Fluid Handling
Mixing and Dispersion Specialists
Ytron Y Directed Jet Mixer
Tel: 01494 792 898
Email: [email protected]
www.ytron-quadro.co.uk
The new Series 5 YTRON-Z
in-line homogeniser
After consulting Ytron-Quadro
(UK) Limited a YTRON-Z inline
emulsifier
was
booked
for
long term trials in DFI Leeds.
Personnel from the Dairygold R
& D innovation centre in Ireland
and Howard Ibbetson, Dairygold
Food Ingredients engineering
manager, conducted exhaustive
trials across the DFI product
range. In their own words, “the
outcome was extremely positive.
Our already high product quality
visually improved. Product was
smoother and a ‘glossy’ effect
was seen across all products. The
lower fat variants gained body too
which has now delivered what we
feel is a “best-in-class” product.
Starch is used in some products
as a stabiliser, the presence of
un-hydrated starch molecules
in finished product is clearly not
acceptable to our customers. The
YTRON-Z gave us another tool to
eradicate these occurrences and
speed up our process without
damaging the functionality of the
starch”.
The results were so conclusive that 2 YTRON-Z units were ordered.
These will be installed in the two production lines, packing bulk & smaller
foodservice size packs.
Email: [email protected]
www.ytron-quadro.co.uk
Reverse Osmosis slashes annual fuel
costs at westons Cider by £44,000
– and nets joint industry award for
westons and Spirax Sarco
Westons Cider has cut its annual fuel costs by £44,000 per annum and
has significantly reduced water consumption following the installation of a
Spirax Sarco Reverse Osmosis (RO) water treatment system. The savings
achieved led to Westons Cider and Spirax Sarco being named joint winners
of Food Processing magazine’s Energy Management award in 2014.
The Spirax Sarco RO system reduces fuel and energy consumption by
cutting the amount of boiler blowdown and water needed. Regular boiler
blowdown prevents total dissolved solids (TDS) from accumulating in the
boiler, where they can cause problems such as carryover and deposits.
The RO system from Spirax Sarco treats water before it reaches the boiler
feedtank and removes more than 98% of TDS to produce high-quality,
low-conductivity water. This has cut blowdown from 3% to less than 1%
resulting in savings of fuel, wat