The French company’s procedure replaces chemical disinfection methods, such as hydrogen peroxide or peracetic acid, or beta- or gamma-radiation. The instruments can be installed into new lines or retrofitted because they are compact.
Claranor offers solutions for the disinfection of seals, beakers, dishes and foils. A typical performance is 70,000 lids treated per hour.
The company says the technology, validated in collaboration with the German Fraunhofer Institute, is based on a dry procedure that is compact and rapid – 0.3msec for a flash.
At next month’s Anuga Foodtec trade fair, Claranor will show its systems for disinfecting seals. These include instruments for flat lids and sport lids (up to 70,000 per hour), for filling mineral water, flavoured drinks and soft drinks. For milk products, the company will present a system for dishes and beakers, which fills 30 containers a minute. The presentation will be round off with a prototype system for disinfecting foils (up to 350mm/min).