BEVERAGE PROCESSING
Continental offers world-class industrial hoses to Aussie beverage market Continental, through ContiTech Australia, has a range of industrial hoses that are suited to all sectors of beverage manufacturing. Adam McCleery writes. Continetal and ContiTech supply industrial hoses are suited to the Australian beverage industry.
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ontinental ContiTech Australia, a specialist in rubber and plastics technology, is stepping up its presence in the Australian beverage sector with its range of industrial hoses. Continental beverage hoses have already been employed by beverage manufacturers across the global market, particularly in the USA, Europe, and the rest of the Asia Pacific. Brewing, among others, has proven fertile ground for the Continental hoses. Breweries rely on robust and high-quality industrial hoses to mitigate the risks of process failures, to ensure product purity at all stages of production, and to ensure hygienic and reliable transportation of fluids. The hose range is designed for wine, beer, strong alcoholic beverage, as well as fruit juice processing. They feature a completely smooth, plasticiser-free lining that doesn’t leave any odour or taste in the product and are suitable for all common connecting systems. Importantly, the hoses are resistant to clean-in-place (CIP) procedures and all harsh cleaning processes in the beverage industry. While Continental hoses can be applied to all the aforementioned beverages, the art of brewing is an example of the product’s capabilities.
This is because breweries rely on robust and high-quality hose solutions to reduce failures, ensure product purity at all stages of production and ensure hygienic and reliable transportation to the market. Continental ContiTech national sales manager, Scott Weston, and area sales manager Clayton Brown sat down with Food & Beverage Industry News to give some insight on what the company’s industrial ContiTech industrial hoses are flexible and resilient, adapting to any sized space.
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hoses offer the Australian market. “We have a long list of beverage hoses, too many to list here, but ExtremeFlex Beverage, Purple Snake, Vintner Reserve and Fortress washdown hoses have proven to be a great fit for brewing,” said Weston. “Everyone has their own takes on sustainability but for us, being a rubber manufacturing company, we want to ensure the products last a long time and protect people’s
investments,” said Weston. “Being recognised in society as a benchmark in quality and offering long-term value creation, to us, those are key points around sustainability.” The ExtremeFlex Beverage hose is suitable for beer production because it features a non-porous and high-performing microberesistant chlorobutyl tube, which is what prevents any odour or taste contamination during the brewing process. The hoses are also flexible and resilient, which means they are applicable to any brewer, from the smallest spaces to the largest. “We can make any product with any compounding, structure, reinforcement to meet any application. If there is a unique issue that a customer has, we can go in there, recognise improvements and help them and increase efficiencies by providing a solution,” said Weston. Brown echoed Weston’s sentiments. “Brewers find themselves having to change out hoses more frequently but with Continental’s high-quality products, which are higher in value but change outs are far less frequent, loss of production time is reduced and risk to product quality is diminished. This is how we protect our customers investment’s” he said. “The ExtremeFlex Beverage hose is highly flexible and light weight,
