Pegasus – basic course

Product description

Maximum of eight participants per course

Requirements:

Basic brewing process knowledge

Topics:

• Basics
  • Lautering
• Components
  • Overall set-up
    • Mash inlet
    • False bottom
    • Racking device
  • Mechanical components
    • Lauter pump
    • Lifting device
    • Spent Grain Flap
    • Valves and fittings
  • Sensors and controllers
    • Haze meter (optional)
    • Density measurement (optional)
  • Periphery
    • Water mixers (optional)
    • Dosages (optional)
    • Spent grain bunker
    • Spent grain silo (optional)
    • Last running’s tank (optional)
  • Pipe work and connections
• Process Sequences
  • Short introduction of the programs:
    • Production (Trending)
    • CIP
• Safety
  • EMERGENCY STOP
  • Doors with special keys
  • Interlocks
  • Non-manipulative security
• Cleaning
  • Check if CIP was successful
  • Manual Cleaning
• Maintenance
  • Check if safe to operate
  • Check of settings
  • Inspection
• QM (optional)
  • Gravity measurement
  • Visual inspection (haze)
• Monitoring
  • Process control malfunction warnings
  • Unit malfunctions
  • Unit settings
• Learning outcomes
  • Preparation of the lauter tun for production and CIP
  • Basic knowledge of the production and CIP processes
  • Prevent equipment faults and ensure a stable production by regular check of equipment
• Proficiency-level monitoring (optional)
  • Theoretical test
• Final discussion

Course objective:

The participants familiarise themselves with the lauter tun. They get to know the most important components and their role in the process. They learn how the unit lauter tun is operated.