TecHeat rids flour plant of pesky bugs — without chemicals
The challenge to the customer
During a routine check of the
planted pheromone traps, the sanitation engineer of a pasta plant
was concerned with the large amounts of flour beetles that were
captured. Knowing that if the numbers on the traps were this great
then surely the pests had also infested the grain bins, storage
tanks, sifters, motors and other appliances, he immediately put a
plan into action.
Aggreko's solution
Aggreko was contacted and a new
1120kW heat-treatment unit was loaded up and delivered to the
plant. Our technician carefully set up the unit to the customer's
specification and within 24 hours was fully operational. From the
computer in the unit's air-conditioned control room, the technician
was able to comfortably monitor the temperature in the facility as
it rose to 130°F (54.4°C).
The benefits to the customer
Twelve hours later, the TecHeat
application was complete and the sanitation engineer again surveyed
the facility, this time very pleased with what he saw - dead bugs
everywhere and no chemical residue.