Left: A Washing CIP B Storing tank C Water supply D Dispatching E Steam F Condensate G Production H Washing CIP return I Gelid water1° C L Gelid water 4° C This plant carries out thermal treatments and pasteurisations of fluid food products (milk, drinks, etc.). For the thermal exchange runs we use plate exchangers (for more viscous products we can evacuate the possibility of inserting tubular exchangers instead of those with plates). The plant is meant for realizing the highest possible thermal recovery, making the exchangers travel against the current using the two flows: the one with the products which have already been treated but still to be cooled and with cooled products, and the one with products to be pre-heated. Using a PLC allows to accumulate numerous production runs. It is in fact possible to set the pre-heating, pasteurisation and cooling temperatures. All pasteurisation temperatures are continuously registered and can be printed on paper on Customer's request. Tubular stops are realized in pipe stocks, therefore varying the number of these stocks allows to change the time of stopping at elevated temperature. Different sizes are available according to the quantity of product to be treated per hour and to the necessary thermal run. However, it is possible to vary the capacity of each machine by using a suitable hand-regulator valve.

NECESSARY DATA FOR THE DESIGN
NECESSARY DATA FOR THE PLANNING (TO BE DEFINED WITH THE CUSTOMER)
Quantity of daily worked product
Chemical physical features of the product to be treated
Type of necessary thermal treatment (temperature and stop time)
Steam quantity and available gelid water

TECHNICAL DATA
TECHNICAL FEATURES
Completely automated plant for thermal treatment suitable for food liquids (milk, drinks, etc.)
Supply tank at constant level, with automated restoring (level bore and motorized valve)
Thermal treatment using plate exchangers with heat recovery
Possibility of setting different pre-heating, pasteurisation and cooling runs
Tubular stop differentiable by adding pipe stocks
Variable capacity through hand- regulation valve or, as an alternative, automated
CIP washing circuit
Production unit of warm water, with circulation pump, plate exchanger, thermoregulation with 2-way modulator valve
Multiple-connections dispatching distributor for product delivery and washing solutions
Refrigerated and insulated tank for stocking outbound products
Automated management using a PLC of the production run
Heating fluid used: steam
Cooling fluid: gelid water at 1°C
All components are in stainless steel AISI 304