China — May 2025 — Shanghai EasyReal Machinery Co., Ltd. supplied a Pilot UHT/HTST Plant for Naw Chow Tianjin R&D in China. This pilot-scale system is designed for cream trials, dairy product testing, and formulation development, helping the customer study product behavior under real thermal processing conditions before scale-up.
The system includes a Pilot Tubular Sterilizer, Inline Homogenizer, Aseptic Filling Cabinet, and related utility modules. It is mainly used for whipping cream and other dairy product experiments and recipe development, giving the R&D team a more practical and production-relevant pilot platform.
In dairy development, especially for cream-based products, simple laboratory tests are often not enough. Product stability, texture, thermal response, and filling performance can change after heat treatment and homogenization. A pilot UHT/HTST plant helps bridge the gap between small lab work and industrial production.
Customer: Naw Chow Tianjin R&D
Country: China
Project year: May 2025
Project type: Pilot UHT/HTST Plant
Main use: R&D and formulation development for whipping cream and other dairy products
Main modules: Pilot Tubular Sterilizer, Inline Homogenizer, Aseptic Filling Cabinet, and Utilities
This project was built for a real R&D application environment where accurate process simulation, flexible trials, and repeatable testing are all important.
This pilot plant is mainly used for whipping cream and other dairy product development. That makes it especially useful for R&D tasks where product structure and thermal response need careful control.
For cream products, the process is very important. Even a small change in heat treatment or homogenization can affect:
• texture
• viscosity
• emulsion stability
• whipping performance
• mouthfeel
• storage behavior
Because of this, a pilot plant is far more valuable than basic heating equipment alone. It allows the customer to evaluate both the formula and the process path together.
Cream and dairy formulation work often requires more than ingredient adjustment. R&D teams also need to understand how the product behaves after homogenization and thermal treatment.
A pilot UHT/HTST system allows the customer to:
• test different heat treatment conditions
• compare process settings for cream products
• study emulsion behavior after homogenization
• prepare realistic pilot samples
• reduce scale-up risk
• improve formulation efficiency
• support product optimization with real processing data
For cream applications, this matters a lot. A formula that looks acceptable at bench scale may behave very differently after sterilization and inline homogenization. Pilot testing provides better data for real production decisions.
The Pilot Tubular Sterilizer is the core thermal module of the system. It supports both UHT and HTST process trials on a pilot scale.
This helps the customer study how cream and dairy products respond to heating under controlled conditions. In dairy R&D, thermal treatment affects several important factors, including:
• microbial safety
• flavor retention
• fat system stability
• protein behavior
• viscosity change
• storage performance
• shelf life potential
A pilot tubular sterilizer makes it possible to test these effects in a process route that is much closer to industrial production than a simple lab heater.
The Inline Homogenizer is a key module in this project, especially for cream and dairy applications. Homogenization has a direct effect on product smoothness, emulsion quality, and physical stability.
In R&D work, the inline homogenizer helps the customer evaluate:
• fat particle distribution
• product uniformity
• mouthfeel
• texture refinement
• separation risk
• stability after processing
For whipping cream and other dairy products, this step is often essential. A pilot system with inline homogenization gives the customer a more reliable way to compare formulas and process routes.
The Aseptic Filling Cabinet supports pilot-scale sample filling under controlled hygienic conditions. This is a very important part of the testing process, because product evaluation does not stop after sterilization.
The customer may need pilot samples for:
• internal tasting
• formulation comparison
• stability studies
• storage observation
• process validation
The aseptic filling cabinet helps produce more meaningful trial samples and supports better shelf life and performance evaluation during R&D.
The plant also includes the required utility modules for stable and repeatable operation. Utilities may not be the most visible part of the system, but they are essential for good pilot performance.
Reliable utilities support:
• stable processing conditions
• better heat treatment control
• repeatable testing results
• consistent pilot operation
This project is not just a set of separate machines. It is an integrated pilot plant where sterilization, homogenization, aseptic filling, and utilities work together in one coordinated system.
The plant also includes the required utility modules for stable and repeatable operation. Utilities may not be the most visible part of the system, but they are essential for good pilot performance.
Reliable utilities support:
• stable processing conditions
• better heat treatment control
• repeatable testing results
• consistent pilot operation
This project is not just a set of separate machines. It is an integrated pilot plant where sterilization, homogenization, aseptic filling, and utilities work together in one coordinated system.
For Naw Chow Tianjin R&D, this project provides a practical platform for dairy innovation and product validation.
The pilot plant helps the customer:
• test whipping cream and dairy product formulas under real process conditions
• optimize heat treatment and homogenization settings
• prepare pilot samples for evaluation
• shorten formulation development cycles
• reduce uncertainty before larger-scale production
• improve product understanding through pilot-scale trials
This makes the system valuable not only as equipment, but also as a long-term R&D tool.
Cream products are more sensitive than many standard liquid foods. Their fat system, texture, and stability can all change after processing. That is why a proper pilot system is especially important.
Compared with basic lab devices, this kind of pilot plant offers clear advantages:
• more realistic process simulation
• better relevance for industrial scale-up
• more reliable testing of product texture and stability
• better support for new product development
• more practical pilot sample preparation
For companies working on cream and dairy innovation, these advantages can save time and reduce technical risk.
EasyReal has experience in both pilot-scale food processing systems and industrial thermal processing equipment. That experience is important for projects like this, because a useful pilot plant should reflect real production logic instead of acting as an isolated lab machine.
This project combines the core process steps that matter most:
• pilot thermal treatment
• inline homogenization
• aseptic filling
• utility support
That structure makes the system practical for real dairy R&D work and more valuable for future process scale-up.
Post time: Jun-03-2025
