The
company Tetra Pak makes a milk pasteurizer that is called Tetra Plex M Plate
Heat Exchanger (Tetra Pak, unknown date). This product is very compact and
economical. This product can run for a very long time which will decrease the
amount of labour and maximize the amount of milk that is produced by the
equipment. This product is also very energy efficient, therefore this will decrease
the running costs of the pasteurization equipment and also minimize the
environmental impact. The Tetra Plex M Plate Heat Exchanger has a very reliable
design so the product will not break easily and repairs and maintenance costs
are low. The function of this product is
for pasteurizing milk products, it can also be used for general heating or
cooling of different beverages (Tetra Pak, unknown date). This product requires
energy so it maybe difficult to run in the rural areas of Nepal because it may
be difficult to get electricity to the milk pasteurization equipment. These products can be custom designed depending on what the customer needs and they can range anywhere from $10,000 - $30,000 in Canadian (Tetra Pak, unknown date).