Clearing the path for water and resource savings.

Recover the value – reduce the waste

Not every quantity of ingredients needs to be freshly sourced – some may already be present in your pipeline – trapped as product residues. Why flush these valuable resources out and let them go to waste? GEA makes it possible to recover them, keep them in the process – and save extra flushing water!

Do it with GEA: Just one of many innovations and breakthroughs from our specialists to make you more successful.

GEA VARICOVER® Product Recovery System

GEA’s renowned aseptic and hygienic product recovery or pigging systems helps companies to save product ingredients that often already have been expensively treated, and to also save flushing water – simply by minimizing waste. How does it work? A plastic pig is propelled through sections of the pipeline by compressed air, pushing out the product residues. The more viscous the product, such as yoghurt, and the longer the pipe section, the greater the amount of product you can recover, particularly in later process stages.