Alfa Laval has introduced the H4 and H8 Hygienic heat exchangers for process industries with mandatory health and hygiene standards, including pharma, dairy, beverage and brewery.
Its Hygienic line of gasketed plate heat exchangers (GPHE) is also being marketed as offering productivity gains, with Colin Morgan, Business Unit Manager for Food Heat Transfer, explaining:
“Hygiene has always been top priority for food and beverage and pharmaceutical manufacturers, as cross contamination between product batches has the potential to cause serious harm to end customers if left unchecked.
“However, this must now be balanced against productivity, as rising energy costs are beginning to eat into the margin for many manufacturers.
Our new hygienic line aims to tackle both of these challenges head on – increasing the amount of time that equipment can be active without compromising on hygiene.”
Building on Alfa Laval’s earlier heat exchanger technology, the Hygienic line features an enhanced transfer area for more uniform heat distribution and best-in-class efficiency, and a new cleaning-in-place (CIP) channel for improved cleanability.
Units are fully configurable, allowing it to be customised to the needs of the operation rather than necessitating the purchase of new exchangers.
