In food processing, dairy, beverage, chemical, petrochemical and pharmaceutical facilities, maintaining a clean environment is critical. High temperature washdown equipment is used to efficiently clean and sanitize equipment in place to keep production running on time.

Pascal 2021 HW is suited for applications where water vapor is expected such as low temperature sterilization and drying.

The development of pasteurization as a method to destroy pathogenic bacteria in food and drink and, therefore, aid in food safety, dates back to the 19th century. However, the origins of heating (rather than cooking) food and drink for the purposes of preservation go back to China in the 12th century, where the technique was used to keep wine fresh and drinkable. 

Industrial-scale process equipment sometimes is tapped for non-process applications. Such was the case when Greenwich Hospital broke ground on a new building back in 1997 and purchased seven Miura high pressure steam boilers. At the time, the facility in Connecticut chose Miura boilers because of their compact size, efficient operation and lower emissions — benefits often cited by industrial processors.

Thermal Product Solutions (TPS), White Deer, Pa., delivered a Gruenberg vivarium pass-through SteriDry cabinet sterilizer to a university research facility.

At its production plant in Avedoere Holme, south of Copenhagen, Chr. Hansen — a Denmark bioscience company that develops natural ingredient solutions for the food, nutritional and pharmaceutical industries — produces bacterial cultures used by food producers such as Dannon and Nestlé to make yogurt and other sour milk products. To eliminate any contaminants that could pollute or destroy the final product, the nutrient solutions are sterilized by ultra high temperature (UHT) treatment before being transferred to a fermenter.

Two separate investments totaling more than $11 million in microwave energy-based food processing technology will be used for research to improve the quality of ready-to-eat meals.

System includes the company’s HiTemp140-M12 datalogger with a 36” glass-braided RTD depyrogenation probe, and ThermoVault Max thermal-barrier enclosure. 

To comply with cGMP and USP Chapter 797 standards, one Florida compounding pharmacy added a benchtop clean room oven to depyrogenate glassware and record thermal processing data for recordkeeping.