For some decades, ZIPPE Industrieanlagen GmbH has concentrated on top-quality batch and cullet systems. With this powerful foundation, this Siemens Solution Partner also considers itself well equipped for the particular challenges faced by global markets in unsettled times.

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Wiegand-Glas is a prominent customer with a particularly large and extensive plant in Germany. It has two independent weighing lines, a silo feed, a very extensive cullet return system with multiple scraper conveyors and a batch/cullet transporting system with twelve Zippe belt scales, which were equipped with Siemens weighing technology. Working closely with Siemens, Zippe finally put in place a very comprehensive and consistent automation and control concept. At Noelle + von Campe, in turn, the new weighing line was put into operation, including the premix unit, cullet weighing, batch and cullet transport to the bath, and also the cullet return system, using the standard method with the Simatic PCS 7 process control system. For the safety system, S7 1500-series safety controllers were put in place for the individual areas. The OS control panels were virtualized by Siemens using SIVaaS (Simatic Virtualization as a Service) so they didn’t have to depend on specific hardware.

Even during the pandemic, Zippe was able to continue with the customer projects and bring them to a successful conclusion. One particular challenge has been continuing to carry out assembly and commissioning activities in other countries, which it has primarily done remotely. The company is all the more fortunate that it has also been able to realize local flagship projects in Germany, which are easier to travel to.