One of the UK's leading sauce manufacturers has recently appointed Moody Systems to design, install and commission two completely new tubular pasteurisation systems, a contract worth over £3/4 million.

The process plant which incorporates two tubular heat exchangers with fully automated pigging systems, will not only introduce massive savings on process time, but has the added benefit of huge improvements in the quality of the finished product.

The tubular heat exchanger is especially beneficial for products with vegetable pieces or chunks, as it will reduce the damage to these and therefore create the much-desired authentic appearance to the finished product.


Moody Systems Technical Manager, Peter Kirk, comments, 'We have introduced this process system to several customers recently and find that the huge demand from end-users for quality produce in turn increases the pressure on manufacturers. The tubular heat exchangers can deliver quality finished products, and the manufacturers can satisfy the needs in the market'.

The pigging system incorporated into the two plants ensures complete product recovery and virtually no maintenance. This is particularly important on a tubular plant of this size, as at any given moment, the plant in question may have up to 6 tons of finished product in the system. All of this can now be recovered automatically, the cleaning can take place in minutes, and the plant ready for production again.