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Aseptic cold bottling plants are being increasingly installed in non-alcoholic beverage operations. This can be attributed to more stringent hygiene requirements due to the multiplicity of new beverage brands and associated new, innovative, microbiologically sensitive products and the move away from cold sterilisation agents. Furthermore, quality specifications that have to be met despite dropping hot filling and increased use of PET and PEN bottles or suitable alternatives have provided added impetus.
Commercial flash pasteurisation plants have already been covered in an earlier article in Brauwelt International (4/04, 236 - 241). This part, dealing with plant configuration, describes the theoretical background and concepts and also details the various production areas. 1). 2)..
The main conveyor is the most critical mechanical component of the tunnel pasteuriser. In view of this, and the fact that approx. 80 - 85% of total pasteuriser downtime is related to conveyor belt problems, it is evident that conventional conveyor solutions have not been optimal. Additionally, the integrity of the conveyor belt is critical for an optimum PU control because the control system relies on input on the exact position of the products in the pasteuriser. Belt elongations will disturb input and are therefore damaging to product quality. Temperatures in pasteurisers may vary between 3 °C and 85 °C.
The tunnel pasteuriser conveyor must, at the same time, be very flexible, i.e. able to handle a wide number of product and container types.e. 1:50.000. ...
The Fraunhofer Gesellschaft (Fraunhofer Society FhG) coordinates applied research. It was not a great surprise that many participants from Fraunhofer sister institutes were present at this year’s annual meeting of the Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging (IVV) held in Freising on May 4th and 5th and that there was reference to successful research cooperation between the various institutes.
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Plastics, the real focal point of the annual meeting, are ideal packaging materials for food. In view of the wide spectrum of different substances with quality determining characteristics being filled, the packaging has to fulfil a wide range of specifications. Plastic bottles for beverages are making advances. ...
At Brau, Metallocraft, which has been developing precision engineered draught beer dispense products since 1972, will be launched under its new name, TRUpour.
As TRUpour, the company aims at becoming an industry leader with its three core product platforms: "FOBs, FONTs, FAUCETs".
The first FOB detector was patented in 1980. TRUpour, the world leader now in stainless steel FOBs with 100% market penetration in the mature Irish draught beer market, aims at continued growth in its export markets.
The company designed their first FONT in 2000, incorporating and patenting the unique "COOLit" tap chilling function which guarantees to eliminate warm beer taps..
KHS AG, an international manufacturer of filling and packaging systems for the beverage trade, will be presenting a wide variety of innovative engineering concepts at the Brau Beviale 2004. The focus of attention will be on the fields of labeling, filtration, keg racking technologies, and crate inspection.
With its new Innoket APL pressure-sensitive labeling station, KHS introduces an innovation to the market that, apart from including a wide range of advantages, can be integrated in the proven Innoket KL 2000 generation of labelers. The new pressure-sensitive labeling station is characterized by an exceptionally slender design that makes station redundancy possible and eliminates machine downtime. Whether glass or plastic bottles, cylindrical or contour containers - all are doable.
The unveiling of several high profile beer brands in PET bottles and a focus on the many recycling possibilities for PET will be two key highlights of the Amcor PET Packaging stand at this year’s Brau exhibition. In addition, the company will show some of its latest bottle design innovations across its key market sectors such as CSDs, water, juices, dairy and alcoholic drinks.
The new beer bottles on show will include a 330ml AmGuard multi-layer bottle for InBev’s (previously Interbrew) Beck’s Gold brand. The bottle is being introduced into the German market, sold singly and in six packs, and is aimed at the special events sector.
Other major brands on show packed in new PET bottles will include 1 litre Tuborg bottles for Carlsberg Turkey and Croatia and a 0. ...
The second part of this article contains extracts from the most important results of various investigations in the context of the above project carried out at the Faculty of Brewery Plant and Food Packaging Equipment in cooperation with companies mentioned below.
The first part of the article dealt with results of investigations into gas permeability, migration characteristics, physical and chemical stability, as well as results of investigations into the influence of cleaning frequency on gas permeability of plastic bottles. This part of the article addresses the possibility of using technological factors to influence taste stability of beer filled in plastic bottles. Among other things, addition of various antioxidants as well as the influence of untreated grain was tested...
KHS Maschinen- und Anlagenbau AG, Dortmund, internationally active manufacturer of filling and packaging systems for the beverage, food and non-food sectors, has acquired a majority holding in Metec GmbH, Niederzissen, Germany. According to the company group, KHS is expanding with this acquisition its core competencies and is consistently pursuing the forward strategy adopted in the marketplace.
Metec GmbH, founded in 1985, is one of the leading providers in the area of Quality Assurance Systems. Metec concentrates mainly on the beverage sector worldwide. The company provides comprehensive monitoring equipment to the beverage industry for both the wet and dry sections. Metec also focuses on the food and non-food sectors..
In the area of beverage filling, packaging has the function of maintaining the quality of the filled beverage as near to the original state as possible, until drunk by consumers. The first part of this contribution summarises the current conditions pertaining to filling in PET and the properties of plastic bottles.
For beverages which belong to the group of especially sensitive foodstuffs (including beer), this means that, if possible, no oxygen whatsoever penetrates through the packaging or the respective closure, that no carbon dioxide and no water vapour escapes from the packaging and that also sufficient protection from light must be ensured.
PEN bottles
In Germany, plastic bottles have not established themselves in beer filling.
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