Pasteurizer/Cooler installation at Hazlewood Foods

Pasteurization and cooling of containers has been a speciality of Planet Flowline over the years, with over 30 machines having been installed on a wide range of applications throughout the British Isles.

One of the biggest and most sophisticated installations of this type took place at Hazlewoods Sauces & Pickles where we installed a flat bed overspray pasteurizer/cooler to operate on their range of pickled products and cook-in sauces in glass jars.

The machine was delivered and installed by Planet Flowline engineers, was designed to pasteurize a wide range of products in glass jars, at speeds in excess of 200cpm.

Features of the machine including non-clogging open orifice nozzles, stainless steel open aperture pumps for high volume water re-circulation at low pressure, stainless steel filters and heat exchangers and specially designed stainless steel conveyor beds, which do not suffer from fatigue, as do many plastic conveyors and which enable delicate, unstable containers to be transferred in and out of the system without toppling.

On the Hazlewood installation we incorporated counter flow water distribution systems within the unit to ensure maximum water efficiency with minimum energy requirements.