Pernod Ricard recently installed over $200,000 worth of Europress pipework for glycol, nitrogen, water, and compressed air at its Auckland storage and bottling facility. Here’s how it all started… Andrew Waller, engineering manager at Pernod Ricard, approached Waterworks Wholesale in February with a problem needing a solution. Due to the recent Kaikoura earthquakes, many of its storage tanks in Blenheim were not suitable to hold the wine from the fast-approaching harvest. Action needed to be taken fast with Beca also assisting the company in designing a 28-tank extension to Pernod Ricard's packaging and distribution facility in Tamaki. Due to the popularity of Europress with other wineries, Mr Waller was interested in using it for glycol reticulation to the new tanks, but as he had not yet used press-fit, he wasn’t sure if it would save them time and money over against welding the pipework. So, he decided to split the glycol pipework from the first nine tanks between welded and Europress. They awarded five tanks to a welding firm to install traditional welded stainless pipework, and four tanks to Steelcraft to install Europress. Welded installation commenced in early March, and Europress installation in 20 September 2017 the final days of the month. Ten days into Europress installation, Jason from Steelcraft said “It was like a time warp”, the Europress installation was complete, and the welders were only just finishing their first tank. Mr Waller compared the costs of the glycol pipework per tank of the two systems so far with welding costing out at $24,800 and Europress well under that at just $20,000 per tank, saving 19.35% on each. Steelcraft then completed a quote to do the remaining 19 tanks. Europress was even faster to install than initially predicted, thus able to reduce the charge per tank. Due to the time and money savings presented, Pernod Ricard awarded the glycol pipework for the remaining tanks to Steelcraft to complete in Europress. More importantly than the cost though, was the installation time. The welders were predicting it would take them up to 24 weeks to complete the glycol pipework for the remaining tanks, which would not have them ready in time for harvest. Pernod Ricard went on to award the • Calculated to be up to 10 times faster to install than welded systems. • Savings of up to 30%. • 18V Battery Tools - No Hot Work Permits, No Gas Bottles and Hoses. • Available in sizes ½” (15mm) to 6” (150mm). • Press Fittings can be crimped wet or dry - No need to completely drain pipe contents. BY EFFICIENT, EASY & EFFORTLESS EN235 PERNOD RICARD NEW ZEALAND LOCATION: Pernod Ricard Tamaki Winery PRODUCT USED: Europress Stainless Steel Press Fit Pipe System APPLICATION: New glycol, nitrogen, water, and compressed air reticulation pipework in tank additions PIPE SIZES: ¾” (15mm) through to 4” (108mm) Stainless Steel EUROPRESS SOLVES THE PERNOD PROBLEM associated water, air, and nitrogen lines for all the tanks to Steelcraft. They even awarded the nitrogen lines from the five welder’s tanks to Steelcraft, as welding them just wasn’t competitive or fast enough. Installation of glycol pipework on 23 tanks, plus associated nitrogen, water, and air, was completed in Europress in 10 weeks. The welders had calculated on taking 24 weeks, but after 13 weeks they had only completed the glycol pipework for five tanks - partly due to the fact they couldn’t weld in the rainy winter weather, which didn’t effect Europress. The final costs per tank were: welded ($28,616) and Europress ($17,970) which represents a saving of 37% per tank. Figure 1 demonstrates the time and money savings achieved if the equivalent glycol pipework was completed in Europress and welded tube for 23 tanks (includes all materials and labour costs). ENGINEERING IN FOOD & BEVERAGE
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