A major supplier of heat exchangers has moved into the soft drinks industry.
HRS Heat Exchangers said it had marketed equipment to AG Barr,
the UK's largest independent maker of soft drinks.
The heat exchangers will be used to cool carbonated drinks prior to being bottled.
Typically shell and tube heat exchangers are made from carbon steel, stainless steel, nickel, hastalloy and brass.
They have a variety of uses, in Oil and Gas, Nuclear and Process Industries, together with food service and distribution, logistics and agriculture.
HRS said it had sold three units of its MI55 series to AG Barr. The MI series of exchangers are specially designed for food applications involving fluids of low to intermediate viscosities.
The heat exchangers use corrugated tubes to increase heat transfer rates, making this series of exchangers more efficient than their traditional counterparts.
"The carbonated drinks flow through the interior tubes to bring the temperature down," HRS said in a statement.
"Corrugated tubes create extra turbulence, which translates into a significant increase in heat transfer compared to smooth tube heat exchangers."
The MI55 series are vertically mounted, meaning they take up little space. AG Barr wanted the pressure drop to be maintained at a low level in order to utilise the existing pumps. This was taken into consideration during the design phase, HRS said.
AG Barr employer more than 900 people cross the UK and has a central base in Scotland.
Paul Lambert, process improvement manager, at AG Barr, said: "The equipment from HRS Heat Exchangers has helped enhance the efficiency of our plant and we look forward to a long-term association with them."
"We are very pleased with our partnership with A.G. Barr," said Priya Murray, technical manager at HRS Heat Exchangers.
"Turbulence is the main factor in a heat exchanger for the thermal transfer to take place. The hygienic design makes the MI series especially suited for the soft drinks industry. HRS has designed different geometries to increase thermal efficiency in tubular heat exchangers using our unique corrugate tube profile."
Shell and tube heat exchangers are also used in applications such as pharmaceutical plant.
