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Pasteurisation / UHT Services

Leatherhead's mini Pasteurisation / UHT plant is ideal for use in Product Development work, being highly flexible and with a number of operating parameters. It is equipped with a tubular heat exchanger, meaning that it is possible to process products across a wider range of viscosities than would be the case with a plate system, including dairy drinks, fruit juices, smoothies, soups and sauces.

The plant is connected to a filling cabinet, meaning that processed product can be pumped directly into bottles and sealed all within a clean environment. 

Features of Leatherhead's Pasteurisation / UHT plant:

• Unit: Armfield FT74X. A small-scale UHT processing system optimised for product development use. The system is highly flexible and has a wide range of options.
• Standard flow rate: 10-50 L/h
• Tubular heat exchanger: comprising 10 stainless steel tubes (2 pre-heating, 4 heating, 4 cooling). Working pressure 15 bar (max). Holding tubes of up to 2 minutes. Our tubular heat exchanger is better suited to handling more viscous products than a plate heat exchanger.
• Processing temperature: up to a maximum of ∼150°C
• Data recording: The FT74X can be connected to a laptop computer which is capable of recording all relevant temperature data during the heating process. This can be supplied as a table or graph in Excel format.
• Sample collection/packing: product is pumped into a filling cabinet and dispensed via a pneumatic (foot operated) valve into sample containers of your choice.

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