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News Release from: AR Arena Products | Subject: Aseptic Air-Evac
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 31 March 2008
Aseptic Air-Evac Bag-in-Box packaging
system
The industry-proven Air-Evac bag-in-box packaging system, that dramatically increases the amount of high viscosity fluids that can be extracted from bag-in-box packages, is available with aseptic bags
The industry-proven Air-Evac bag-in-box packaging system dramatically increases the amount of high viscosity fluids that can be extracted from bag-in-box packages The addition of the aseptic, high-capacity barrier bags brings the efficiencies and cost savings of the Air-Evac system to high-quality food applications such as fruit fillings, diced tomatoes, sauces, and other mid-range viscosity food products that are suitable for aseptic packaging
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 31 May 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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"The aseptic process enables longer shelf life for products and better manufacturing efficiencies for producers," said Mike Brunhuber, vice president of Arena Products: "We've expanded our successful Air-Evac system in response to this growing demand and in keeping with our strategy of providing holistic systems for safe, productive filling; and productive and complete product discharge.
Our highly-engineered aseptic liners provide the ultimate protection of product".
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The aseptic, metallised film bags are available with a variety of barrier films to meet customers specific needs.
They are designed to work with existing top-fill fitments, and the Arena 330 (A330) Shipper Intermediate Bulk Container (IBC) Liquid Shipping System.
When used with the A330, the Arena Aseptic Air-Evac product line can be bottom discharged through a two-inch BSP fitment or top discharged.
The liners also are compatible with the broad range of specialty pumping systems from Arena that help reduce residual waste when discharging more viscous products.
The Arena Shipper is a reusable IBC that dramatically reduces solid waste versus single use corrugated bag-in-box IBC, while folding down to reduce return freight and carbon emissions associated with tank-style IBCs.
The aseptic bags are available in both the Starfish and Blowfish Air-Evac liquid liner styles.
The Starfish provides top discharge and the Blowfish provides bottom discharge.
Customers also have the option of using the Arena bag cassette which makes filling easier by positioning the bottom fitment near the bottom drain hole so that operators can easily lock it into place prior to filling.
The cassette also helps to keep the top fitment centered and allows the bag to fill to its maximum volume.
The Air-Evac system works by replacing the volume of liquid pumped out of the inner chamber of the liners with shop air introduced to chambers on the outside of the bag.
The inflating air chambers push the liquid content toward the bag outlet.
Air volume is increased as the liquid content decreases.
As product pools around the drain opening, it can be easily pumped out, enabling the Air-Evac to achieve very low residual levels, virtually eliminating waste.
The shop air does not come into direct contact with the bag contents, preventing product contamination.
The automated system does not require manual intervention or monitoring.
The Air-Evac liner alerts operators when the contents of the bag are nearly emptied, eliminating the need for constant monitoring.
Residual levels are generally reduced by over 50 percent, increasing yield while reducing the cost and environmental impact of solid waste.
Also, the inexpensive Air-Evac system eliminates the need for bag wringing or scraping.
The Air-Evac system from Arena Products has been used successfully in many applications since its introduction in 2006.
For example, Friendly Ice Cream Corporation has improved safety and sanitation and decreased its manual labour as a result of converting from stainless steel tanks to the Air-Evac bag-in-box application.
Friendly uses the system at its Massachusetts plant in the handling of its high-viscosity fudge and pineapple toppings.
"Safety is number one at Friendly, and the Arena system has eliminated the potential safety hazards of our steel tanks.
We've also improved sanitation and decreased our manual labour.
We are very pleased with the system," said Jim Perry, business unit supervisor at the plant.
Arena Products will demonstrate the Arena Aseptic Air-Evac Bag-in-Box packaging system at booth 3501 at the IFT Food Expo in New Orleans.
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