Wine separation technology FAQs: Expert answers to common questions
Our experts bring years of hands on experience supporting wineries around the world. They understand the specific challenges faced by small and mid sized producers, and they share your commitment to crafting high quality wines. Watch the videos to hear directly from our team and learn how their insights can support and improve your winemaking process.
What are advantages of using a high-speed separator compared to filtration alone?
In addition to providing far greater stability and consistency in your processing, the separator increases your filtration capacity and eases the load on the final filtration. This means reduced equipment and labour costs, helping you save a great deal on your investment over the lifetime of your equipment.
How can a separator help us increase profitability and reduce product losses?
By adding a separator to your process, you both reduce the amount of time wine needs to spend in tanks and make it possible to recover a much larger percentage of the liquid in each tank. As a result, you can sell a higher volume of market to your customers, even faster than before.
Isn’t a high-speed separator too complicated for seasonal workers to operate?
Alfa Laval helps you find the right separator to match your winery’s needs, and we offer a number of models that are designed with reliability and ease of use in mind. Combined with training at the start of the season, our technology makes it easy for operators of any skill level to run the machine all day with no problem.
How can you help us during our busy season and with long-term support?
Alfa Laval understands the demands that wineries face with short production seasons, and our dedicated service engineers are on call, 24/7, when you need them the most. Throughout your separator’s long operational life, we can also provide support with everything from installation and routine maintenance to spare parts and more complicated questions.
How can a separator give us greater control and versatility in our production?
A separator is a flexible tool that can be used in many different positions and during many different phases of production. With simple adjustments to your equipment, you can use the separator to increase control over your processing and produce wine in the way that you – and your customers – prefer.
What are Alfa Laval’s latest separation innovations for wineries?
Alfa Laval introduced the very first disc stack separator more than 130 years ago, and we have been continuously reinventing this technology ever since. Today we can offer the most comprehensive portfolio of separators for winemakers, with two new models for the mid-range market as well as a new high-volume model with our latest separation innovations.
The Separator Innovator
Would you like to know more about our innovations in separation technology? Click on the link below. Alfa Laval invented the first disc stack separator and has led the way in the development of centrifuge technology for over a century. We are glad to share with you the expertise we have gained along the way. Visit our Separator Innovator knowledge base to learn more about advancements in separation and the steps Alfa Laval is taking to continue revolutionizing the technology.
