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Answer the questions:

  1. Is Flow International Corp a large-scale, great company?

  2. What did it start its production with?

  3. Does it have a long history?

  4. What does the company specialize in?

  5. Is it involved in research?

  6. What has the merger of the two companies (Flow and ABB Pressure) resulted in?

Acb Pressure System-Alstom (France).

ACB Pressure System-Alstom has an extensive expertise in the development of food-processing equipment such as continuous sterilizers and canneries, and in the design and manufacture of high pressure equipment for different industrial sectors. Some of the main activities of ACB Pressure System-Alstom are high-temperature-short-time continuous sterilizers for the dairy, beverage, and pharmaceutical industry; hydraulic presses (stretch forming, super elastic forming): and cold and hot isostatic presses and high pressure equipment up to 1500 MPa.

Since 1992, the company has designed new high pressure equipment specially adapted for the treatment of food products. These high pressure processing systems are known as Hyperbar and characterized by the horizontal position of vessel and yoke. Each end is fitted with a patented quick closing-opening device to enable automatic axial loading of the vessel.

Since 1992. ACB Pressure System-Alstom has been involved in a number of European research and development programs concerning high pressure food processing. At ACB Pressure System-Alstom. several systems are available for tests including a pilot unit (700 MPa, 3 liter), a semicontinuous unit (600 MPa. 5 liters), and a mobile pilot on a trailer (500 MPa, 50 liters). About 15 laboratory units have been delivered to universities and institutes. For industrial applications. ACB Pressure System-Alstom delivered the following:

  • 700 MPa (50 liter) unit to HP technologies;

  • several 400 MPa units to Ulti for the treatment of orange juice;

  • 500 MPa (50 liter) and 400 MPa (320 liter) units to Espuna for treatment of prepacked sliced, cooked ham;

  • Two: 500 MPa (420 liter) units scheduled to be delivered in 2000 2001 (Lebas, personal communication, June 1998, February 2000).

A number of other companies have developed or designed high pressure equipment including the following:

Elmhurst Research, a U.S. company that designs isostatic vessels by using old cannon tubes, such as 8-inch M201 howitzers.

Stansied Fluid Power, a family-owned company based in the United Kingdom that is mainly involved in development of laboratory equipment, jet cutting, high pressure homogenization, and consulting.

Resaw International, a company in The Netherlands that is involved in development of laboratory equipment and jet cutting.

UNIPRESS, a company in Poland associated with the High Pressure Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences has been designing sophisticated high pressure units for various research institutes (i.e., Berlin University of Technology).

Answer the questions:

  1. What kind of equipment does ACB Pressure System-Alstom deal with?

  2. What sphere of industry is the equipment of ACB for?

  3. What is Hyperbar? What are its characteristics?

  4. How is Hyperbar arranged? What does it provide?

  5. What projects have been realized by the company? What are the companies future ones?

  6. Is High Pressure equipment produced in West Europe only? What are other producing companies in this sphere?

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