Batch production ensures product integrity by placing it in the final flexible consumer package prior to the application of ultrahigh-pressure. The packages are loaded into a handling basket that is then placed into the pressure vessel. Batch production integrates with conventional filling equipment and allows for rapid changeover between product types and in-line variation in package size and format.
Batch processing can accommodate both liquid or solid products.
As a total solutions supplier, FLOW can also provide even greater utility through the automation of load and unload cycles. FLOW's continuous method uses a device called an isolator. Inside an isolator, a separator partitions the food from the UHP water source. Under computer control, food is sequentially pumped into each isolator, pressurized with UHP water, held for a short time, then pumped out of the isolator into a clean or aseptic filling station. Increased system production rate is achieved through the use of additional isolators.