Liquid Technologies

Thermal Processing Solutions for Food and Beverage R & D

MicroThermics Lab Scale HTST/UHT Equipment

MicroThermics small scale HTST/UHT Thermal Processing equipment is designed with flexibility and ease of use to process production quality samples for a wide range of products such as flavoured milks, plant based beverages, protein shakes, meal replacements, juices, sauces using a range of thermal processes Aseptic, ESL, HTST by Indirect Heating or Direct Steam Injection. Our engineers can adapt design features to meet a customer’s unique requirements, whether related to specific product characteristics or in-house bespoke thermal processes.

Processing Technologies for Product Developers

  • Indirect Heating with Tube in Shell or Plate Heat Exchangers -
  • Direct Steam Injection
  • AI Indirect Series Processor has a Full Automation Package for Ease of Use and Enhanced Operator Efficiencies
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  • Inline High Pressure Homogenisation
  • Ultra Clean Laminar Air Flow Cabinet for container/bottle filling
  • Extra Hold Tube options
  • Additional Cooling Heat Exchangers
  • Rapid Sterilisation Option
  • Capability to design and build for specific client requirements

MicroThermics HTST/UHT Specific Equipment Functionalities

Onboard software provides a range of tools to ensure ease of use, accuracy and repeatability of sample processing conditions and retention of processing records by way of:


  • HMI Touchscreen PC and PLC control
  • Alarms Package
  • Sensor Calibration Package
  • Product Recipe and Processing Parameters Data Storage
  • Data Logging of Process Parameters with extraction to USB Storage Device or Local Network
  • Range of Control Safeties including hard wired and software safeties
  • eConnect Option for Controlled Cloud Connectivity - used for Software Updates, Technical Support and Troubleshooting

Benefits of MicroThermics HTST/UHT Processors

  • MicroThermics Lab scale Thermal Processors are accurate across the entire thermal process thus preventing failure of products when transferred to production.
  • Product Development cycle time is reduced thus getting products to the market quicker
  • Process sample quantities to accurately match plant processing conditions
  • Reduce new product development cost. Test more formulations.
  • Have more new products in the development pipeline