Used Varo Stainless Steel Horizontal Sterilizer Skid

Varo Sterilizer System

System was installed but never operated

• Product last ran:
  • Baby food, primarily pureed without stabilizer
• Process:
  • 500L Varo/DCI HPT tank skids
  • 12 gpm feed rate to filling line
  • Vacuum induct into the Varo/DCI process tanks
  • Pasteurize to 198°F in a Varo/DCI process tank.
  • Hold for 5 minutes
  • Cool to 185°F for filling
  • Transfer to filler via Ampco positive displacement pump
• VARO HPT Skid for a 12 GPM system
  • Batch processing (500 liter batches)
  • Retention of natural and vivid product colors, textures and flavors
  • Ability to temporarily halt product without product loss
  • Horizontal cooker with a double jacket for heating and cooling of the product (steam and water)
    • Temperature: 289° F
    • Volume of one batch: max. 500Lper minute
    • Equipped with an agitator, which allows removal of the product from the inner walls of the cooker (PEEK scraper) and allows rapid heating and cooling of the product (coil to be used with steam/ hot and cold water). The speed of rotation of the agitator is adjustable between 6 and 16 rpm.
    • 3.2 bar/46.5 psi over-pressure and vacuum.
    • Manway cover will include a safety proxy switches.
    • ASME certified rupture disc with sensor.
    • Vent assembly for high/ low flow.
    • Level sensor to indicate tank level contents.
  • All contact surfaces are stainless steel SA-240 316L and finished to 30Ra
  • All other is made from stainless steel SA-240 304, except certain components such as gear, bearings, etc
  • Insulation of vessel: 2 inch fiber glass and covered with 12 gauge 304 stainless steel. End pieces have no insulation.
  • Design pressure:
    • Tank 47psi at 290°F
    • Jacket 65psi @ 290°F
  • Utility Requirements needed on site:
    • Steam: Clean saturated 3 bar/43.5 psi (g), 143C/ 289°F / capacity 1200 kg/hr 429 gal/hr
    • Cooling water: max 15 C/ 59°F, 30m3/ hour/ 7925 gal /hr
    • Compressed air: 6 bar/87psi
    • Sterile air: 2 bar/29psi
  • Chart recorder panel and Honeywell recorders