Alfa Laval Astepo TAF filler Thousand-litre aseptic filler for the food and beverage industries The Alfa Laval Astepo Thousand-litre aseptic filler (TAF) is a filling system designed for filling of a wide range of food and beverage products into appropriate containers under aseptic conditions. The TAF filler is designed specifically to fill 1000 litre (300 gallons) bags in palletizable containers. With the appropriate optional equipment and accessories TAF fillers can also be used to fill: • 220 litre (55 gallons) bags in drums • 5–20 litre (1–6 gallons) bags • 4 bags 220 litre (55 gallons) in drums on pallets • 240/400 litre (65/105 gallons) bags in carton boxes, double containers or in special designs. Application TAF fillers are particularly well suited for the filling of liquids as well as dense, low-acid and viscous products that contain particulates. Benefits • Alfa Laval Astepo fillers are proven solutions based on 30 years of experience in aseptic processing. • A fail safe system continuously control the sterile conditions. With a 1 inch filling head the TAF filler is ideal for filling liquid, dense and viscous products. With a 2 inch filling head the TAF filler is ideal for filling products containing

Mobile head: The traverse of the head is synchronized with the roller conveyor for filling 4 drums on pallet. Standard equipment for the TAF filler • Supporting frame made of AISI 304 stainless steel • AISI 304 stainless steel filling head • Parts in contact with the product made of AISI 316 stainless steel • CIP circuit and sterilization circuit made of AISI 304 stainless steel • Steam treatment and distribution group • Magnetic flow meter • System for removal of any condensate from the filling head, using suction • Motorized roller conveyor for loading pallets with empty drums and unloading...

If an automatic bag feeder (ABF) is used to load 3–20 litre (1–6 gallons) bags, the automatic loading, opening, filling and closing of the full bag and loading of the next bag begin after the “START CYCLE” button is pressed (only with 1-inch filling head). Technical data • Aseptic valves mounted on the product pipe. • The product pipe is equipped with articulated joints to allow for the up/down movement of the head. • Control of the filling batch is carried out by the volumetric dosing of the flow. This allows a final accuracy of less than ± 0.5% when filling liquid, dense and viscous products....

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