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UHT Milk Packaging Machine

The document summarizes the key components and functioning of a Tetra Brick Aseptic (TBA) filling machine used for packaging UHT milk. The machine sterilizes multilayer packaging material using a peroxide bath before aseptically filling and sealing the material to form individual milk cartons. Key parts of the TBA machine include an automatic splicing unit, strip applicator, peroxide bath, aseptic chamber, jaw system for transverse sealing and cutting, and final folder for shaping the packages.

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UHT Milk Packaging Machine

The document summarizes the key components and functioning of a Tetra Brick Aseptic (TBA) filling machine used for packaging UHT milk. The machine sterilizes multilayer packaging material using a peroxide bath before aseptically filling and sealing the material to form individual milk cartons. Key parts of the TBA machine include an automatic splicing unit, strip applicator, peroxide bath, aseptic chamber, jaw system for transverse sealing and cutting, and final folder for shaping the packages.

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UHT Milk Packaging Machine

Dairy Process Engineering (DTE -212)

Dr. J. Badshah
University Professor – cum - Chief Scientist
Dairy Engineering Department
Sanjay Gandhi Institute of Dairy Science &
Technology, Jagdeopath, Patna
(Bihar Animal Sciences University, Patna)
UHT Milk Packaging Machine
 This is different than the usual FFS machine in that the
packaging material is multi layered, and the filling is done in an
absolutely aseptic condition. The filling room is kept in a
positive pressure, and the air inlet is through HEPA filters. 

 Starting out from a reel of packaging material, the Tetra Brick


Aseptic (TBA ) filling machine produces filled packages. The
packaging material is first sterilized and then formed into a
tube. The tube is filled with product and then shaped and cut
into individual packages.

 In India, the commonly available Asceptic packaging machine


is from Tetrapak company.
Tetra brik Aseptic (TBA)filling machine

 Tetra Brick filling machines are built from so called


modules and may also have following additional
equipment and accessories.
 ASU Automatic splicing unit (ASU): The automatic
splicing unit splices reels of packaging material. This
means that production can continue uninterrupted when
one reel of packaging material comes to an end. During
 

splicing though, the packaging material has to remain


still in the splicing head. The magazine provides the
necessary supply of material so that the machine does
not have to stop.
 The PullTab unit is additional equipment, providing the
packaging material with a PullTab opening before it
enters the peroxide bath. The PullTab opening is created
by punching a hole in the packaging material. The hole is
Strip Applicator
 The strip applicator applies a plastic strip, the LS-strip,
along one edge of the packaging material. The strip is
applied on the inside of the packaging material and is
intended to prevent product from being soaked into the
raw paper edge of the longitudinal seal.

 The strip will also support the seal. Only half of the LS-
strip is sealed to this edge of the packaging material. The
other half will be sealed to the other edge later, when the
packaging material is formed into a tube.
Peroxide Bath
 The packaging material will be sterilized in the peroxide
bath. The packaging material will be immersed into warm
peroxide and both sides will be sterilized.

 In machines with shallow baths the inside of the


packaging material will merely be covered with cold
peroxide and the sterilization will be finished in the tube
heater.
Aseptic Chamber
 The packaging material will be dried with heated air. An
aseptic environment around the sterilized packaging
material is maintained with an overpressure of heat-
sterilized air. This takes place in the aseptic chamber.

 Machines with shallow baths, which have no aseptic


chamber, heat-sterilized air will be blown into the tight
tube. This way a sterile area is maintained where the
tube is to be filled with product. The packaging material
will be formed into a tube and sealed longitudinally.
Finally, the tube will be filled with product.
Jaw System
 In the jaw system the tube is sealed transversally and
cut into separate packages. The sealing is made by
induction heating, using the aluminum in the packaging
material to melt the plastic.

 It is important that the package design, with the creases,


appear in accordance with the jaws. This is controlled
and corrected by the jaw system.
Final Folder
 In the final folder the separate package gets its final
shape. The fins are folded and the flaps are folded and
sealed. Hot air is used to seal the flaps.

 The plastic outer coating on the package material is


heated and the flaps are pressed against the sides and
the bottom of the package. When the plastic gets cool
the flap is sealed.
Operator Panel
 The operator panel allows the operator to communicate
with the machine. It is used to start and stop or make the
machine take any other action.

 In the electrical cabinet a great part of the electrical


components are included, such as:

● Temperature regulators
● Control system
● Contactors
● Induction Heating unit, etc.
•  
Service Unit
 Service unit: The service unit includes parts and supply
systems needed for the machine function, for example:
● Water and air system
● Lubrication and hydraulic oil system
● Pneumatic and peroxide systems

 Drive system: The drive system includes motor, gear


and cam. These parts run the jaw system and also the
final folder on certain machines.
Tetra Brick Aseptic Machine
Tetra Pak TBA/19 Aseptic Filling Machine
Tetra Pak TR/28 Filling Machine
Package Terminology
 Creases are the folding instructions on the packaging material to
ensure the Creases package’s final shape. 

 The longitudinal seal (LS) is accomplished when forming the


packaging material seals into a tube. It seals the package along the
side. A strip of laminated plastic, the LS-strip, covers the seal on the
inside. The area of the overlap joint is called the longitudinal overlap.
 The transversal seal (TS) is made when the tube is filled with
product. It seals the package at top and bottom. The sealing takes
place below the product level in the tube.

 The fins are the areas, at top and bottom of the package, where it is
sealed and Fins cut.

 The flaps would be the corners of the package, if you flattened it out.


When Flaps shaping the package, the flaps are folded down and in,
and then sealed to the package body.
Image showing Package Terminology

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