Innovation has been a deciding factor in the GEA AWP business strategy since the very beginning.

By working in close cooperation with leading institutes, technology companies and of course our customers, GEA AWP can ensure that current products and future designs are constantly leading the market.

One example of this scientific approach is to establish valve performance with the aid of computer programmes that simulate the operating conditions. In this way, individual components can be adapted to accommodate especially vulnerable or sensitive installation requisites in the refrigeration plant, the result is increased functional performance and reliability. GEA AWP has their own testing laboratory where research and developments are analysed and examined. GEA AWP offers a complete standard valve programme for conventional refrigeration plants and machinery.

In the many years of close cooperation with the institute for Air and Refrigeration in Dresden there have been numerous developments which include:

• Valve layout and arrangement design progamme
• Valve development for CO2 purposes with a working pressure of 160 bar
• Flow analysis for safety valves and check valves
• Optimisation of the sealing function resulting in leakage of less than 5g of refrigerant per year

The companies philosophy has always been directed at finding solutions according to a customers specific requirements.