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September 20, 2020

Simplicity drives malt conveyor specification at Madrid brewery

by Flexicon Europe, UK

Established in 2017, the Cervecera Peninsula craft brewery in Madrid, Spain brings a taste of the New World to the heartlands of Spain with its hoppy American-style beers. Operated by a father and son team, the company needed to move grain from the milling room to the brew tank and decided on a flexible screw conveyor from Flexicon Europe. The needed components were available via Flexicon’s Quick Ship programme, which provides rapid delivery of frequently specified systems such as this.

“In the beginning, we had to do everything ourselves,” says Roman Jove, Cervecera Peninsula Founder and Head Brewer. “We were putting in the grain by hand. We needed certain processes to be very simple. I had looked at many options, but Flexicon was recommended by brewer friends in the US.”
 


Moving milled grain to the mash house

The brewing process begins in the milling room where milled, malted grain is conveyed from a 225 litre (7.9 cubic feet) capacity floor hopper to a brew tank by a 6.5m (21ft) long flexible screw conveyor. As it rotates, the screw self-centres within the 67mm (2.6 inch) diameter polymer tube, providing ample space between the tube and screw wall to avoid grinding of the milled grain.

The mill produces two 400kg (880lb) batches-per-day of either malted wheat or a malted wheat-oat blend, all of which is transported directly to the brew tank by the conveyor.  The design of the conveyor screw was specifically selected to efficiently transport the various free-flowing materials. With the drive motor located beyond the discharge point, the material does not contact seals or bearings.


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