Tetra Pak has launched its next generation high shear inline mixer, offering packers and filler advanced ingredient mixing performance and lower operating costs. 

Featuring a new design that produces finer, more consistent and more stable emulsions, the new R370-1000D reduces the need for downstream homogenisation, delivers a better quality end product and cuts energy bills.

The mixer features a built-in deaerating system, a flexible powder introduction system and a newly-designed mixing head.

This allows the new machine to handle viscosities of up to 2,000 cP and break the size of the droplets to 1 micron (0.001 mm), significantly smaller than the industry average of 7 microns.

The output of a much finer, more consistent and more stable emulsion reduces the need for downstream homogenisation, a highly energy-intensive step in food processing.

Monica Gimre, executive vice president, processing systems, at Tetra Pak, said: “We developed this revolutionary new design in direct response to customer needs. A complete break with the status quo, our new mixer streamlines production steps, reduces investment needs, lowers costs and sets a new benchmark for the industry.”

| A Packaging News release  ||  June 30,  2017   |||