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Feature19 September 2019,
updated19 September 2019Siemens AG / Smart Infrastrucure / Digital IndustriesMunich
Let the good times roll: Starting September 21, about six million people from all around the world will be enjoying themselves at the Oktoberfest in Munich for two weeks. Traditionally, Siemens supplies drives and control systems as well as energy distribution for the festival's rides. Automation solutions from Siemens also control special beer pipelines – the only ones of its kind worldwide –that supply the Hacker, Winzerer Faehndl and Braeurosl festival tents with their tasty Oktoberfest brews. Because many breweries use Siemens technologies within their brewing process, Siemens doesn't only ensure fresh beer at the Oktoberfest.
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Infographic: Paulaner beer pipeline
The right amount of beer with Siemens control technology
Every year, about six million liters of beer are poured at the Oktoberfest in Munich. Control technology and software from Siemens are used in three of the main festival tents to pump the tasty festival beer quickly and reliably from the tanks to the taps: via an underground pipeline loop.
Siemens technology at the Munich Oktoberfest
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Ready for take off! Here we go!
Really not recommended for the faint of heart: the forces at play in this ride act like a rocket launch. Apollo 13 style. A huge wheel bearing the passenger cars climbs skywards – and then tips over, ever so slowly, on its own axis. The gondolas pick up speed, the passengers grip their safety harnesses more and more tightly. Faster, faster, even faster still. A frenzy of spinning and tumbling without a break. A Simatic controller ensures the jaunt remains a fun Wiesn ride.