[ STATION 01 ]
Assembled line
How many stations sit between raw material and finished container is set by the route — longest on the tomato paste route, shortest on the chili sauce route.
[ STATION 02 ]
Bubble washing machine
Water temperature and screen aperture are set here — ambient with a coarse screen for fresh tomato, warmer with a finer screen for fresh chili.
[ STATION 03 ]
Crusher
Decides particle size entering the preheater — a tomato crusher on Routes A and B, replaced by a colloid mill to grind peppers on Route C.
[ STATION 04 ]
Tubular preheater & enzyme deactivator
Break regime is chosen at this station — cold break or hot break on the tomato routes, colour and enzyme hold only on the chili route.
[ STATION 05 ]
Vacuum concentration
Decides finished concentration and steam load — the core station for concentrated tomato on Route A, and absent from Route C entirely.
[ STATION 06 ]
Filling machine
Container format and fill accuracy are fixed here — aseptic bags and drums on Route A, bottles and jars on Routes B and C.
[ STATION 07 ]
Capper
Decides closure integrity before sterilization — present on the bottled ketchup and chilli sauce routes, absent from the aseptic bulk route.
[ STATION 08 ]
Sterilization station
Decides where lethality is delivered — before aseptic filling on Route A, after capping on Routes B and C.
[ STATION 09 ]
Air dryer
How dry a container is before labelling is settled here — used after post-fill sterilization on Routes B and C, not required on the aseptic route.
[ STATION 10 ]
Labeller
Decides changeover time between retail formats — the same station serves tomato ketchup and chilli sauce, with the label reel and program changed.