Steam Injection Heaters for Food and Beverage Processing

Heating Jacketed Kettles

An increasing number of process engineers are switching from steam to hot water for jacketed heating, and the Pick Constant Flow Direct Steam Injection Heater is ideally suited to this closed loop application. The temperature in the jacket can be controlled much more accurately with hot water, eliminating hot spots, burn-on or thermal shock. With the Pick Heater, the process can be adjusted to any predetermined rate. And the Pick System is easily adapted to cascade controls allowing heat as well as heat/cool applications.

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• Constant Flow Direct Steam Injection Heater
• Portable Heating System For Jacketed Kettles Case Study

In-Line Cooking

The patented, award winning Pick Sanitary Jet Cooker heats, cooks or sterilizes water or slurry type food products on a continuous, straight-through basis, replacing slow batch processing. Its low velocity mixing and non-shearing design can handle even bite size pieces without damage to product texture or integrity.

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• Sanitary Jet Cooker/Steam Injection Heater
• Product Cooking Case Study

Clean-In-Place

Pick Direct Steam Injection Heaters provide two alternative methods to CIP. The Pick Sanitary 3A Heater, can be piped directly into your recirculation loop or the Pick Constant Flow Heater can be packaged to provide a fully automated caustic feed system to meet your requirements.

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• Sanitary 3A Direct Steam Injection Heater
• Constant Flow Direct Steam Injection Heater
• Clean-In-Place Case Study

Pasteurizing

Pick's Direct Steam Injection technology offers several options for pasteurizing. Each one takes advantage of Pick's precise temperature control, ease of maintenance and compact size. Pick can be used for In-line, Tunnel, or Closed Loop/ Plate and Frame Hot Water Set Pasteurization.

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• Packaged Steam Injection System
• Pasteurizing Case Study

Vegetable Can Topping

Because of its ability to deliver hot water on demand at precisely controlled temperatures, the Pick Heater is ideal for can topping. The Sanitary Jet Cooker can also heat syrups, slurries and other liquids for can topping.

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• Sanitary Jet Cooker

IQF Freezer Defrosting

The Pick Variable Flow Heater is ideal for removal of ice build-up on multiple belt freezers or defrosting refrigeration coils. Its unique design can handle the variable water demands needed for sequencing wash cycles on multiple systems.

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• Variable Flow Steam Injection Heater

Nitrogen Gas Injection

The Pick Sanitary Heater provides thorough mixing and a non-shearing design to ensure product quality and integrity for nitrogen injection into foods like mayonnaise, peanut butter and edible oils to displace oxygen.

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• Pick Sanitary Steam Injection Heater
• Nitrogen Gas Injector
• Nitrogen Gas Injection Case Study

Confectionery/Starch Cooking

Due to its low velocity mixing and unique variable orifice design, Pick's Sanitary Jet Cooker is the ideal choice for starch and gelatin-based candy cooking. Temperatures of 285°-340°F (140°-171°C) are easily attainable, resulting in products with 80% solids. Reduced introduction of fine air reduces foaming and provides a consistently clear final product with little or no tailing.

Depositing of solids within design parameters is easily attainable, typical moisture pick up is generally ½%. On gelatin-based products the Pick Sanitary system will give you a near bubble free deposited product without the added cost of a vacuum chamber.

Additional Information

• Sanitary Jet Cooker
• Confectionery Cooking Case Study