Verlinde offers electric belt hoists for a brining process
A cheese dairy plant in Mayenne was experiencing various maintenance problems with its chain hoists for a cheese brining process . Bretagne Manutention , a partner of Verlinde , and a 30-year supplier of handling equipment to this manufacturer , was able to offer them a tailor-made solution .
Bretagne Manutention , part of the Fenwick Group , specializes in the sale and maintenance of handling equipment such as forklift trucks , electric pallet trucks and aerial platforms . Their head office , located in Rennes , and the 8 branches spread across Brittany and Mayenne , comprise 200 people . Some branches employ lifting equipment
56 FDPP - www . fdpp . co . uk specialists , a know-how preserved from the time when Fenwick offered hoists , and work in partnership with Verlinde . This is the case of the Laval branch , which has been working for 30 years
in a cheese dairy plant for the maintenance and equipment of handling products , which has around fifty items .
The Mayennaise cheese plant , which produces several varieties of cheese , is equipped with a brining room . This process consists of soaking the cheeses in a brine bath so that they absorb the salt .
The room has 7 dipping tanks , each equipped with a hoist that handles the cheese-filled trays . These are soaked in the brine baths in several stages , then sent to the maturing cellar .
The cheese plant used chain hoists from a rival manufacturer , but had problems of corrosion on the lifting chains despite regular lubrication . This oxidation was causing numerous production stoppages . During a customer visit , Dominique Denou , Sales Manager at Bretagne Manutention Laval , with his long experience in the food industry , recommended Verlinde EUROLIFT BH electric belt hoists to replace those using traditional chain hoist technology .