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SOLID-STATE INDUSTRIAL

HEATING EQUIPMENT 

600%

more precise

temperature control 

3-5x

less energy

24x

faster to achieve

target temperatures 

80%

smaller equipment footprint

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Welcome!

IFS, a Techstars backed company, helps food and beverage manufacturers improve efficiency and expand production with on-demand precision heating equipment. We harnessed electromagnetic energy to create the first scalable, precise, and efficient in-line heating  solution for a wide range of fluids, including high viscosity and particulate foods. Our in-line heating platform displaces boilers, combustion emissions, and the complexities & costs of conventional steam heating with smart, sustainable solutions.

Scaleable electric heating solves industrial-scale problems

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Conventional steam-powered heating is inefficient, difficult to manage, and imprecise. Plus, it limits a plant's ability to expand production and is expensive to install, maintain, and operate. 

Generating heat right in-line with a production process lets manufacturers focus on making quality food & beverage products instead of spending time and resources maintaining a central steam utility. We give manufacturers all the benefits of an 'instant water heater' for any kind of fluid heating on an industrial scale, especially  high viscosity and particulate fluid foods.

How it Works

IFS uses a coil & core design to heat fluids from the middle, out. Solid-state electronics convert power to usable electromagnetic energy. An external coil focuses that energy to an insert inside the process tube, generating heat that is conveyed to the flowing fluid. Heating flowing fluids from the middle-out is faster, more precise, and more efficient than conventional methods. 

Where it's Used

IFS' heating tech gives manufacturers a better option for their essential processes, 

from critical food safety controls to water heating.  

Our in-line heating systems improve: 

UHT processing, HTST, Pasteurization, Evaporation, and Process Temperature Regulation.

Segments:

Low acid beverages, sauce/soup/purees, high-sensitivity and high protein liquids, breweries

Why Choose Induction

  • Customized Solutions We match the right sized system for your startup or expansion needs

  • Smaller System Our system takes up less room than a traditional boilerhouse

  • No Down Time For Installation Our system quickly fits in to your production schedule

  • Cutting Edge Technology IFS is the first magnetic heating system of its kind, thanks to funding from NASA and the USDA

  • Sustainability Our system is energy efficient, reducing your business’ carbon footprint -- we have zero on-site emissions

  • Heating on Demand IFS systems provide heat on demand instead of running around the clock. Simply use it when you need it, making ops a breeze and easier to maintain and manage

Proudly made in the USA, based in North Carolina.

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Uses and Applications

Syrup processing and packing

In-line heating allows expanding maple syrup processors to heat high-sugar products in-line without costly steam infrastructure. 

HTST and hot-fill beverages

Fast time to temperature keeps more of the plant-based flavors in the product instead of cooking them out. Near instant time to temp from a cold start helps a production lines with high changeover  avoid non-productive warm-up times between runs, turning downtime into finished cases out the door.

Functional RTD beverages

By increasing turbulence at the heating surface IFS units get 50% more run-time compared to  comparable tubular system. Fewer foul-outs means big gains for uptime and yields with your high-value product. 

EXPANDING PRODUCTION

Expanding production with boiler heating is more expensive than it seems. A plug & play electric alternative avoids a boiler upsize, boiler room expansion, new feedwater system, installation downtime, and permitting. 

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GREEN & CLEAN

PLANT RETROFITS

California is a great place for food & ag. IFS tech reduces a plant's carbon footprint and criteria pollutants. In some cases IFS tech can get plants under the emissions cap or exempt them from carbon reporting all together.

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FOOD STARTUPS &

NEW BRANDS

You want to keep the quality that launched your product and need to scale production efficiently to meet demand. We've been there, too. Email us if you want to talk about heating solutions for your expansion or new build.

Who We Serve

About

IFS IS A TECHNOLOGY START UP COMPANY.

We proudly got our start from  NASA and USDA funding to explore ways to make food processing smaller and more efficient. What we found is a way to improve industrial heating to make better quality and better efficiency the new normal in manufacturing. IFS is based in the US with offices near Chicago and the Research Triangle in North Carolina. 

Our Team 

Francesco Aimone, CEO

The company builder

Food entrepreneur, healthcare bground

Columbia University

George Sadle, PhD

George Sadler, PhD, CSO

The technical genius

Food scientist and chemist

Purdue University

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