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  Separation

  A day in the life of a super-efficient dairy separator

  Tetra Pak® separators are unique in using two technologies – AirTight and Encapt™ – that together boost operating performance and cut energy use by as much as 40% ...

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  Separation

  What on Earth do separators have to do with space travel?

  Surely there can’t be a link between dairy separators and space travel? You might be surprised to learn there actually is. The same principle that allows objects to fly ...

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  Separation

  How airtight separators help solve the coconut challenge

  Global demand for coconut water continues to grow among consumers, but the challenge for producers of this nutritious but fragile beverage remains: how to protect it from the ...

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  Separation

  Why standard steel won’t suffice for dairy separators

  For separators made of ordinary grades of stainless steel, the use of lye or acid for cleaning-in-place can make a caustic or acidic combination with milk deposits that ...

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  Mixing & blending

  A short history of mixing – from mortar and pestle to microns

  History doesn’t tell us when the first early human picked up a stick to stir and mix the very first foods based on intentionally combining ingredients. But we ...

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  Homogenization

  Fine-tune your homogenizer to boost quality of tomato products

  In a processing plant for tomato ketchup and other tomato sauces, the homogenizer is often treated like a workhorse. It can go on working faithfully year after year ...

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  Heat transfer

  The magic inside our tubular heat exchangers

  Watch to learn what happens when the parts of a tubular heat exchanger, that are traditionally welded together, can expand and contract naturally. In a traditional heat exchanger ...

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  Mixing & blending

  Cook and grind: from rock-hard beans to paste in 15 minutes

  Processing beans is time consuming, with the raw material requiring soaking for as long as 12 hours before it can be heated, ground and mixed. And each step ...

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  Mixing & blending

  How to choose the right mixing and blending process

  There is much more to mixing and blending than just bringing your different ingredients together. Conducting this key process in the right way can have major benefits for ...

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  Mixing & blending

  Simulation and its role in improving your product quality

  Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is a powerful computer tool for simulating flows in processing equipment. Used in the design of mixers, it can ultimately help food producers improve ...

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  Mixing & blending

  How to streamline production for formulated UHT dairy products

  The demand for formulated UHT dairy products is increasing and new products such as lactic acid drinks (LAD) are entering the market with great success. Lactic acid drinks ...

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  Mixing & blending

  2 common powder mixing challenges – and how to solve them

  Consumers insist on a perfect product every time. To achieve this, food processors must stay in complete control of every aspect of their production. Mixing – the process ...