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Dinnissen accelerates line implementation with Vertical Start-up
Dinnissen accelerates line implementation with Vertical Start-up
Installing and commissioning a new production line can be a critical phase, often leading to delays, additional manpower, downtime, and product loss. With Vertical Start-up, we first build, test, optimize, and validate the complete installation in our D-Innocenter before delivery. This gives customers a pre-tested and optimized line that is ready to perform from the start.
Faster start-up with less risk
For many producers, the installation of a new line has a major impact on production planning. The start-up phase often requires extensive testing and multiple adjustments before the line performs as intended. Vertical Start-up breaks that pattern. Because the complete line is built, tested, and validated before delivery, the installation and start-up phase on site becomes significantly shorter and more predictable. The result is less risk during commissioning and a faster route to stable production.
Vertical Start-up: test your line before it reaches your site
Proven performance before delivery
At our D-Innocenter, we build the complete installation exactly as it will later be installed at the customer’s site. All components are thoroughly tested and validated under realistic conditions. Any deviations are addressed immediately. Settings are refined, software logic is optimized, and the complete system is checked against the agreed performance and functionality requirements.
Only when the installation performs as agreed do we dismantle the line into clearly structured skids and prepare it for shipment. Once on site, the installation mainly needs to be positioned, assembled, connected, and tested. This approach gives customers greater certainty upfront. Before the line arrives at their production facility, they already know that the installation has been tested and validated as a complete system.
Practical experience: fewer start-up issues
Vertical Start-up has already been applied in projects in the food sector. In these projects, customers supplied their own product for the test phase. At the D-Innocenter, process steps were run, settings were refined, and software logic was optimized before the installation was shipped. Because this cycle was completed in advance, commissioning on site involved fewer disruptions and the line could enter production more quickly.
A way of working that fits Dinnissen
Vertical Start-up aligns closely with the way we work at Dinnissen: fully integrating process steps, testing upfront, reducing risks, and delivering solutions that demonstrably perform under real operating conditions. “With Vertical Start-up, we move the customer’s critical start-up phase to our D-Innocenter,” says Wouter Kuijpers, Managing Director of Dinnissen. “We build and test the complete line under realistic conditions, so customers have certainty upfront about performance and functionality. This makes implementation more manageable and reduces risk during commissioning.”
With Vertical Start-up, we take the next step in making production line implementation faster, more reliable, and more predictable.
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FAQ
1. What is Dinnissen Vertical Start-up?
Vertical Start-up is Dinnissen’s approach to implementing complete production lines by completing more testing before installation on site. The complete line is first built in the D-Innocenter, where it can be tested, adjusted and validated. After validation, the installation is dismantled into skids and shipped to the customer’s production site.
2. How does Vertical Start-up reduce production line commissioning time?
Vertical Start-up moves a large part of the testing and adjustment work to the D-Innocenter. Issues with settings, software logic or system integration can therefore be addressed before shipment. This reduces the amount of adjustment required during commissioning and helps the line move into production sooner.
3. Where does Dinnissen test production lines before installation?
Dinnissen builds and tests complete production lines in its D-Innocenter in Sevenum, the Netherlands. The facility provides the space and testing capabilities required to assemble and test complete installations before they are shipped to the customer.
4. Can a production line be tested with the customer’s own product?
Yes. As part of a Vertical Start-up project, customers can supply their own product for testing. Dinnissen can then run relevant process steps under realistic conditions and refine settings before the installation is shipped. This approach has already been used in food industry projects.
5. What is tested during Vertical Start-up?
The complete production line is tested as an integrated system. Mechanical, electrical and software components are tested together. Settings can be refined and deviations addressed before Dinnissen verifies the line against the agreed performance and functionality requirements.
6. What happens after a production line has been validated?
Once the agreed testing and validation have been completed, Dinnissen dismantles the installation into structured skids for shipment. At the customer’s site, the line is positioned, assembled and connected before final testing and commissioning.
7. How does Vertical Start-up reduce the risk of start-up problems?
Testing the complete system before shipment allows technical and process-related deviations to be identified earlier in the project. Adjustments can be made in the D-Innocenter instead of during the critical commissioning period at the customer’s production site. This makes the remaining start-up phase easier to plan.
8. Has Vertical Start-up already been used in real production projects?
Yes. Dinnissen has already applied Vertical Start-up in projects in the food industry. Customers supplied their own product for testing, while process settings and software logic were refined before shipment. The lines required fewer adjustments during commissioning and could move into production more quickly.
9. Which industries can use Dinnissen Vertical Start-up?
Dinnissen designs complete production lines for the food, feed, pet food and chemical industries. Vertical Start-up has already been applied in food industry projects. Whether the approach is suitable for another application depends on the production process, installation and testing requirements of the individual project.
10. When should Vertical Start-up be considered for a new production line?
Vertical Start-up is particularly relevant when commissioning has a major impact on production planning or when adjustments at the production site need to be limited. It should be considered early in a project so that the line design, testing process and installation method can be planned around the Vertical Start-up approach.