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Pepsico's Walkers Snacks plant in the UK installed 4 Vulcan S100 units across their reclamation site. Results: cleaning time reduced from 40 to 10 hours per month, reduced maintenance, lower energy consumption and carbon emissions.
Walkers Snack Foods, a division of Pepsico, sought the latest eco-friendly technologies to reduce existing limescale from pipes and equipment at their waste reclamation plant in the UK.
Their goals were clear: reduce repairs, maintenance, and lower operating costs while improving energy efficiency, lowering energy consumption, and decreasing carbon emissions to support meeting Government targets.
40h
Before
10h
After
Monthly cleaning time reduced by 75% with Vulcan
Four Vulcan S100 units were installed across the reclamation site to treat all water supplied, including the CWS, supply from the preparation plant, and from the Moisey plant.
1
Pipe: 4" stainless steel | 56 m³
Placement: Outside, pre-pump with IP65 protection.
Purpose: Reducing heavy limescale in pipes and pump.
Weather-protected external
2
Pipe: 3" stainless steel | 56 m³
Placement: Post-pump, near roof level.
Purpose: Protecting machinery on 2nd & 3rd floors.
Upper level installation
3
Pipe: 10" stainless steel | 100 m³
Purpose: Protecting entire plant including valves, aerators, toilets.
Main water supply
4
Pipe: 10" stainless steel | < 40 m³
Placement: Within Moisey plant room.
Purpose: Treating residual process water.
Process water protection
Metric | Before Vulcan | After Vulcan | Improvement |
|---|---|---|---|
Monthly cleaning time | 40 hours | 10 hours | -75% |
Maintenance, repairs & renewals | High | Reduced | ✓ |
Chemical cleaning usage | High | Lowered | ✓ |
Production downtime | Regular | Improved cycles | ✓ |
Energy consumption & costs | Higher | Lowered | ✓ |
Carbon emissions | Higher | Decreased | ✓ |
from pipes and equipment
repairs and renewals of pipes & equipment
for cleaning and maintenance
reduces cleaning chemicals
due to regular maintenance
in heating and cooling systems
& costs
by using less energy
Vulcan S100 Technical Specifications
Max Pipe Diameter: | 6 inches |
Max Water Flow: | 530 GPM |
Wattage: | 2.5 W |
Dimensions: | 9.4" x 5.6" x 1.6" |
Pipe Materials: | All types (incl. stainless steel) |
Maintenance: | Zero |
Installation Summary
4 x S100 units across reclamation site
External: 4" pipe, IP65 protected
Internal: 3" pipe, near roof level
CWS: 10" main supply
Moisey: 10" process line
Pepsico's Walkers plant demonstrates that strategic placement of Vulcan S100 units delivers measurable results: from 40 to 10 monthly cleaning hours, reduced maintenance, lower energy consumption, and decreased carbon emissions.
Join global leaders like Pepsico in choosing eco-friendly, maintenance-free scale prevention with Vulcan.
Waslix provides non-chemical, maintenance-free scale prevention using Vulcan technology. This case study documents four strategically placed Vulcan S100 units protecting the Walkers Snacks (Pepsico) reclamation plant in the UK.
United Kingdom
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