Moody Systems, the UK-based supplier of processing solutions to the food industry, has introduced a self-contained water saver unit which aims to cut the water bill for a host of food and drink manufacturers.
The water saver is designed to recover and recycle process cooling and lubrication water which would otherwise be lost down the drain, often for 24 hours a day, 5, 6 or even 7 days a week.
For production sites operating plant items such as homogenisers, water cooled pump seals, separators, fillers or any equipment that uses mains or chilled water to either cool or lubricate, the company claims that the water saver will reduce site water costs by cutting down on both usage and wastage.
Manufactured in stainless steel, the system works by collecting the recovered water in an enclosed tank, circulating it through a small plate heat exchanger to cool it, and pumping it back for re-use on the process plant. The system automatically tops itself up from the mains water supply, and includes a number of safety features to safeguard process plant in the event of water, power or air loss.
Priced at around £5,000 (€7,200) the company claims that the system can demonstrate a payback time of less than 18 months for a typical application such as oil pump cooling water, and piston lubrication water recovery on a homogeniser.
The Moody Group of companies serves the dairy, food, beverage, brewery and healthcare industries worldwide. Of the group's companies Moody Systems designs, supplies, rebuilds, installs and maintains production facilities, while Moody Fastpack delivers business engineering solutions for the packaging industry.