Solenoid valves, butterfly & ball valves, hygienic angle-seat and diaphragm valves and complete control solutions.
The Craft brewing landscape is full of people who really love beer, those who thrive in the inclusive, collaborative world of Craft - where the delicate balance art and the science flourishes. We at Burkert are just as passionate about automation in the brew house, fermentation cellar, online presence and even the front of house!
The team at Burkert firmly believes that this community should be respected and supported with a level of technology that is worthy of the heart and soul that goes into the craft and was one of the first valve and instrumentation providers to begin partnering directly with craft brewers and builders.
The industry has seen massive system scale-up, a market demand for consistency and repeatability, regulatory reduction of water waste and water quality monitoring - not really the fun parts of the brewing process.
Partnering with brewers, over the past few years, Burkert has developed a number of innovative, forward thinking solutions for our customers globally via our international Systemhaus network of experts. We engineer, manufacture, design, refine and invent not only the technology, but the communication platform facilitating how it all works together, and how that makes life easier for the end user as you grow and expand to serve a massively emergent demand.
Working directly with craft brewers from around the globe to solve problems specific to their brewing applications, we have designed a collection of scalable, modular subassembly systems specifically for the industry. Just a few examples are cellar controls packages, sparge water controls, wort aeration, brew house systems, source water makeup systems, neutralization systems and steam control systems.
All of these systems can be provided in any format, size and scale, depending on the process needs. The current Burkert automation technology portfolio comprises the following platforms and protocols, just to name a few: Ethernet / IP, Modbus / TCP, ProfiNET, EtherCAT, ET 200S, CANopen, AS-I 3.0, IO Link, ProfiBUS DPV2, Phoenix Inline, DeviceNET, Point I/O, ET 200SP, ET 200HA, and Wago System 750.
Our most recent innovation allows our customers to “live-tap” into either the processor of the process variable or control element, via our EDIP platform. This gives unheard of advantages for our customers both today and for years to come, slowing for successive process improvements and upgrades, all with the existing hardware already in-place.
Cheers!