Improved extract yields

ShakesBeer features integrated vibration units

Shaken, not stirred: in order to achieve better extract yields in conjunction with shorter mashing times, Krones has adopted an entirely fresh approach for its ShakesBeer mashing system. ShakesBeer has proved a definite success on the market, and now, with integrated vibration units, has been still further design-enhanced, with concomitant advantages for the brewing process involved.
The vibration units are installed in the mash tun, and function as a kind of agitator bottle. They are driven by an electric unbalance motor, surrounded by a metal cylinder. The motor is linked up to a programmable-logic control system, and can be switched on and off automatically in the relevant phases of the mashing process. Different frequencies can be generated as well.

Following more than a year of field experience with the vibration units, the following results have been verified:

• Increased yield
• Improved lauterability of the wort
• Improved filtering characteristics of the beers
• Reduced oxygen loading in the mash
• The vibration units can be fitted to every tun after appropriate technical clarification.