Alfa Laval has launched an energy-efficient and cost-effective heat exchanger called FusionLine that it claims has immense potential to effect a ‘technology conversion’ for food firms.
A new intelligent beverage pasteurizer will cut product losses by almost a third, slash downtime and reduce energy and water consumption significantly, said manufacturers Tetra Pak.
Swedish engineering group Alfa Laval is set to cut jobs due to what it describes as a decline in market demand, with order bookings reduced by six per cent in the fourth quarter.
A global roll out for probiotic straws and tea sticks, active sensors to ensure fluid levels and a new heat exchanger were among this month’s developments.
A recent development in heat exchanger testing can offer brewers,
soft drink makers and dairy manufacturers a practical and
sensitive alternative to existing technologies with heightened
sensitivity, according to its manufacturer.
A new heat exchanger can prevent contamination of foods while
indirectly heating or cooling free-flowing powder and bulk solids,
its manufacturer claims.
Alfa Laval has designed a scaled-down model of its vapour
condensing machine, offering the food industry a cheaper method of
doing evaporation and condensation processes, the company claims.
A tester being marketed by a UK company can detect cracks within
five minutes in heat exchangers used to pasteurise products such as
milk and juice, according to a spokesman.