Aseptic thermal processor for high viscosity products
Optimize your processing of high viscosity products with precise temperature control and efficient heat exchange, ensuring consistent quality and minimal product loss across diverse food and beverage applications.

Processes and Sterilizes Food and Beverage Products
The PERFITHERM and PERFIPROCESS from Perfinox are versatile aseptic thermal processors engineered for food and beverage manufacturing. These systems feature scraped surface heat exchangers, ensuring gentle product handling and efficient heat transfer, making them ideal for applications that range from dairy concentrates and sauces to fruit smoothies and ready meal components. The processors can accommodate capacities from 300 to 3000 liters per hour, with adjustable flow and holding times that allow for extensive customization to meet specific production requirements. Integration into existing production lines is seamless, thanks to advanced PLC control systems that support continuous, batch, or inline operations. They boast energy efficiency through optimized motor controls and are constructed with hygienic design principles in mind, incorporating CIP/SIP systems for thorough, contamination-free cleaning. Available in corrosion-resistant materials, these processors are compliant with industry standards, ensuring safe, reliable, and efficient production across diverse uses.
Benefits
- Enhances product quality with precise temperature control and gentle handling.
- Increases operational efficiency by reducing energy use through optimized motor systems.
- Facilitates flexible production schedules with adjustable processing capacities.
- Minimizes cleaning downtime with integrated CIP/SIP systems.
- Ensures compliance with stringent hygiene standards for safe food and beverage manufacturing.
- Applications
- Smoothies,Sauces,Plant-based beverages,Dairy products,Ready meal components,Spirits,Wines,Fruit preparations,Dressings,Purees,Creams,Juices
- End products
- Ketchup,Dairy concentrate,Hummus,Alfredo sauce,Fruit smoothie,Red wine,Almond milk,Greek yogurt,Mayonnaise,Orange juice,Vegetable soup,Fruit puree
- Steps before
- Mixing,Pre-heating,Emulsification
- Steps after
- Cooling,Packing,Filling
- Input ingredients
- high viscosity products,particulates,whole pieces
- Output ingredients
- mayonnaise (low and full fat),ketchup,sauces,soups,creams,ready meal components,patés,fruit preparations,dairy concentrates,hummus
- Market info
- Perfinox is known for its expertise in designing and manufacturing industrial engineered-to-order equipment, particularly in the food and beverage sector, providing tailored processing solutions and innovative technologies to enhance production efficiency and quality.
- Capacity
- 300 | 500 | 1000 | 1500 | 2000 | 2500 | 3000
- Flow time
- Adjustable
- Holding time
- Adjustable
- Exchange Surface Area
- Large
- Product handling
- Gentle,suitable for high viscosity
- CIP/SIP
- Efficient
- Pressure Drop
- Low
- Sterilization process
- Aseptic
- Automation
- Integrated
- Heating
- Efficient inline
- Cooling
- Efficient inline
- Hygienic Design
- State of the art
- Working mechanism
- Scraped surface heat exchanger
- Integrated steps
- Heating,Cooling,Aseptic Processing
- Batch vs inline flow
- Inline Continuous
- CIP/SIP principles
- Efficient CIP with no product losses
- Flow and holding time adjustability
- Adjustable for product requirements
- Product handling
- Gentle,suitable for whole pieces
- Pressure drop
- Low
- Energy efficiency
- Highly efficient processes
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Machine footprint
- Compact design
- Surface area
- Large exchange surface
- Discharge method
- Inline heating or cooling
- Capacity Options
- 300 | 500 | 1000 | 1500 | 2000 | 2500 | 3000
- Heating/Cooling Adjustment
- Inline Heating or Cooling
- Flow and Holding Time
- Adjustable
- Hygienic Design
- CIP/SIP Compatibility
- Product Type Flexibility
- Supports High Viscosity Products
- Handling Type
- Gentle with Particulates or Whole Pieces