In edition n° 1398 of January 11, 2022, Process Alimentaire magazine presents an article on reinventing lines and equipment to consume less energy, in which some of STERITECH‘s innovations were cited.
 
Some historical companies have today unchanged processes because they work properly. Is it possible to gain in performance, while having the desired results?
 
Industrial technologies, and mainly those of the food industry, are adapting and evolving to meet new trends and new needs and to allow for greater flexibility, improved production rates, lower energy consumption, etc…
 
So, in the face of these considerations, what are the tracks for an optimized thermal process?

• Automated lines:

 
One piece of equipment that illustrates this is Steritech‘s Serial Tower. It is composed of two vertical towers, of variable height, one for the baking phase and one for the cooling phase. The Serial Tower, is an equipment that allows a completely automatic and traced flow, while being a flexible equipment that adapts to any kind of flexible packaging (pouches, trays etc…), especially thanks to the counter pressure in the towers.

• Connected equipment:

 
For the automation of a process or a line, the mechanical structure of an equipment is no longer sufficient. It is necessary to equip the whole with an intelligence that allows it to interact with its environment, to pilot, to command. To make this connectivity possible, all STERITECH equipment is equipped with a PLC that communicates with all the actuators, with the machine and its Trilogy 4.0 supervision. This connectivity is offered in the form of “RETROFIT” to existing lines, whether they are from a competitor brand or from STERITECH.  The objective is to give a second life to a machine in good condition, by adapting it to current needs and by equipping it with our Trilogy control software.

• Sober designs:

 
Sobriety is synonymous with practicality, ease of use and space optimization. STERITECH takes care to create customized equipment for each customer, taking into account the existing floor space and the height of the buildings, so that the customer does not have to modify his infrastructures.
 
With a changing world and new needs appearing, new trends are being set. Whether or not you have an existing pasteurization or sterilization line, it is important to take into account these optimization avenues: line automation, equipment connectivity and sobriety. For this, STERITECH accompanies you in the optimization of your existing lines.
 
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