Soft Drink Blender
The soft drink blender enables continuous high-accuracy production of carbonated beverages and sugar-free sodas. Integrating process units including de-aeration, blending, cooling and carbonation, the complete system is pre-assembled, factory-tested and skid-mounted on a base frame for fast on-site installation and commissioning.
Working Principle
Water undergoes mass-transfer with carbon dioxide inside the de-aeration tower for stripping, reducing residual oxygen in water to below 10 ppb. After de-aeration, the water contains approximately 2.5 g/L CO2. Syrup dosing ratio against water is controlled via high-precision flow meters and regulating valves. The blended stream is pressurized and mixed before being sent to the cooling section. After mixing and cooling, carbon dioxide is dosed proportionally into the product. Static mixers guarantee full dissolution of CO2. Should off-spec product enter the finished-product tank, an internal re-circulation loop allows readjustment of brix and CO2 content. The equipment is built following hygienic design principles to eliminate sanitary dead-zones and prevent CIP residues.
Features
- Continuous high-precision production of carbonated beverages and soft drinks.
- Integrates all required processes: water deaeration, syrup dosing, cooling, carbonation and finished-product buffer tank.
- High flexibility and outstanding performance with infinitely adjustable capacity over a wide range.
- Fast product change-over supported by recipe management.
- Efficient water deaeration plus circulating ratio tuning for syrup and CO2 delivers ultra-low oxygen content in finished products.
- Full hygienic design enabling dead-zone-free CIP (Clean-in-Place) cleaning.
- Fully automatic operation, standard-supplied with Siemens PLC and touch-screen HMI.
- Remote maintenance and service accessible via VPN modem.
- Custom-engineered design available per customer requirements.
- Skid-mounted construction shortens on-site installation and commissioning lead-time.
- Optional online analyzers for brix and CO2 content to enhance product quality control.
