production processes individually.

PLEIGER combines the innovative strength of a German high-tech manufacturer with the pragmatism of a tradition-conscious family business with future-oriented strategies and a training center of its own.The PLEIGER Group with over 600 employees all over the world stands for stability and sustainable growth.

In fair cooperation, Keil Anlagenbau provided the company Pleiger Kunststoff GmbH & Co. KG in Witten with training about how to handle a prepolymer equipment. The equipment for the production of Vulkollan®, based on Desmodur®15, began with a tank equipment in 2000, installed by KEIL Anlagenbau, and it has continuously been further developed in the course of the years. The present equipment farm consists of units for material preparation, dosing and reactors as well, next to the storage farm systems for polyester polyol.

The focus of the training sessions was set on all details of the process technique and automation. Employees from the technical department and production with PLEIGER, including employees with KEIL Anlagenbau refreshed their knowledge and followed the presentations by Volker Gausmann, head of the automation department, and Kai Schäfer, head of the planning and sales with KEIL Anlagenbau.

The social part of the event was not neglected during the lunch taken together, and a number of very interesting talks and conversations took place.

After a demanding and informative day, all participants agreed on a very successful training day.

We would like to thank the company Pleiger Kunststoff GmbH & Co. KG for the warm welcome on site in Witten, and look forward to pleasant and continuing working relationship.  

Dosing 4.0 – with GRAVITUBE®
We showed our unique dosing system to you in Düsseldorf.

We demonstrated our patented GRAVITUBE® process technique to you for a density- and temperature-dependent batch dosing system for liquid media during the trade fair.
To show how the new technique works, we illustrated and demonstrated the advantages to you by means of our model at the fair.

The new efficiency in PUR recycling

Economical. Efficient. Environmentally Friendly.

Our individually conceptual design for PUR and PET recycling equipment offers key benefits in terms of economical and ecological advantages compared to traditional disposal methods, leading valuable polyols back into the production cycle.

We look forward to further talks and projects with you.

Our competent staff members will be pleased to assist and help you with all other questions and inquiries around such themes like:

-          Tank equipment

-          Discharge stations

-          Product handling

-          Process automation

-          Planning and engineering

We are looking forward to further talks and challenging projects together with you in the future.

By means of the exact recording of the technical circumstances in the planned installation room, Keil Anlagenbau has the capability to design the stations optimally, and to plan the connecting pipelines alongside all obstacles.

As these pipelines are prefabricated in the Keil workshop, the installation time on-site can be reduced which helps the customer to keep the downtimes of the production facility as short as possible.

Protection of the environment, safety and product quality
are expected by the companies that process isocyanates (MDI); the equipment simply must feature these characteristics. An indispensable characteristic and indisputable requirement that KEIL fulfills in every respect. Starting with the safe and riskless discharge from the tanker vehicle by means of gas-displacement technique, followed by storage under the protective atmosphere including constant and nonvarying temperature up to the application. All these are aspects that are implemented in equipment systems by KEIL Anlagenbau.

The conformity of the equipment corresponds to the ISOPA directive published by the European association of manufacturers of diisocyanates and polyols is and has always been a matter of course for KEIL Anlagenbau.

KEIL Anlagenbau would like to thank its international customers for their confidence, and it is looking forward to continuous cooperation.

The advantages of the concept are:

•     Flexibility in  processing of small quantities
•     Autarky and high flexibility in the production
•     Standard solution or individual configurability

The point individuality in particular does not only refer to diverse processes against the background of media characteristics and application, but it also highlights the environment. The location where the equipment is to be set up can always turn out to be an important criterion.

KEIL Anlagenbau offers its customers systems that can be used even in such regions that are prone to earthquakes here in Germany. These industrial applications can be used in hazardous regions such as the Rhine Graben in the west, the Swabian Jura, a mountain range in the state of Baden-Württenberg in the south-west, or the federal state of Thuringia in the east, or a present international project in the state of California, USA, just as well.

Depending on the seismologic activities that are expected, the equipment and facilities are calculated in conformity with the rules, structurally verified and constructed according to the requirements. This is done to make sure that the equipment is safe; there are no risks or hazards due to components coming loose, due to shifting or sliding of parts, or due to tilting units. The same applies to the connection of container stations with the production facility. The components are selected and calculated to absorb movements without getting damaged.

The mother-daughter-discharge systems by KEIL Anlagenbau do not only offer maximum safety with regard to its function, but also in terms of its construction. These basic and fundamental features are appreciated both by the operator and the owner of a Keil equipment.

The experts with KEIL Anlagenbau are refreshing their qualification to operate a mobile elevating working platform by getting theoretical and practical training during a long instruction day.

“The required authorization to operate mobile elevating working platforms according to the German DGUV limits the operating scope to a national level. This is a limit that does not allow KEIL Anlagenbau sufficient scope of action nor flexibility in its international installation and assembly work“, says Uwe Spelleken, the quality manager and management representative with Keil Anlagenbau. For this reason, more extensive and intensive training for the IPAF qualification is being planned.

With this goal, KEIL Anlagenbau intends to include an important component in its SCC certification.

We wish the KEiL employees not only success in their challenging tasks in the future but also continued safety in their work on-site and a safe return back home again.   

 It all started modestly with the very first tank equipment in 1979.“Those were the containers #001 and #002 in the history of the company“, Hans-Jürgen Keil reminisces referring to the project with the company Kronen Hansa in Lohne, a town in Lower Saxony, Germany. “I was contacted by the PU system supplier, the company ELASTOGRAN – now called BASF – with the registered business in Lemförde, Lower Saxony, and they told me that there was this customer who needed a storage equipment for polyol and isocyanate at that point of time. This is how the first project with a PU storage tank equipment got started“.

There has been a large number of other reconstructions, retrofittings and extensions in the past. However, now it is time to update one entire system and to bring it up to the state of the art, even if the pumps that had been installed back then still function and will be functioning in the future.

Now, Keil Anlagenbau has been commissioned to modernize the complete facility. The restauration and outfitting job is going to range from the new location with corresponding collecting pan over armatures and sensors right up to the equipment control.

This means that we, the company Keil Anlagenbau, are making a real difference, and it provides a proof of longstanding collaboration with our customers, and it demonstrates how our company’s lifetime can be measured by decades in terms of such excellent quality.

I&I flow chart from 1979 - first polyol & isocyanate tank farm

A notable local customer required an electronic spare part quite urgently. After having inquired several other suppliers without any success, the customer received a good tip to contact the service department with the company Keil Anlagenbau.

The required spare part was in stock, and the customer agreed with the Keil team to have the spare part collected without any further delay. How desperately the spare part was needed indeed, and how promptly it was to be picked up was manifested by a helicopter landing on the Keil premises only a brief moment later.

The KEIL Anlagenbau team, being a reliable partner, was happy to have been able to help our customer on this special occasion.

Helicopter operation

However, this was only one of many require-ments. Also, several complex processes had to be combined. The new equipment by Keil Anlagenbau was able to master this task, and it improved the manufacturing process altogether.

Carlisle CM Europe is a leading manufacturer of roofing and sealing membranes in Europe. The manufacturing site, which was opened in September 2018, is located in Waltershausen, Germany. The company manufactures its own polymer bitumen for the coating of roofing membranes. Raw bitumen and oils are mixed with polymers including minerals during the production process. The finished material is transported to the coating equipment and forwarded thus to a subsequent manufacturing process point. To enhance its production capacity, Carlisle required another equipment unit. A higher degree of automation than the present technology could provide was one of the requirements, and an increased transparency and reproducibility of processes were to be ensured by means of a large number of sensors and improved visualization. The company Hans-Jürgen Keil Anlagenbau GmbH & Co. KG from Bohmte-Hunteburg was awarded the contract to make the conceptual design of a corresponding equipment and to install it, and to train the operators.

You can find the complete report under the following link:Process boost with polymer bitumen equipment from KEIL Anlagenbau

The employees with the company Keil Anlagenbau GmbH are in an upbeat mood. A constantly increasing demand in the past years has started the foundation of a building extension at the BASF location in Lemförde, Germany. “We are bursting at the seams at our present location. The containers, which we have had for our disposal to process the repair and service orders for a long time now, are no longer sufficient to meet the requirements of the present order volume,“ says the project manager, Ralf Nagel, with the company Keil.

The Keil employees will have one work place for electrical engineering, five work places for installation and welding, two office work places as well as a recreation room with a kitchenette for technicians and a meeting room at the beginning of August. The area of the production hall is 220 m², the rooms for the Keil staff cover 35 m².

An additionally installed welding curtain makes it possible to separate the hall in black and white during the manufacturing process of stainless steel and steel components. The hall and office areas have been equipped with a fire alarm system, the welding points with a mobile exhaust system and a filter.  In addition, there is a permanently-installed compressed-air system, a material and tool storage area including a safety storage cabinet for hazardous material in the hall.

Four students from the grade 9 at HS Damme were allowed to get to know our company and our training staff, to visit the operations and the workshops, and to work on two minor projects during this day. The project “Willi the Spookie“ required some “fingertip feel“ and made the tasks of an electrician more accessible to the students. In the field of mechanical construction, the students could construct a mobile phone holder in the workshop. After having finished their projects successfully, the students were allowed to take home their products.

An important part of the day was also to present the training opportunities and future perspectives to the students at KEIL, and to communicate to them that especially with a vocational training and technical skills, the future prospects are virtually aspirational, and practically all directions are open to them.

The day was a complete success for us and for the students. The response of all students to us was positive feedback: this day turned out to be a key experience to them regarding their future. Two of the students would like to do each of their apprenticeship with KEIL, and we are very pleased and happy about it.

The reason for the reconstruction was a planned change of raw material. The company KEIL Anlagenbau GmbH & CO. KG in Bohmte-Hunteburg was commissioned for the task. The company, specialized in the field of chemical engineering, is a member of the SCHULZ Group, and it fulfilled all mechanical and technical requirements and implemented the electrical engineering as well. Due to resource shortfalls, SCHULZ Systemtechnik GmbH took over the modification of the control including the visualization.

“What you have is a tank farm consisting of several smaller tanks that do not have sufficient capacity because of the change of raw material. This is the reason why the adjacent tanks were virtually combined, and the storage capacity for individual raw materials was doubled“, said Holger Glade from the sales force for industrial automation solutions with the company SCHULZ Systemtechnik. “Combining the tanks means a substantial gain in efficiency, so it definitely makes sense. The raw material disposition and production processes run faster, and the equipment operation has been modernized at the same time.“ Within the 15 construction stages, a fully automatic filling unit for small containers was integrated into the tank farm and production facility as well.

KEIL Anlagenbau is an expert for reconstruction in the field of chemical engineering. The company carried out the entire reconstruction work, laid pipelines to combine the tanks, delivered armatures, valves and pumps. The required electrical installations were carried out by the Hunteburg company. These reconstruction tasks were accomplished mainly in a potentially explosive area.

“The communication between three storage stank farms including the software modification is decisive for the function“, explains Mr. Glade. SCHULZ Systemtechnik took over this part and optimized the operator panel as the tanks were joined visually as well. The operator perceives only one tank. The small container filling system was integrated into the operating concept by the automation specialists as well. This kind of filling system is important for a great number of production processes.   
 
“The interface between the three storage tank farms and the new filling unit was particularly demanding“, says the automation expert. “With the benefit of long years of experience in the context of various control systems, this was absolutely no problem for us“, Mr. Glade recalls. 

 “KEIL and SCHULZ were able to implement the project in a challenging timeframe by means of the sector experience and manpower within a broad-based group of companies“, says Mr. Anatoli Penner, the responsible project manager with BASF Coatings GmbH in Oldenburg. “The market requires more and more flexibility and an increasing variety of products even in small amounts – the new equipment is going to make it possible.“

Contact person: holger.glade(at)schulz.st, www.schulz-gruppe.st

The company Huntsman Polyurethanes GmbH showed their appreciation and thanked the team with KEIL Anlagenbau for this aspiration by awarding the Huntsman Safety Excellence Award to it. The cooperation
of 18 long years with the Huntsman Group had proved to be without any accidents at work. This fact and the positive experience makes us very proud and motivates us to pursue this road steadily and to enhance our competitive standing.

The KEIL Anlagenbau team would like to express their sincere thanks for this award and honor while looking forward to future projects together with the company Huntsman.

Huntsman Safety Excellence Award

As the pressure reduction of natural gas generates cold, this process is countered by the heat exchanger. Keil Anlagenbau’s job was to manufacture, assemble, and to install a complete heating supply system for the process along with the room heating unit. This consists primarily of three boilers for the supply by means of a hydraulic separator, and of the heat output via regulated heating pumps supplying the gas heat exchangers in redundant mode. Needless to say, that the gas supply of the heating boilers made the Keil portfolio complete. The installation of the exhaust gas systems did not challenge the Keil team’s expertise in any way.

Since the originally commissioned plumbing and heating company went into insolvency during the construction phase, the company Keil Anlagenbau was contacted to manufacture and install the facility and to complete the construction in Nordlohne.

After having reviewed the task, the company Keil Anlagenbau turned out to be a competent contact for its customer. Both facilities were finished within five weeks in spite of the crucial timing from the implementation of the correct use to the commissioning process within the schedule and also on time.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank our installation team for the excellent work performance including our senior technician, Mr. Ingo Masbaum, quite especially with his farsightedness. The pre-manufacture in the workshop in Hunteburg allowed much of the optimization of all technical procedures so that the facility was handed over to the customer according to the schedule.

By means of this outstanding performance, the company Keil Anlagenbau can recommend itself to the customers and it has already been entrusted with new tasks.

As a result, some material-technical fundamentals as well as specific application-oriented questions in the field of interface physics were dealt with within the framework of one bachelor thesis in cooperation with the University of Applied Sciences at Osnabrück during the academic year of 2017/2018. These basics and specifics are being tested and reviewed in their applicability in a present bachelor’s thesis. The first intermediate results are very promising.

KEIL Anlagenbau assembles and installs its proved and tested Mother-/ Daughter system (MTS ) as supply of raw materials for matt and glossvarnished materials.  By means of these stations, Benecke-Kaliko AG can now dose its raw materials without being interrupted. Belonging to the assignment of tasks of entire processing raw materials from the IBCs, the use features the flow of goods already produced. This kind of use of resources, tells us Marc Vocke, one of the KEIL sales managers, allows our customers to use the applicable raw materials on a large scale. Observing high precision requirements in the recipe management and complying with its extensive quality requirements, Keil Anlagenbau creates the entire control technique and visualization system.

This is how Keil Anlagenbau supports its customers with long-time knowhow in the storage and dosing technique.

The audit program featured site visits and the control of technical areas and departments of the company among other things.

The TÜV-Süd auditor was very much impressed by the KEIL service technicians, and amazed at how they set an example of conducting project-relevant hazard analyses in cooperation with the customer. The health, safety and environment policy as well as quality management of the company has become second nature of the employees. Also, the auditors gave KEIL credit for the well-equipped service vehicles.
One of the other positive aspects was of course the documented, systematic evaluation of the sub-suppliers used by the purchasing department regarding the HSE factors.

Further qualification of the personnel by means of trainee programs with respect to their service points in the company received much appreciation and earned the auditors’ great respect.

KEIL Anlagenbau had been contracted to deliver the equipment technology for the supply and processing of Polyols, Isocyanates and Pentane to the new factory for this groundbreaking step.

We would like to thank RECTICEL for having placed its order with us, and for the fruitful cooperation, and we wish the company RECTICEL continued success and all the best for the future.

he company Hans-Juergen Keil Anlagenbau GmbH & Co. KG is a certified specialized company according to WHG. We take environmental compatibility very seriously. We fulfill the requirements laid down by the appointed personnel in the company to more than 100 percent.

Our responsible employees are continuously trained specifically regarding the Water Resource Act (WHG) of the Federal Government, and thus authorized to carry out the planning, erection, cleaning, maintenance and service of your equipment. Our active responsibility, and the monitoring contract with the German TÜV, authorizes us to be your reliable WHG partner.

Link to our website: www.keil-anlagenbau.de/unternehmen/umwelt/

“After the inquiry, it was just a matter of few days to start work “, says Marc Vocke, sales manager with KEIL Anlagenbau. “The supplier or service provider, to be commissioned by the customer in the first place, was not able to deliver on time. The company KEIL Anlagenbau had no problems with providing the customer with the equipment according to schedule and without delay!“

With its takeover of the project, KEIL Anlagenbau can proudly demonstrate that it is keeping the pace, and that flexibility as well as customer focus has always been among its greatest strengths during its 45-year competency in process technique. This is our priority, and it is written on the company banner according to Hans-Jürgen Keil, the founder of the company.

We would like to express our thanks to our customer for the confidence it has placed in our company and all KEIL team members for their uncompromising effort.

As a student trainee with Keil Anlagenbau, Martin experiences daily working life and a great number of different tasks. Since his traineeship start with the company Keil Anlagenbau, he has learned a great deal about complex themes, and is now working at his bachelor thesis about Gravitube® in the field of process technique in his sixth semester. You will learn more about Martin‘s experiences in this short time and how he has managed the work with his colleagues in this interview.

Hi Martin, how long have you been with Keil Anlagenbau, and how did you find our company?

I have been here with Keil Anlagenbau since March 1, 2019, so I am quite new here. I got to know the company at the company contact fair called “Chance“ last year. I met my present mentor at the Keil Anlagenbau booth, and he told me about the possibility to write my bachelor thesis about the Gravitube® in the company. With this idea in mind, I sent my application to the company Keil Anlagenbau in December 2018, and after that, everything went really fast. After a short and successful interview, I was accepted.

What does your work with colleagues with Keil Anlagenbau look like?

My scope of tasks relates to the division R&D (Research & Development) as well as to planning and sales. I participate in various discussions and get an idea of the daily work of my colleagues. My mentor included me in the project work right at the beginning. Although I don’t have any professional experience in this field, I already understand quite a lot of it, and I will develop more efficient procedures for the dosing equipment in my bachelor thesis.

Working together is very nice, and the working atmosphere is really laid back. We have lunch together quite often. For example, Tuesday is pizza day, we order pizza for lunch, and on Thursdays, it’s always barbeque with the other divisions.

What do you think is the most fun in your traineeship?

I definitely enjoy my traineeship because of the fantastic working atmosphere among colleagues. Eating lunch together and the soft drinks that are on the company make a difference, of course. My mentor introduced the problem I am dealing with in my bachelor work to me at the very beginning, he acquainted me with it very well, and he is a reliable contact person. I like the focus on R&D in my traineeship most, but planning and sales are interesting as well, and I’m already looking forward to learning about these activities and fields.

What do you do in your free time?

Next to my studies and the traineeship, I find my balance in football training once a week and during a play at the weekend. Otherwise, it’s great to see friends or just watch some series.

Thank-you, Martin!

The task was clearly defined for the planning team with KEIL Anlagenbau. An operating equipment for the discharge of Polyols and Isocynates from IBC containers must be replaced by a modern and new equipment. „The special features of this system are an upgraded construction and a modern operating system, next to the continuous supply of the production with constant product quality,“ says Manfred Witte from the sales department with the company KEIL Anlagenbau, looking back on the successful project.
By means of the mother/daughter system by KEIL Anlagenbau this is exactly the right solution starting from engineering all the way to the commissioning of the facility.

A great number of parameters and boundary conditions required some consideration regarding design and construction. Also, the connection with the eight users with the automation was a very critical criterion next to the products, which are partly heated or provided with mineral filling material, and operated in a viscosity bandwidth from a few hundred up to ten thousand mPas.

And of course a rapid implementation

To deinstall the old equipment, to install the new one and to affect the filter manufacturer’s production as little as possible - “a task to be implemented by a high degree of prefabrication only“, according to Sebastian Völkening, the project manager. The entire MTS station was prefabricated in the KEIL workshop in Hunteburg, to be cold-commissioned, tested and disassembled, to be assembled and installed in its new place of operation.

“We only had e time frame of three weeks, and in addition, the old equipment was supposed to be deinstalled outside this three-week period“, Sebastian Völkening tells us. In spite of these difficulties, the equipment was taken into operation according to the plans shortly before Christmas.

The feedback by our customer is quite descriptive.

• Workplace safety by means of simple and better handling
• Environmental safety by means of a design, compliant with German Water Act directives
• Quality by means of continuous and reproducible product supply.
• Project management according to a plan

The entire project team with KEIL Anlagenbau would like to express their thanks for the great cooperation, and the team is ready for the next upcoming projects.

A document imaging camera and a projector were handed over to the Wilhelm Busch primary and secondary school (WBS) by Fabian Keil and Olga Richter, employees with KEIL Anlagenbau, true to the motto “from the region for the region”, on January 25, 2019. The devices were received with joy and a very warm and heartfelt thank-you by Ms. Menke, the director of the school. By means of these new mobile units, teaching of classes will be elevated to a new technical level.

Speaking of technical matters: On the so called Girls‘ and Boys‘ Future Day, KEIL opens its doors to students to give them insight into technical fields. This day takes place at regular intervals, and those interested from the Wilhelm Busch primary and secondary school are welcome to take part and to work on minor projects of their own, such as to construct a desk lamp out of pipes or to create and form a cellphone holder.

We are very pleased about the great cooperation with the WBS Hunteburg and look forward to further regional cooperation.

Photo: From left to right: Olga Richter (KEIL Anlagenbau), Fabian Keil (KEIL Anlagenbau),Annegret Menke (WBS Hunteburg, principal)

The tried and tested equiment technology consists not only of an underground container but also of the required equipment for remote filling and continuous production supply. Control, safety devices and the model to be operated in a potenially explosive area round off the overall system.

The container and pipelines were mounted and installed bei KEIL experts in the previous year. The storage system, assembled and installed for numerous customers many times in the past years, is now supplying blowing agent on a new production site for sandwich and cold-storage cell elements in the capital city in one of the south-American countries.

At the end of the project, we would like to thank our customers and wish them much success with the new equipment.

KEIL Anlagenbau is going to install an entirely heated storage tank farm for the supply of media for a new production equipment for the company Blickle Räder und Rollen GmbH & Co.KG, a leading German manufacturer of wheels and castors worldwide, in the upcoming month.

Along with demanding mechanical requirements, starting with discharging process from the tank trucks, going on to the storage and right up to the supply of the users in the production facility, KEIL Anlagenbau will also provide the complete control technique and visualization.

This is where our customer will benefit from the longstanding know-how that KEIL Anlagenbau has in the field of the temperating control, and temperature-sensitive handling of media.

With Mr. Wassum-Paul, KEIL Anlagenbau has been able to win over an experienced managing director as a CEO in the field of international plant engineering and construction. Relying on his long-standing professional experience from working for an energy plant construction company and within the field of heating and process heat industry, Mr. Wassum-Paul will soon take the lead, implementing the long-term KEIL Anlagenbau strategy efficiently and continuously together with the entire KEIL Team.

Four students from WBS Hunteburg were able to get to know our company and meet our trainers, see the offices and the workshops and to work at their own project during this day. By means of the project, each of the students learned to assemble his or her own desk lamp according to a specific drawing, including installation and electrical engineering. After a successful approval by our quality manager with his official seal, the students were allowed to take the lamps home with them.  

The presentation of future training possibilities and future perspectives with the company KEIL was a key part of the day, to make the students understand that especially a professional career with an apprenticeship is absolutely worthwhile from the future point of view and particularly appealing as there are a great number of possibilities in all career fields.

The day war successful for us and the students. The feedback we received from them was that they all had learned something important for their professional future. Two of the students would like to do an internship with the company KEIL, and we are already looking toward to this.  

Foto: All four desk lamps in a row assembled by the students, and they function as they should. Due to data protection and consideration of the rights to one’s own image, we do not publish any pictures of the students in this article.

With the application of mother/daughter systems for storage and production supply by means of KEIL Anlagenbau, the advantages of traditional storage tank equipment and the improved flexibility of supply out of container units are united.

The scope of the order covers both the process steps of the storage and a safe, continuous supply of the production with a multitude of different material components in consistent quality.

We would like honor and congratulate and express our hearfelt thanks......

... to 20th anniversary Heike Wrampelmeyer (01.02.)

...to 30th anniversary Klaus Ronnebaum (14.03.)

Krefeld, Germany, June 14, 2017, - many years of research and development work with the preparation of annual plants for the production of fiberboards; this technological lead by Siempelkamp provided the key Impetus for the Placement of another Major contract from the USA. The American company CalAG LLC commissioned Siempelkamp with the delivery of a production facility for fiberboards made of rice straw. CalPlant LCC invests more then USD 315 M for the new production site in Willows, California. By means of this sizeable order, Siempelkamp will unfold its complete service portfolio again and plan, construct, deliver and commission the entire mechanical engineering for the site in Willows from one source, with a contract value of EUR 75 M.

Project background Information:

Rice straw is an abundant raw material in North America, as roughly 10.000.000 tons of rice is grown in the USA each year. This makes the United States, the eleventh country after Japan,one of the largest Producers of rice in the world. The main growing areas are in Mississippi, Arkansas, Texas, Louisana and California. The Californian purchaser CalAG LLC signed the supply contract on June, 14, shortly after it was announced during this year's LIGNA 2017 exhibition in Hanover that the required investment volume had been successfully achieved by means of public investor participation. The future production site of CalAG LLC will be financed by issuance of bonds at the New York Stock Exchange.  

The order placed on Siempelkamp covers the entire treatment of rice straw bales by Pallman with devices to untie and tear the bales as well as with cleaning equipment for straw to exclude coarse material and dust.Two refiners for the defibration of rice straw are also delivered by Pallmann, in a typical design for annual plants with a horizontal cooker to avoid any bridging of fibers. The cleaning equipment for the precipitation of the silica parts in the fibers is a special contruction, developed by Siempelkamp, and especially tailored for the processing of rice straw.

The gas-fired fiber dryer, driven by a dryer system utilizing natural gas, with a drying performance exceeding 32 t/h atro, is delivered by the subsidiary, Büttner, as well as those energy systems required for steam and heat generation. The Front-End Technology, required for fibers and mats, is delivered by the Italian subsidiary, CMC. to comply with the strict environmental requirements in California, banning the use of formaldehyde in glues, a special glueing system with a turbo mixer is used. This high speed mixer is able to process Isocyanate PMDI according to a method developed by Siempelkamp. 

The core component of the future production equipment for the manufacture of rice straw fiberboards is of course, the ContiRoll^® of the latest generation 9 with its numerous improvements, such as e.g. the highly efficient drive motor ContiRoll Ecodrive, offering energy savings potential to the operator at least 7 % under full load operation and up to 14 % in partial load operation. Next to the development of mechanic and hydraulic machine components, the newly created Siempelkamp Press Controller SPC, as a pressure / position control system, makes sure that the required press forces or press distances are strictly observed by means of advanced hardware technology and precise sensor technology in the technological press zones. The ContiRoll^® will Feature a variable press width of 8 - 10" and a length of 35,4 m.

The finishing includes a diagonal saw, held as rip-cut saw exclusive formats for Columbia Forrest Products, one of the Major US American suppliers for wood-based materials as a main purchaser of fiberboards. Besides the grinding and stacking line, a fully automatic storage system with warehouse vehicles and a base carrier also belong to the scope of delivery. After the commissioning, planned for the end of 2018, CalAg LLC will produce a volume of 200.000 m³ fiber boards per year by using the Siempelkamp equipment.

The certification was carried out within an integrated management systems (IMS), featuring serveral certificates in combination. We are very proud to have taken this step and have to achieved our goal, being able to present the satisfying outcome to our customers. KEIL Anlagenbau is consciously committed to the importance ragarding quality, environment and safe working place, which are combined in the certification. This is why we have been very keen on letting our management system and our structures, processes and working methods be examined by an accredited institution. Our objective is to improve customer benefits on a continual basis, to be the first present and future choice when our customers are seeking technically sophisticated, safe and environmentally sound solutions.

In addition to the high dosing accuracy, the reliable reproducibility as well as the marginal maintenance requirements of GRAVITUBE^® , the obtained flexibility and the accompanying significant contributions to cost reduction in the production were decisive for the choice of the GRAVITUBE^® Technology. Learn more about GRAVITUBE^® in https://www.keil-anlagenbau.de/products/gravitube 

The middle-sized Enterprise, Hans-Jürgen Keil Anlagenbau GmbH & Co.KG, from Bohmte-Hunteburg in the state of Lower Saxony, with its more than 100 employees has succeeded in winning over two strategic Partners, the SCHULZ Group of companies and the Haspa Beteiligungsgesellschaft für den Mittelstand (Haspa BGM). The Keil Family shall remain in the business as a shareholder along with the new investors.

The SCHUZ Group, founded in Visbek, in the state of Lower Saxony, in 1954, counts worldwide more than 1.000 associates and is one of the leading developers of comprehensive automation solutions for various branches. At the same time, the enterprise unites all three disciplines of the automation technique - from mechanics over electronics to information technology - and offers the entire value-added chain from a single source.

The Haspa BGM, a subsidiary of Hamburger Sparkasse AG, has been a partner with the German medium-sized companies for 20 years, offering equity-based financing especially for growing businesses and succession regulation.

Arno Haase-Camper, the CEO with KEIL Anlagenbau, describes the advantages of the new constellation: "We will benefit from our new partners in two ways. On one hand, we will profit from the additional know-how increasing our competences. On the other hand, we will set the economic course for further technological development of our products and services."

KEIL Anlagenbau has been certified according to UL508A. This certification is required for the manufacture and assembly of switchgear for the North American market.

To name a few of the highlights of the past year are among other things switchgear for dosing equipment, bitumen blending facilities, foil cutting and foil wrapping machines, storage tank farms and biogas plants.

 To keep the knowledge of our staff members up-to-date, we had 18 staffers participating in a WHG (Federal Water Resources Act in Germany) training course for beginners, and 12 staffers participating in a WHG specialist course, who all acquired each his/her certificate during the fall this year.

Our customer can now manufacture Polyols of its PUR/PIR residues in an eco-friendly and flexible manner and, in addition, it has the possibility to obtain Ester Polyols on the PET or PSA (Phthalic Anhydride) basis for its production of end products by means of the same equipment.

Based on the customer specific requirements, KEIL Anlagenbau und RAMPF Eco Solutions have modified and optimized the chemical process as well as the system technological recycling process accordingly. The additonal benefit is even greater for our customer.

The construction of this equipment took place under qualified supervision by KEIL personnel under difficult conditions during the summer month. The customer was impressed of the automated PUR recycling equipment in all aspects. After the successful commissioning by KEIL Anlagenbau and RAMPF Eco Solutions, the equipment was handed over to our customer.

After more than four decades after the foundation as a heating engineering company and the following subsequent further development into a variety of business fields and industries, KEIL Anlagenbau still provides its customers with industrial supply technique.

Here, KEIL offers its customers in the market optimum solutions for various energy sources in the production and distribution. By way of example, systems for heat transfer and thermal oil process energy, as well as warm or hot water and / or cooling water systems are frequently requested items.

The choice of the kindergartens in Hunteburg as recipients of the donation resulted from survey information gathered from our KEIL employees. Particular emphasis was laid on a regional use of the donated money.

We would like honor and congratulate and express our hearfelt thanks.....

...to 5th anniversary Caroline Hartmann (February 6,2017)

...to 5th anniversary Stefan Borgerding (April 1, 2017)

...to 10th anniversary Maik Fritzke (February 1, 2017)

...to 20th anniversary Martin Oelgeschläger (April 21, 2017)

...to 20th anniversary Sebastian Völkening, Leonid Schefner and Nina Wanner (May 1, 2017)

...to 30th anniversary Ingo Maßbaum (June 12, 2017)

After the 3-month practical period, Edgar G. is going to start writing his undergraduate thesis (BA). 

We asked Edgar G.:

I have specifically chosen KEIL Anlagenbau because it is important for me to get to know my colleagues at work personally, and because a good working atmosphere is an essential prerequisite for me. Another aspect has definitely been the recommendation from my fellow students as their experiences with KEIL has always been positive.

How do you like it with us?

My expectations have been exceeded. On the one hand, this is due to the possibility of getting extensive insights in the world of plant engineering and construction and on the other hand, it is because of the outstanding support. My mentor, Christian G., sets as much time aside as possible to answer my questions within the range of his capabilities, and entrusts me with responsible assignments that are important for the current projects. As I had not expected such an amount of diverse areas of responsibility –I am happy all the more to be able to get a taste of the various fields.

Also, I received a warm welcome as a new colleague from the entire staff and I was harmoniously integrated so that I found it easy to get connected. Keil’s “Barbecue-Thursday“  is definitely a credit to the company. Once week, on Thursdays, you can enjoy your Bratwurst with colleagues you would not have contact with on a daily basis.

What are the tasks that interest you quite especially?

What I enjoy most is to talk to customers and suppliers because I get a chance to get in touch with a great deal of individual people and to experience directly how a quotation is put together for the equipment. Also, equipment design and construction is very valuable knowledge, as well as the economic drawing up a balance sheet covering the equipment components – an item that would desire a lot more attention in the studies.

What do you say about the practical application of the work semester?

So far, I have been very pleased with the practical application – I have a good mentor and an interesting range of responsibilities. My workplace is technically fully equipped, which is of course a great advantage just as the organization of flexible working hours. This allows me not only to keep up with my activity as a volleyball coach but also to find time to go to the library.

How would you sum up?

If you feel like studying engineering and construction, and if you need a place for your practical part, you will be 100% right with Keil Anlagenbau. In any case, I am going to recommend Keil Anlagenbau for the practical semester of work, because there must be good support for the work  –  and at KEIL, you will have the guarantee.

We are pleased to have now also completed the commissioning of a GRAVITUBE® dosing equipment for the very same customer with equal success at a plant in Poland. During this application, high dosing accuracy, reliable reproducibility as well as low maintenance costs von GRAVITUBE® are decisive factors among others.

Also, we have been able to convince our customers of a short installation time on-site, possible by means of a high degree of prefabrication. 

The company Siempelkamp Maschinen- und Anlagenbau located in Krefeld www.siempelkamp.com has placed an order with KEIL Anlagenbau for the construction of an entire temperated Isocyanate storage equipment in the USA. The order volume shall comprise the delivery of all containers for a new fiberboard plant in South Carolin, USA, as well.

Along with its long-term experience in the field of the storage of Isocyanates, KEIL Anlagenbau will apply its know-how in the performance of customer-specific requirements and provide the customer with its technological expertise in the project. We are already looking forward to a successful teamwork!

The presentation of the new, patented dosing system, GraviTube, developed by KEIL Anlagenbau, stood in focus of our part of the trade show. The professional visitors were especially impressed by the accurate results of the dosing tests that were displayed by means of the test model, constructed for testing purposes. The demonstration showed how this dosing system allows precise dosing amounts from 20 up to 500g with tolerances in places after the decimal point. The visitors were very interested in our new development as they could see how the system offers a broad application range in their production processes.

We attach great importance to having the capability of taking on trainees and keeping them on staff and thus ensuring that we always have both skilled technical and managerial stuff for the future.

A considerable plus for us: Know-How from our own ranks. An advantage for our apprentices: a secured workplace and position in a future-oriented and growing company.

By the way: We are looking for new apprentices for the year of 2017!

Look for more Information in: http://keil-anlagenbau.de/unternehmen/karriere/

KEIL Anlagenbau was awarded with the supplement for the implementation of a major storage tank farm project by our customer in the north of Germany, in December 2016. This order means a fulminant start of the business year 2017 for KEIL, combined with great ambitions. The planning work for the project is well under way. The storage tank farm will include temperated containers and pump stations as well as a large number of heated double-jacket pipelines. The customer is well known for his high standards of quality and requirement for on-time execution - for KEIL Anlagenbau an additional stimulation, to prove its longtime experience in technical know-how and project management again.

The aim of operational work protection and of the corresponding instructions is to achieve and to maintain safe and healthy working conditions and behavior. This means knowledge and awareness, addressing, practicing and rehearsing  the skills and capabilities of the employees. The choice and priority of the instruction topics result from the production features and potential dangers so that the following topics were put on the agenda this year:

• How to handle PPE against fall from heights
• How to handle forklifts
• Aerial work patforms, cranes and lifting tackles
• Explosion protection
• Safe use of work equipment

The employees were instructed in the handling of electric current and use of ladders and scaffolding as these are always present topics involving potential danger. A special highlight of this year was not only the instruction for fire prevention, but also handling of fire extinguishers. The employees were specifically instructed to extinguish fire. We were very glad to have the fire control support from Andreas Götze Brandschutzservice. To sum up the successful day would be how to Keep the Topic Health and Safety at Workplace always present, to identify dangers and risks as early as possible and to minimize these accordingly. The well-beeing of each individual employee is our first prioriy!

With the construction of a large bitumen blending equipment, the second major project was already assigned to KEIL Anlagenbau in December. The order consists of the planning work, construction and the commissioning of the equipment. The specialist for permanent roof sealings from Hamburg www.ccm-europe.com relies on the experience and the expertise of our planners, technicans and project managers regarding the expansion of his production capacity. KEIL Anlagenbau is also going to install the entire control system, visualization as well as the charge and recipe systems. This way all special competences of our company are approached by the order. We are very delighted about this great challenge.

Following the old St. Nicholas Tradition, our staffers wrapped up stuffed animals, crayons, books, puzzles and other toys in mixed packages for the children. We were happy to hand over the colorful packages to the manager of the orphanage, and the children received the presents with joy and enthusiasm. KEIL Anlagenbau also donated an indoor swing for children to play and relax in, as a donation in kind to the orphanage. It has been one of the matters that lie close to our hearts to support an organization that daily manages to make children and their families smile even under difficult circumstances.

The first-rate TFA results are based on the fact that the equipment's technical conceptualization is of the best quality and because the occupational safety and health aspects, especially according to the ISOPA standard, have been considered.

Along with this, this major project will be finished after almost a year of construction and reconstruction on schedule. To allow the customer an uninterrupted production process during the installation work, the last steps in the project were carried out in multiple shifts during weekends. We would like to thank all those involved and in our project team for their outstanding Performance.

The System for a Vulkollan^® processor consists of a reactor, clycol cleaning Equipment and NDI dosing unit. The Gravitube^® Technology, developed by Keil Anlagenbau, has been integrated for fast, safe und high precision fine dosing of additional substances and additives with one Prepolymer reactor for the first time. Moreover, the technical upgrade of an old system with NDI dosing technique is completed in the present project.

A storage tank farm for the storage of fluid raw materials for the foam production with a storage capacity of more than 1.000 m³ including mixing vessels and a silo for solids were erected in the east of Germany this year. We would like to thank the entire team for the efficient project work and for the competent implementation of the engineering, and we wish the operator much success.