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Reported equipment-supply project · 2022

Niger: bulk tomato paste to retail cans.

This Niger project, supplied in September 2022, starts with aseptic bulk tomato paste. Its purpose is to prepare and pack a retail tomato product through unloading, blending, heating and a can-processing section. The route illustrates a purchased-paste plant rather than a fresh-fruit concentration line.

Multiple filling heads above red tin cans in the Niger project
The can-filling section of the reported Niger bulk-paste reprocessing project.
Location
Niger
Supply date
September 2022
Starting material
Paste in 200 L / 220 L aseptic bags
Reported packs
400 g and 2.2 kg tin cans
Reported line rate
1 t/hProject reference; the selected recipe, pack and operating basis remain relevant.

A reprocessing route from a concentrated ingredient

The reported equipment scope begins with paste unloading and suction transfer, followed by dilution, blending and cooking. The prepared product then passes through tubular thermal treatment before the can-filling and seaming operations.

Spray postpasteurization and cooling, drying, coding and packing complete the reported sequence. CIP and the supporting water and compressed-air systems form part of the project description.

Filling heads work within a container-handling system

The filling image shows several nozzles positioned over cans on a conveyor. Product supply must remain stable while the containers enter, fill and leave the station. The upstream mixing and heating arrangement therefore needs to support the packing sequence, including its interruptions.

The two reported can sizes require their own filling and handling settings. Comparing containers per hour without the net fill mass would hide the product-flow difference between those formats.

The input material determines which plant sections are needed

Purchased paste already contains the concentrated tomato base. This purchase task therefore centres on unloading, recipe processing and packaging rather than fresh-fruit washing, pulping or evaporation.

For a similar project, the useful engineering starting points are the paste specification, intended recipe, chosen container and production schedule. Those conditions connect the batch preparation cycle to the continuous heating and filling demand.

Apply the example to a defined new configuration

The project provides a concrete example of bulk-paste reprocessing and can filling. A new line uses its own product, package and utility definition to establish equipment sizes, the thermal process and operating sequence.

The same comparison should include cleaning access, format change parts, closure inspection and the handover records. These details turn a list of machines into a workable production scope.

Further detail

Questions about this equipment and process

Does this case include processing fresh tomatoes into concentrated paste?

The reported input is already-concentrated paste in aseptic bags. Fresh-fruit preparation and evaporation are a separate supply task.

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