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Article: No holding back: new tank and tube design centers on mantra of efficiency, versatility, capacity and cleanability.(processing technology)
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- Dairy Field
- Article date:
- May 1, 2007
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Tanks and tubes are crucial components in a dairy plant, as part of the infrastructure needed to turn raw milk into finished product of one form or another. If a processing facility can be compared to a city, tanks and tubes could be considered the housing and transit systems.
Befitting their role in the daily workings of a dairy plant, tanks and tubes are maintained much like homes and vehicles, with continual upkeep, preventative maintenance and the occasional necessary replacement. Although engineering improvements in tanks and tubes are typically subtle, they are evident in some of the latest designs to come from equipment makers. Such refinements affect ...