FLSmidth's Sample Processing Technology (formerly Pfaff aqs) unit designs and manufactures a wide range of products for every stage of the sample processing chain in cement and other minerals sectors.
Located in FLSmidth Wuppertal GmbH, Germany.
From tube transport to fully automated quality control systemsFor more than 40 years, our success has been based on a very traditional means of transport: pneumatic post. Over the years we have continued the development of the pneumatic post to create fully automated high-tech systems. Material samples taken in the cement, steel, mineral and chemical industries go through the full sequence of processes - from sampling, through transport, unpacking, automatic sample preparation and analysis. Continuously perfecting sample analysis through the innovative systems always guarantees the highest quality.
1970: The founding of FLSmidth Wuppertal
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Pfaff aqs GmbH was founded back in 1970. The company's business aim is to develop and manufacture highly specialized pneumatic post sample transport systems for the international cement and metal industries. The founders and leading engineers now bring a total of 35 years of experience to the new company.
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1981: First laboratory automation in China
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The installation of the first complete pfaff-automatic laboratory at the cement works in Jidong, Hebei province, China. This comprised the following components: taking samples of the raw meal with a airslide sampler, mixer, proportioning, automatic sending station, pneumatic post equipment and automated receiving station, sample proportioning, mill, press, linkage to XRF spectrometer.
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1987: First laboratory automation in the metals sector
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Installation of the first pfaff automated laboratory in the metals industry at Georg Fischer Automotive in Mettmann, Germany. This comprised the following components: pneumatic post system with four manual sending stations in the works and four automatic receiving stations in the laboratory, feed to two sample preparation units, sample labelling, automatic feed to two OE analysers, PALOS-PC plant monitoring system on PC-basis.
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1988: First automatic slag preparation unit
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Installation of the first automatic slag preparation unit with automatic feed to the ARL spectrometer for Saarstahl AG, Germany. Combined machine with crusher, mill, pelleting press, robot sample handling.
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2001: Sale of pfaff aqs to FLSmidth
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Until 2001, pfaff aqs GmbH was an independent, privately owned company. The challenges of the global market, however, call for new structures. To ensure the future of the company and its workers, its owners decided to sell to the leading international FLSmidth based in Denmark.
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Satisfied customers all around the world
Since the company was formed, we have delivered and installed more than 1,000 systems to more than 60 nations. This includes samplers, pneumatic post systems, manual and automatic presses and mills for the cement, mineral or chemical industries, as well as fully automated laboratory systems for process control in the metal industry.
Our customers include companies of extremely different sizes - from medium-sized companies up to international groups such as Thyssen, HKM, Vallourec & Mannesmann, Mittal Steel, Nemak, Baosteel Group, Posco, Holcim, Dyckerhoff, Cemex, Bayer AG etc., to name but a few.
All our customers benefit from our strengths such as quality, punctuality and service. Our equipment makes an indispensable contribution to reliability and product quality in the whole of their production process.
FLSmidth Wuppertal - brief facts:
Founded: 1970
Sites: Wuppertal and Harzgerode
Total number of employees: 105
Technicians and engineers involved in electrical and mechanical design and construction: 17
Skilled workers in electrical and mechanical production: 28
Workers in sales, purchasing and administration: 31
Workers in the pfaff Maschinenbau subsidiary factory in Harzgerode: 29
Contact informationIn der Fleute 53
DE-42389 Wuppertal
Germany
Tel: +49 202 26 284 0
Fax: +49 202 26 284 12
E-mail:
automation@flsmidth.com