Variomill – basic course

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Maximum of eight participants per course

Requirements:

Basic brewing process knowledge

Topics:

• Basics:
  • Wet milling
• Components:
  • Overall set-up:
    • Malt feed-in
    • Conditioning chamber
    • Milling chamber
    • Mash feeder
  • Mechanical components:
    • Feed rollers
    • Crushing rollers
    • Mash pump with Inducer
    • Valves and fittings
  • Sensors and controllers
  • Periphery:
    • Water mixers
    • Dosages (optional)
• Process Sequences:
  • Short introduction of the programs:
    • Production
    • CIP
• Safety:
  • Permanent housing
  • Guard doors
  • EMERGENCY STOP
  • Doors with special keys
  • Interlocks
  • Non-manipulative security
• Cleaning:
  • Check if CIP was successful
  • Manual Cleaning
• Maintenance:
  • Check if safe to operate
  • Check of settings
  • Inspection
• Monitoring:
  • Process control malfunction warnings
  • Unit malfunctions
  • Unit settings
• Learning outcomes:
  • Basic knowledge of the mill components and their function
  • Basic knowledge of the production and CIP processes
  • Prevent equipment faults and ensure a stable production by regular check of equipment
• Proficiency-level monitoring (optional):
  • Theoretical test
• Final discussion

Course objective:

The participants familiarise themselves with the mill. They get to know the most important components and their role in the process. They learn how the mill is operated.