How to 建立一个酿酒厂 | Step 5: Trust, But Verify – Demonstrating Completion

It’s been a long journey from planning, through design and procurement. And now, construction, for all intents and purposes, is complete. 所以是时候开始蒸馏烈酒了，对吧?

不太!

在我们开始生产产品之前, it’s time to step back and take a hard look at your new installation. 在启动整条生产线之前, you should take steps to ensure that the systems are installed as intended, per design; that all components and equipment are ready to operate in a safe and proper manner; and that appropriate procedures are in place to bring your dream of creating award-winning spirits to fruition.

1. 机械完工

The first step in demonstrating completion of your new 酒厂 is to verify the plant is installed per design intent. 在一个完美的世界, 您可能期望安装完全按照设计进行, 但在现实世界中, alterations and changes in the installation may take place due to unforeseen circumstances that happen in the field. 所以有必要检查以下项目:

• 设备和部件的标签正确无误
• 设备机械连接正确
• 物料和流体的流动方向正确
• 管道的尺寸和类型是正确的
• 阀门方向正确(逆止阀安装)?)
• 仪器和仪表安装在管道上 & 仪表图
• 管道清洗 & 泄漏测试已经完成

A punch list is a great way to document what you and your team find during your field inspections, and the right tool to ensure corrections are made where necessary.

2. 动态检测

另外要做好机械安装, it is just as important (if not more so) to ensure that the electrical power and control installation is complete and proper. 取决于你的设计, the level of automation for your process might be simple (more hands-on) or complex (push a button and let it run!).

For dynamic checkout, the items to verify include, but are not limited to:

• Wiring to powered and controlled equipment and devices is correct (e.g. 泵转动是否正确，搅拌器转动是否正确等.)
• 控制输入/输出由点对点进行验证
• 自动阀门操作是否正确(e).g. 当远程命令时打开和/或关闭).

与机械完成检查一样, a punch list is a great way to track and resolve deficiencies.

3. 操作资格

现在机械和动态结帐已经完成, 打孔列表项被解析, you are at the point of testing the functions of your raw materials preparation, 捣碎, 发酵, 蒸馏操作. This may be accomplished by processing raw materials or substitute materials, 比如水, ahead of actual product to test the function of the equipment on a system level for performance, i.e. 容量、质量等.  The benefit of using water as a test medium is that the testing of flow paths and unit operations can be accomplished with reduced costs, 特殊操作条件, and hazard potentials that would be associated with ethanol processing.

This is a more of a hands-on opportunity for your operators to work alongside the design and installation team to achieve familiarization and initial training of your 酒厂.  Any deficiencies within the system noted during this activity can be documented and resolved prior to the next phase.

4. 产品资格

终于, you have reached the final stage of verification for your 酒厂 to realize that your system overall meets the design intent and is ready to produce saleable product. This is the time to test your recipe with your production raw materials and distillation processes, 然后进行调整, 如果有必要的话, to achieve the production and quality goals you’ve planned for. 在最后阶段, your operator training is bumped up several notches to demonstrate proficiency with the equipment and overall knowledge to obtain desired production levels and quality.

欲了解更多信息，请联系哈斯克尔的啤酒，葡萄酒 & 烈酒事业部负责人， 安东尼•白.