Flash pasteuriser for beer
Ensure superior beverage quality with precise pasteurisation and carbonation while minimising energy consumption and maintaining hygienic standards, all integrated seamlessly into your high-speed production line.
Ensures Microbiological Safety and Product Quality
The VarioFlash B flash pasteuriser from Krones is a state-of-the-art solution for breweries and beverage manufacturers aiming to achieve microbiological safety and optimum product quality. This equipment excels in express pasteurisation, using a hygienic plate heat exchanger to ensure gentle and reliable heating, crucial for maintaining the flavor integrity of beer, wine, spritzers, and more.
Designed for continuous, high-speed operations, the VarioFlash B accommodates various liquid products, including lager, stout, and sparkling wine, with a throughput range of 1,800 to 60,000 litres per hour. Its eco-hygienic sleep mode significantly reduces energy and water consumption during downtime.
This fully integrated system supports seamless automation and comes equipped with a carbonation module, unique to Krones, allowing precise CO2 dosing with industry-leading accuracy. The integration of an intelligent buffer tank maintains consistent product flow, even during production fluctuations, minimizing waste and enhancing line efficiency.
Constructed with a focus on hygiene and maintenance ease, it features redundant temperature controls and can be customized with a venting lantern to manage CO₂ discharge. The VarioFlash B not only optimizes energy use but also offers electronic tracking of process parameters, ensuring stringent quality control and compliance with industry standards.
Benefits
- Ensures high microbiological safety, reducing the risk of contamination in beverages.
- Cuts energy costs with eco-hygienic sleep mode and up to 95% internal heat recovery.
- Enhances flexibility with rapid product change-over capability in just 30 minutes.
- Improves product consistency with precise CO2 dosing and temperature control.
- Minimizes waste through intelligent buffer management and continuous operation.
- Applications
- High-gravity brewing,Spritzers,Wine,Flavoured beer,Sorghum beer,Beer
- End products
- Rosé wine,Sorghum lager,Pilsner,Lager beer,Stout,Hard seltzer,Beer shandy,Fruit-flavored beer,High-gravity ale,Sparkling wine
- Steps before
- Purification,Brewing,Filtration,Clarification
- Steps after
- Bottling,Canning,Labelling,Packing,Cooling,Storage
- Input ingredients
- beer,flavoured beer,wine,spritzers
- Output ingredients
- pasteurised beer,pasteurised flavoured beer,pasteurised wine,pasteurised spritzers
- Market info
- Krones is renowned for its expertise in manufacturing beverage and liquid food processing and packaging equipment, offering comprehensive solutions that include filling, packaging technology, and processing systems, and is reputed for innovation and quality in the industry.
- Output Range
- 1,800 to 60,000 litres per hour
- CO₂ Dosing Accuracy
- ≦ 0.08 g/l
- Heat Recovery
- Up to 95%
- Heating Temperature Control
- Redundantly monitored
- Changeover Time
- 30 minutes
- Buffer Capacity
- Integrated buffer tank
- Heat Exchanger Type
- Hygienic plate heat exchanger
- Line Sterilisation
- Variable PU control
- Energy Usage in Standby Mode
- Minimal energy and water consumption
- Working mechanism
- Flash pasteurisation
- Output range
- 1,800 to 60,000 litres per hour
- Energy efficiency
- Eco-hygienic Sleep Mode
- Process flexibility
- Adjustable for beer,flavoured beer,wine,and spritzers
- Process control
- Intelligent use of surplus energy
- Integrated steps
- Line sterilisation and variable PU control
- Changeover time
- 30 minutes
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Machine footprint
- Considerably smaller footprint through integrated design
- Integrated system
- Everything in a single system
- Control panel type
- HMI/PLC interface
- Integration possibilities
- Direct connection via swing bend panel or valve manifold