Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.a.

Detlef Elias

Paolo Benedetti

Filippo Ferrarini

Jan Andersson

Karsten Sörensen

Ermanno Ricci

Fabio Vellani

A unit for sterilizing a web () of packaging material on a machine () for packaging pourable food products, the unit having a bath () containing a sterilizing agent, in which the web () is fed continuously; a process chamber () connected to an outlet () of the bath (), and which houses wringing rollers () interacting with the web (), and a nozzle () for directing a stream of air on to the web () and removing residual sterilizing agent from the web; an aseptic chamber () communicating with the process chamber () via an opening () for passage of the web (), and in which the web () is folded and sealed longitudinally to form a tube () which is filled continuously with the product for packaging; and an air processing circuit () for controlling process conditions, and having a conduit () for feeding a first stream of sterile air into the aseptic chamber (), a conduit () for feeding a second stream of sterile air to the nozzle () and housing a heater () for controlling the temperature of the air supplied to the nozzle (), and a distributor for regulating the two streams of air.

Unit for sterilizing web-fed material on a machine for packaging pourable food products

A unit for sterilizing strip packaging material for a pourable food product packaging machine, and having a sterilizing chamber for containing a liquid sterilizing agent and along which the packaging material is fed; a control circuit for controlling the sterilizing agent, and in turn having a collecting tank, input means for feeding the sterilizing agent from the tank to the chamber, and a drain assembly for draining the sterilizing agent from the chamber into the tank; a control system for controlling the temperature in the chamber; and preheating system for preheating the sterilizing agent in the tank, and which may be activated prior to feeding the sterilizing agent from the tank into the chamber; the preheating system for preheating the sterilizing agent may be activated independently of the control system for controlling the temperature in the chamber to bring the sterilizing agent to a temperature at least equal to that of the chamber before the sterilizing agent is fed into the chamber.

Packaging material sterilizing unit for a pourable food product packaging machine

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Formigine, Italy

Detlef Elias