Uht system for milk products
Achieve optimal product safety and quality for dairy and plant-based beverages with precise UHT processing, ensuring gentle treatment and extending shelf life without compromising flavor or nutrients.
Processes and Preserves Liquid Dairy and Beverages
The VarioAsept M UHT system from Krones is engineered to exceed stringent hygiene requirements while preserving delicate liquid products. Designed for high-precision aseptic processing, this system is optimal for dairy and plant-based beverage production. It utilizes advanced tubular and plate heat exchangers developed by Krones experts to ensure gentle thermal treatment and is complemented by aseptic fillers, enabling a seamless integration into your production line.
With an output range between 3,500 and 60,000 liters per hour, VarioAsept M efficiently pasteurizes, homogenizes, deaerates, and sterilizes products such as UHT milk, almond milk, and flavored beverages. Its modular design includes components like buffer tanks and VarioSpin deaerators for stable, continuous operation even with upstream or downstream fluctuations.
This system supports both injection and infusion heating methods, offering flexibility for low to high-viscosity products. Its energy efficiency is enhanced by selective heating options and an optional rework tank that minimizes product waste. Automated via PLC and supported by Krones HMI, it allows for remote monitoring and optimization of production processes while ensuring low maintenance needs with CIP systems.
Constructed for durability, VarioAsept M provides options for various surface finishes to meet industry-specific requirements, ensuring compliance with relevant health and safety standards. Overall, this UHT system not only promises long production runs with minimized downtime but also offers customizable solutions to support your unique processing needs.
Benefits
- Ensures product safety and extended shelf life with advanced aseptic processing.
- Minimized thermal impact preserves nutritional quality and taste.
- Adapts to varying product viscosities for a wide range of applications.
- Reduces product waste with effective mixing and buffer solutions.
- Supports continuous operation and easy maintenance with PLC integration and CIP systems.
- Applications
- Water,Mixed milk beverages,Plant-based drinks,Milk,Sensitive products,Juice,Soft drinks,Dairy products
- End products
- Uht milk,Dairy-free creamers,Apple juice,Oat milk,Almond milk,Orange juice,Lemon-lime soda,Sparkling water,Plant-based protein drinks,Lactose-free milk,Cola,Strawberry milkshake,Fruit juice,Chocolate milk,Flavored water
- Steps before
- milk collection,pre-heating,de-aeration
- Steps after
- homogenization,aseptic filling,packaging
- Input ingredients
- milk products,plant-based drinks,sensitive products,low-viscose products,medium or high viscosity products
- Output ingredients
- UHT processed milk,UHT processed plant-based drinks,UHT processed sensitive products
- 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
- 3,500 to 60,000 litres per hour
- Hygiene Requirements
- High
- Pressure Capacity
- Up to 6 bar
- Valve Type
- Automatic
- Automation Level
- Fully automated
- Heating Method
- Direct and Infusion
- Heating Control
- Precise F-value or temperature control
- Deaeration Method
- Patented swirl infeed nozzle
- Tubular Heat Exchanger Type
- Cross-corrugated tubes
- Cooling Method
- Quick heating and chilling
- Service Module Components
- Energy supply,electrical and pneumatic controller with MCC and Krones HMI
- Output Regulation
- Automatic in event of fluctuations
- Product Change-over Time
- 35 minutes
- Homogenization Type
- HST Homogenizer
- Working mechanism
- UHT system with tubular heat exchangers
- Integrated steps
- Heat treatment,homogenization,deaeration
- CIP/SIP
- CIP capability for aseptic cleaning
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Continuous flow
- Automation level
- PLC and HMI controlled
- Energy efficiency
- Optimized through VarioAsept D heating
- Product handling
- Gentle product treatment
- Changeover time
- 35 minutes for product change-over
- Aseptic operation
- Fully aseptic with sterile gas filtration
- Temperature control
- F value and temperature control system
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Viscosity
- Low to High
- Microbiological sensitivity
- High
- Tank shape
- VarioStore conical end
- Tank pressure
- Up to 6 bar
- Valve type
- Fully aseptic,automatic valve manifold
- Feed/discharge method
- Infusion/injection system
- Control panel type
- Krones HMI
- Integration possibilities
- Seamless integration with Krones aseptic fillers
- Heating options
- Direct heating with the VarioAsept D or Tubular heat exchanger
- Aseptic lines compatibility
- VarioStore tank system for aseptic lines
- Flexibility in production
- Aseptic intermediate cleaning without filler production interruption
- Product handling
- Gentle product treatment with reduced thermal and oxidative stress