HRS Thermblock M Series: Packaged multitube pasteurizer and sterilizer

HRS Thermblock M Series is a solution for thermal treatment for pasteurising and sterilization of food products, with low or medium viscosity in the food industry for aseptic filling processes or any other filling/packaging method.

In this series, the sterilizer is composed of multitubular corrugated tube heat exchangers of HRS MI Series and HRS MR Series.

The sterilizer is a single and compact group which is operated from a single control panel. Due to its design it is an easy to operate equipment, of high flexibility and reliable productivity.

HRS Thermblock M series allows the adjustment of heating-holding-cooling cycle of the product in the way that it best suits your needs. It can also work with HTST (High Temperature Short Time) method, in other words, it is able to bring the product under high temperatures for a short time. In this way you achieve a highly efficient process, which allows you to optimise the sterilization process, ensuring that you achieve all the desired effects of it and, at the same time, minimise the undesirable side-effects (organoleptic and/or nutritive losses).

The sterilizer can optionally feature a receipt, deaireation and product impulsion that ensures the absence of air during the thermal treatment stage.

HRS Thermblock M series sterilizers can be designed for energy recovery, either direct or indirect, which allows to recover 80-90% of the required energy, thus greatly reducing the energy consumption respect to designs without energy recovery. The return of investment with this kind of design is very short.

Products and applications

Juices and beverages.
Fruit and vegetables purees.
Fruit concentrate purees.
Grape must concentrate.
Milk and dairy products.
Soups.
Sauces.

Characteristics

Designed for processing medium to low viscosity products, where the size of particles that might be present is small.
High productivity, from 1,000 to 50,000 l/h.
Energy consumption reduced in 80-90% with energy recovery designs (direct or indirect recovery).
Short Return Of Investment.
Compact design with all components pre-assembled in a single frame structure made on stainless steel.
Hygienic design: Product circuit always at a higher pressure than the service circuit to grant the aseptic conditions.
Features a buffer tank for product storage and deaeration, for removing the air, thus ensuring the efficiency of the thermal treatment.
Suitable for high pressure designs, needed for carbonated beverages.
Sterilization stage is made with overheated sterile water.
Autonomous and automatic CIP system grants high level of hygiene.
Completely made on stainless steel.
Features an autodiagnostics PLC which continually monitors the operating conditions, which grants a high security and reliability in the whole process.
All equipments conforming to the requirements of European Pressure Equipment Directive 97/23/EC and also for Food and Drugs Administration (FDA & EHDGE).