TLT-Turbo in Bad Hersfeld places emphasis on dual study program

Bad Hersfeld. Three generations of StudiumPlus – This is what you will find at TLT-Turbo, one of the world’s leading suppliers of technologically advanced industrial fans and ventilation systems, at the company location Bad Hersfeld. Roman Lenk, Head of Logistics, is a StudiumPlus graduate in Management and Logistics, and both he and the company are very impressed with the StudiumPlus program. Milena Fladung and Alea Wolf, both StudiumPlus graduates, work with Lenk in the company’s logistics department. Roman Lenk is convinced: “With the dual study program, we can develop specialists who will stay with the company in the long term.”

Lenk himself is the best proof of this: in 2013, he started his bachelor’s degree at the partner company TLT-Turbo in Bad Hersfeld as the company’s first dual student. After completing his studies, he stayed with the company and in 2020 took over as head of the logistics department with 21 employees. “If I hadn’t already gotten to know the company so well during my studies, I wouldn’t have been able to take on this position so quickly,” Lenk says.

As one of its tasks is to promote young talent, TLT-Turbo has sent Milena Fladung, the next student, to the Bad Hersfeld campus. The 21-year-old was intensively supervised by Lenk during her project phases in the company, graduated as best of her year and has now taken over the process and project management for the logistics department. She is also the process owner for a new IFS implementation, “a very important interface”, as Lenk points out. Alea Wolf also sits in the office with the two of them. The 22-year-old is now in her fourth semester of studying Logistics Management and is once again being mentored by Ms Fladung.

“This is a good example of how a company can work together with StudiumPlus over a longer period of time to specifically develop junior staff,” Campus Director Prof. Dr. Fabian Tjon says. It is not important to send students every year, but to send them when you need a specialist or manager in your company.

Roman Lenk agrees: “We don’t train en masse, but in a very targeted way, and during the project phases we look to see which area the student is best suited for.” Offering prospects and a future in the company is one of the key factors in retaining young talent. The large network of StudiumPlus, with around 1,000 partner companies, is also of interest to TLT-Turbo, even if it does not send students every year. “In addition, the cooperation with StudiumPlus and thus with the is very positive for the company’s image,” he is convinced.

Milena Fladung and Alea Wolf both appreciate the fact that the company had a precise plan for their practical phases – and that they got to know it from the ground up. “I started in the warehouse, got to know the employees and quickly felt part of the team,” Wolf says. Now she appreciates the fact that she can not only continue to accompany her practical projects, but also work on other projects to get to know as many aspects as possible – and that her projects, such as reducing packaging costs, are of great importance to the company. For Roman Lenk, it is essential that the students take on tasks that are actually implemented.

“Many companies don’t take the time to invest in young talent,” Lenk says. At the same time, it is in their own hands to promote young talent in a very targeted way. TLT-Turbo employs StudiumPlus graduates not only in logistics but also in construction. Milena Fladung and Alea Wolf are also enthusiastic about the dual study program. That’s why they both act as school ambassadors. They visit schools to inform them about the opportunities offered by dual study.

TLT-Turbo GmbH is a leading supplier of turnkey ventilation and process fans. Their solutions are used worldwide for conveying air and gases, cooling, smoke extraction, and a variety of other industrial processes. Headquartered in Zweibrücken, Germany, the company employs approximately 380 people, of which approximately 140 are located in Bad Hersfeld, Germany, where the production, logistics, and quality assurance facilities are located.

StudiumPlus is the dual study program of the Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen and the Competence Center Duale Hochschulstudien. The program includes a full bachelor’s or master’s degree at Hessen’s largest university of applied sciences, combined with intensive practical experience. The main campus is in Wetzlar, with six other locations, including the Bad Hersfeld campus.

For more information, visit www.studiumplus.de.

TLT-Turbo will be representing the next generation of dairy industry equipment at the 2023 Cheese Con, Co-hosted by the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association and the Centre for Dairy Research. The event takes place from 4 – 6 April 2023 at the Alliant Energy Centre in Madison, Wisconsin.

Cheese Con is an annual event attracting over 3,000 dairy industry leaders, suppliers, and marketers who come together to share information about the latest in cheese technology, workforce, whey opportunities, product safety, marketing and dairy exports. The Conference will feature impactful seminars, networking events, and its largest-ever tabletop exhibition hall, featuring the industry’s most trusted supplier partners – under the banner of this year’s theme: Global Ideas for Dairy Processors.

“CheeseCon is the only event that combines CDR’s world-class technical expertise, a 75,000-square-foot exhibit hall, and ample opportunities for connection – all with a unique focus on dairy processing,” says WCMA Events Director Judy Keller.

TLT-Turbo representatives Jon Hampshire, John Landis, and Mario Schmidt will be attending the event and are looking forward to showcasing TLT-Turbo’s range for Mechanical Vapor Recompression (MVR).

TLT-Turbo’s exhibition will focus on the MVR fan range. According to Mario Schmidt, Head of the MVR Fans business segment, the features of TLT-Turbo’s MVR fan, such as the lower maintenance requirements and the introduction of hybrid ceramic bearings, will definitely attract the attention of dairy operations.

The implementation of hybrid ceramic bearings is a key differentiator of the TLT-Turbo MVR fan. The hybrid ceramic bearings used in TLT-Turbo MVR fans are life time greased and can be operated for up to 10 years without requiring maintenance. To enhance this benefit for clients, TLT-Turbo introduced an additional device to the fan’s design that allows for the bearing to be re-greased from the outside to further simplify maintenance and to increase the fans’ service life.

The fact that the TLT-Turbo MVR fans do not require an oil change is highly valuable to operators in the dairy, food and beverage and pharmaceutical industries. “In a clean environment, not having to introduce chemicals such as oil to the environment when maintaining crucial equipment is highly valuable. In addition, this makes our fans kinder to the environment as well. Other fans on the market consumer around 40 to 60 litres of oil per year whereas our fans consume 60 to 120 litres over a ten-year period,” explains Schmidt.

High motor speeds, a wide range of optimized impellers and the allowance for high temperature and pressure increases complement the lifetime greased hybrid ceramic bearings to ensure that clients benefit from the enhanced performance and efficiency that they have come to expect from TLT-Turbo products. These factors allow for operation of the fan below critical speed which ensures both reliability and safe operation.

TT-Turbo’s MVR offering has been expanded to include low-flow and medium-flow ranges. The medium and low flow MVR ranges both offer the same technical features and benefits, however the key differences are that low flow range is characterized by having a significantly smaller and more compact size while still delivering higher efficiencies while the medium range fans are able to handle larger mass flows at high efficiencies.

TLT-Turbo’s exhibition is located at Stand 1222. Media and visitors are invited to the stand for comments and information on TLT-Turbo, current MVR and dairy industry ventilation trends and event feedback. Jon Hampshire, John Landis, and Mario Schmidt will be present to answer all questions.

TLT-Turbo has announced the company’s attendance at the annual VGBE Maintenance in Power Plants Conference hosted in Karlsruhe, Germany from 8 – 9 March 2023.

The 2023 conference will offer a lineup of topics that are at the forefront of the minds of everyone working with or within Europe’s power generation sector. This year’s presentations will tackle the issue of phasing out conventional energy facilities while still managing the current energy crisis.

As stated by the event organizers, the focus has shifted from preparing plants for decommissioning using minimal budget, back to availability. Uptime of power generation plants has once again become a priority.

Patrick Baumgärtner, TLT-Turbo Product Manager for Service and Power Fans comments: “TLT-Turbo’s offering already addresses a broad range of operator challenges and concerns including efficiency, uptime and resilience. But along with this, our fan designs ensure energy efficiency and long operational lifespan with reduced maintenance requirements that are supplemented by TLT-Turbo’s aftermarket services. This allows us to meet the energy usage and longevity requirements of the plants being earmarked for continued operation.”

Supplying fans that are purpose-built for use in thermal power plants is one of TLT-Turbo’s key specialties and the company has become renowned for supplying fans that are highly energy efficient and able to operate within the harshest environments. TLT-Turbo fans deliver volume flows of over 1,000 m³/s and an increase in pressure of 20,000 pa.

TLT-Turbo has made innovation in maintenance and repair services a priority, offering numerous fan refurbishment options, remote service support and flexible preventative and planned maintenance contracts.

Visit our fan experts at Stand 30 for a showcase of TLT-Turbo’s innovative ventilation equipment designed to optimize thermal power generation operations.

For more information on TLT-Turbo’s Power Plant Fans, visit https://bit.ly/34bB4fK

India is celebrating its 75th year of independence this year and in the process, the government of India is driving various initiatives, such as the Raktadaan Amrit Mahotsav (Blood Donation Celebration).

TLT-Turbo India, along with Tresna Foundation and Red Cross India, has arranged the Blood Donation Camp at the factory and engineering office location on 22nd & 23rd September 2022.

25 Staff members have actively participated and donated Blood during this camp on the first day and on second day another 20 Team members have donated blood which includes our staff from the Engineering & Sales Office, and a few employees from other organizations.

With this and other initiatives we at TLT-Turbo India are showing our commitment towards social responsibility and our efforts to give back to society.

As The Managing Director of the company, I am thankful to all the team members their families who were willing to donate blood and made this event successful.