“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.

Mohammad Mohseni and David Weber have started their training as plant mechanics with our company. We are happy to have Eray Celik in the department of electronics. Alex Ungemach has started his training as a warehouse logistics specialist, and Louis Surmann has found his personal path to be trained as an IT specialist.

 We are pleased to have the young specialist trainees with us; these training programs open up excellent opportunities for each of them. After the completion of training they will have the best chances for a permanent position, and KEIL Anlagenbau GmbH & CO. KG wants to offer a long-term future perspective to qualified young people.

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.