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Projects

Customer satisfaction is the top priority for FDT. This is why many of our loyal customers have been with us for more than 10 years. In 2021 we celebrated 30 years in business. We take pleasure in our record of constantly delivering high quality results for all our clients.

Below are some examples of projects we have worked on:

A medium sized brewing company was planning to expand and requested FDT's assistance in developing a site expansion masterplan. The aim was to identify the best way to expand in a phased manner, first by maximising the capacity ...

Craft Brewery Expansion

A drinks manufacturer planned to introduce cider to its portfolio and asked FDT to assess the feasibility of this at its existing Irish site. FDT’s scope over the course of the project included:

Cider Production

The Medical Devices Manufacturer uses the software system SAP for all of their business management activities, including maintenance management. The maintenance management module of the system was seriously under-utilised prior to the project.

Medical Device Software

The aim of this project was to build a new rum distillery in the Caribbean. Based on the success of a previous project with the client, FDT were appointed to lead the process design and project management of the project up to the point of installation and commissioning of the new distillery.

Water Treatment Support

The project objective was to re-design the CIP system for the post-virus inactivation part of a biopharmaceutical process with state-of-the-art equipment and practices and to standardise the approach to CIP monitoring and reporting for the client site, located in mainland Europe.

Biopharma CIP Design

The goal of this project was to complete an investigation of process losses in a brewery in Ireland, identify the sources of product loss and to provide a detailed plan to reduce losses.

Brewery Process Loss

The aim of this project was to design a tank farm, tanker intake, filtration, blending system and associated supporting utilities to facilitate the expansion of a large whiskey producer’s operation.

Whiskey Tank Farm

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The aim of this project was to build a new rum distillery in the Caribbean. Based on the success of a previous project with the client, FDT were appointed to lead the process design and project management of the project up to the point of installation and commissioning of the new distillery.

Caribbean Rum Distillery

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The aims of this project were to save 500,000 Hl of water per year by recovering water, to reduce cooling tower usage by optimising wort cooling and lastly to increase hot water heating capacity in the brewhouse.

Water Reduction Project

The aims of this project were to deliver 2 x 1000 keg/hr filling lines, beer processing, and utilities which results in a greater than 90% O.E.E. World Class Packaging Facility.

Beer Packaging Project

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This manufacturer produces approximately 910,000 Hl/Annum across a number of products. There is currently a PET line, bottling line and keg line in operation. The plant is however, reaching its’ maximum utility limit, which presents an opportunity for a further project.

Canning Project

This project involved building and commissioning of a new purpose-built microbrewery with a 35hl brewhouse. This was designed to brew a range of craft beers, to contain a 120kW cooling system, using a glycol/water mix...

Microbrewery Project

A large brewing company wanted to change from using glucose and fructose in their brewing and cider making process to using only a single liquid sugar product on site which is sucrose.

Sucrose Changeover

In a large brewery, the existing process in the cellars area is predominantly carried out through a series of manual procedures. In the current setup routing between vessels and other parts of the plant is achieved using flexible hoses through the service block;

Routing & Automation

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This project covered the installation of an economiser on the flue stack of the lead boiler in a large brewery. The boiler typically runs for 50 weeks of the year. It is shut down for 1-2 weeks a year for an annual overhaul/service/ It is a 9,000 kg/hr boiler and it can be run unmanned for up to 72 hours.

Boiler Economiser

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Rum distillery utilities asessment was focused on 3 main areas:

Rum Distillery

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