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Customising aseptic production
solutions increase dairy quality
In an effort to meet
customer demands for
improved efficiency, lower
costs and superior
products, manufacturers
are turning to
customisable aseptic
production solutions.
Sean Ottewell reports.
En vue de satisfaire les
demandes d’une efficacité
améliorée, de coûts
réduits et de produits
supérieurs par leurs
clients, les fabricants se
tournent vers les solutions
de production aseptique
personnalisables. Un
wedish company Tetra Pak claims that Fig. 1. Tetra Lactenso Aseptic for UHT milk
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its new generation of customised processing is the first of a new generation of
Sean Ottewell.
aseptic production solutions will aseptic solutions from Tetra Pak.
enable dairy producers to achieve
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superior and consistent product quality while tank is used for product and the other is used
der Kunden bezüglich
both reducing operating costs up to 20 per cent for water and cleaning-in-place (CIP) solution.
verbesserter Effizienz,
and minimising their environmental impact. Because the mixing phases of product and water
niedrigerer Kosten und
The first in this new generation is Tetra are kept to a minimum, there is less product
hochwertiger Produkte Lactenso Aseptic for UHT milk processing loss.
zu erfüllen, wenden
(Fig. 1). It is shortly to be followed by Tetra It’s a similar story new production-adapted
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Therm Aseptic Flex and Tetra Alsafe. The cleaning technology that reduces equipment
individuellen sterilen
launches will then continue with the Tetra downtime by up to 20 per cent. Known as
Produktionslösungen zu.
Therm Aseptic VTIS processing unit and IntelliCIP, it improves overall environmental
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OneStep technology for continuous blending sustainability while also reducing operating costs.
and pasteurisation at the end of 2008. Finally, there is the reduction in steam, water
Tetra Pak has focused on a number of key and electricity consumption by up to 75 per cent
areas in developing its new products. One is to – courtesy of the company’s aseptic energy
provide 95 per cent production availability. For hibernation technology.
example, the 40 hours running time between “The launch of Tetra Lactenso Aseptic
cleanings for Tetra Therm Aseptic Flex is signifies another milestone in our continued
described by the company as an unprecedented leadership in aseptic processing technology,”
benchmark. said Sam Strömerstén, president of Tetra Pak
Another focus has been the reduction in Processing Systems. “Tetra Lactenso Aseptic is
production losses by 40 per cent when compared based on all available UHT technologies which
with current industry standards. This equates to means that we can offer the customer objective
less than 60 litres of lost product per production advice for the right solution. It’s the result of
cycle for a 13 000 litre/hour system – compared long-term collaboration with dairy customers
with more than 100 litres of lost product for and a real understanding of their needs.”
competitors' current offers. Tetra Pak follows three steps to custom-design
For example, Tetra Therm Aseptic Flex and Tetra Lactenso Aseptic solutions for each
the Tetra Therm Aseptic VTIS, are able to producer. First, it works with each of its specific
greatly reduce product losses because of their customers to understand the performance
double balance tank system, where one balance targets they wish to achieve, such as litres per
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