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Preventing contamination is a crucial element in the design of hygienic processing lines. Yet manufacturers often face uncertainty when cleaning ducts, tanks and other confined spaces with hard-to-reach shadow areas. The new Alfa Laval Free Rotating Retractor, a high-efficiency retractable cleaning device, provides complete cleaning assurance, enhancing product safety while boosting uptime and productivity.

A variable frequency drive (VFD) that is fully sealed and weather tight with a UL Type 4X/IP66 rating. The drive employs water industry-specific software features and settings and it is designed for operation in environments where extreme rain, heat, snow, cold, or dust is experienced.

With its new InnoPET BloFill ACF-R aseptic block the Dortmund systems supplier wants to set new standards in safety and hygiene when it comes to bottle sterilization. KHS will be presenting this at Anuga FoodTec in Cologne in March.

Finnish deep tech company ColloidTek, has developed Collo Analyzer, a new method for real–time liquid process quality monitoring, offering significant benefits for the food and beverage manufacturing industry.

With pumping speeds ranging from 80 to 800 l/s, the HiCube Neo vacuum pumping station is ideal for demanding high vacuum and ultra-high vacuum applications. The HiCube Neo can be prepared for wide-ranging applications with an array of different backing pumps such as diaphragm, rotary vane, scroll and multi-stage Roots pumps.

MasoSine Certa pumps from Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions (WMFTS) are proving time and time again that they are up to the challenge when it comes to the transfer of viscous foods such as guacamole, a popular dip or spread for Mexican food.

Valmet introduces the new Valmet Polymer Concentration Measurement (Valmet PCM), which is the first advanced optical inline polymer measurement for municipal and industrial wastewater treatment, as well as pulp and paper processes. Real-time, continuous polymer concentration data creates new opportunities for process optimization, such as more accurate polymer dosage, savings in polymer usage, faster reaction to process disturbances, among others.

Armstrong Fluid Technology has introduced an expanded range of Design Envelope Permanent Magnet pumps that are engineered to deliver 35-65% reduction in energy consumption compared to conventional integrated pumps with induction motors.

When chemical injection processes demand dependable and accurate delivery where space is limited and reliability and convenience are required, PulsaPro 7440 has the compact size and features to make operation and maintenance easier and faster.

At the end of 2023 the KSB Group launched a new generation of its HyaDuo break tank package booster sets for fire fighting on the market. The sets meet the revised DIN 14462: 2023-07 standard for fire-fighting systems and break tank package booster sets for wall hydrant systems. The extended standard contains a number of changes that majorly impacted the design details of the fully automatic break tank package booster set for fire fighting.