TLV Helps China Brewery Greatly Improve Equipment Reliability TLV SHANGHAI CO., LTD. (China) Through its steam system optimization program, TLV Shanghai contributed to greatly improving equipment reliability at one of China’s largest beer breweries, achieving major energy and monetary savings. From 2006 to 2011, the steam-jacketed mash tuns of the brewery’s key production site regularly encountered failure problems from steam leakage. Production had to be regularly stopped for lengthy maintenance that involved removing insulation and re-welding parts. This downtime greatly reduced production efficiency, leading to significant loss in profit. According to the brewery, the cost of removing insulation and re-welding each time was RMB 20,000 (about USD $4,000). Assuming 6 failures per year, th

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