Themed around process technology for milk, tea and juice
Anuga FoodTec, Krones, Hall 8.1 – Stand A020-B039 The Krones stand A020-B039 in Hall 08.1 will focus on gentle and reliable production of milk, tea and juice. Besides field-proven solutions, visitors to Krones’ stand will also find innovations, such as a new shell-and-tube heat exchanger for producing milk, milk-based mixed drinks, tea or juice. Heat exchange takes place on the product-against-product principle: the still-cold product flows through the inner tube and is heated up by the already-warmed product in the outer tube. In this version, the energy recovery rate can be increased in comparison to the product-against-water model.
Various subsidiaries of the Krones Group will also be represented at the Anuga FoodTec: HST Maschinenbau GmbH will there be showcasing its Type HL6 homogeniser, which handles 27,000 litres of milk per hour, and is particularly well suited for upgrading the physical stability of UHT milk and desserts, and of milk-based mixed drinks.
Evoguard, Krones’ specialists for valves and pumps, will be showcasing an example of an Industry 4.0 design for components: A component in the valve, such as a seal, will in future include a feature enabling it to continuously collect data on its status, and signal when a replacement is necessary – before the valve actually fails. The ageing and wear status is optically displayed using LEDs on the RAG principle, or with cloud solutions, including Lifetime Analytic on mobile terminals.
Krones is continually expanding its specialised corporate qualifications: a good eighteen months ago, in the shape of Milkron GmbH a subsidiary was founded that focuses on planning and engineering production plants for all liquid to paste-like dairy products. Its performative capabilities cover not only planning, order processing, automation, and installation, but also commissioning and acceptance-testing of the kit on site.
In what is called the “House of Krones”, the company also offers kit for filling and packaging, digitalisation, plus intralogistics, all backed up by responsive after-sales service. Krones’ superlative corporate competence, covering all areas of a filling factory, is unique in the sector.
