Authentic beef flavour collection
Today’s consumers want meat dishes to taste homemade, be thoroughly healthy and be prepared rather quickly. The beef flavour collection from Symrise offers flavour solutions for the food industry that meet these needs. Most importantly, the collection provides an authentic and delicious flavour, no matter how the dishes are cooked. While sautéed dishes used to be the main favourite, nowadays people enjoy the broad spectrum of flavours in gently cooked dishes. These foods offer consumers a special sensory experience. The new beef flavourings appeal to people across the globe, and take regional preferences into account along with the prevailing trends towards natural and healthy foods. The collection reflects both traditional eating habits and cultural influences as well as national approaches to preparing foods and different cooking styles.
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At-line FT-NIR spectrometer
The NIRMaster instrument is the first stand-alone FT-NIR-spectrometer with hygienic design and is fully “at-line” compatible in the production environment of food and feed industries. The cleaning of the system and its operation are extremely simple and safe, and comply with all applicable hygiene requirements. The system is available in two versions: the first a food-certified polymer housing and the other with a stainless steel enclosure. With their wide range of pre-calibration settings the NIRMaster units are truly plug-and-play and ready for immediate implementation. Their unique polarization interferometer provides the systems with a level of robustness that is typically not achievable by other interferometer designs; the high sensitivity assures reliable and accurate results even in harsh environments. The internal laser reference eliminates the need of frequent, expensive instrument standardization. Globally operating NIR networks with multi-site NIRMaster installations are supported by the NIRAnywhere software solution, providing safe and fast remote calibration updates and/or data backups, no matter the location of the instrument.

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Filler
Filler
The Asep-Tec filler is designed to fill, under aseptic conditions, fruit juices and dairy products. For many of these products the shelf life is not only limited to microbiological activity but also to chemical deterioration such as oxidation. For these products the shelf life can be increased by reducing the oxygen level in the filled and sealed bottle. The total process of product storage, bottle and cap treatment, as well as controlling the internal conditions in the aseptic zone of the filler, require special attention in order to reduce the oxygen level in the filled and sealed bottle. Stork has designed several modules and systems for this purpose with their ‘Modified Atmospheric Filling system’ (MAF).

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Food manufacturers need to ensure that the cleanliness of their production lines is maintained to the highest standard to avoid contamination of product. Aseptic drives are carefully designed for applications where regular washdowns are required to maintain a clean environment. The motor is designed so that a fan and cooling ribs are not required, thereby allowing for a completely smooth outer casing with a non-drive end which is sealed. This eliminates any dirt traps on the motor casing and also prevents re-infection of the local environment caused by air movement from a cooling fan. The design also includes a very high level of ingress protection, up to IP69K, which is a special designation for washdown applications involving high pressure, high temperature water. In addition, the aseptic drive is painted using an acid and alkali resistant formula, which can withstand chemicals with a pH range of 2 – 12. As a result the new drive system can withstand the cleansing solutions and disinfectants that are commonly used within the food industry without affecting its performance. A combination of aseptic motor/gearbox packages has been developed with variable frequency drives (VFDs) to enable a very efficient package to be installed. The majority of the drives use 0.75kW motors, with some smaller 0.55kW units and most of these, nearly 80%, are coupled to the BK20 hollow shaft bevel gearboxes. When installing a large number of motors onto a production line, it is important to maintain high energy efficiency so that the return on investment can be minimized. All of the aseptic motors from Bauer are rated IE3 energy efficiency class and when combined with the VFD they can deliver optimum energy consumption and running costs. By designing a system with a large number of common components, the engineers were also able to minimize the spare parts inventory while still ensuring the most energy efficient and reliable design. In addition to this, the motor itself is equipped with thermistors and class F insulation, which makes it suitable for control by VFD and the thermistor connections are combined with the motor connections in a stainless steel, round connector which allows quick and simple motor connection while still maintaining the hygienic aspect of the design.
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