The custom-built facility at the Cheshire-based college will play a major role in a new training programme. Project Eden, a training scheme funded by the Northwest Regional Development Agency, will provide higher level qualifications for those in the dairy processing and manufacturing sector.
Following several months of deliberations, Reaseheath and Tetra Pak CPS worked together to finalise the overall scope of supply for the new teaching facility. To facilitate teaching students about the best available technology in the dairy industry, the equipment will include an automated raw milk offloading, storage and distribution system.
To demonstrate industry best practice while minimising operational costs to Reaseheath College, a low throughput milk separation, automatic inline standardising, partial homogenising and pasteurisation plant will be installed.
A low throughput highly flexible mix, pasteurisation and ageing/incubation process plant for processing various milk products, yogurts, custard and ice cream is being supplied to enable tomorrow’s generation of dairy industry managers to understand the basics of food processing in a proactive learning environment.
Complementing the entire plant’s ergonomic design and demonstrating best practice in energy and waste reduction, will be a fully bespoke skid mounted Cleaning In Place system supplied to meet the latest Supermarket Codes of Practice.
The entire installation due to be operational by April 2010 will include testing of all product lines and hands-on training provided by the Tetra Pak CPS team of engineers.
“The entire dairy industry is supporting Project Eden, including the industry’s trade organisation Dairy UK and the sector skills council, Improve,” said Tetra Pak CPS sales manager, Tony Casey. “This training initiative gives people joining the industry and those already in it the ability to use equipment within the environment of a product development and training facility, which will allow people to learn from their mistakes. The learning opportunities that Reaseheath will be providing are excellent and we look forward to getting the project up and running with them.”
Source: Tetra Pak CPS
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