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PureLine AFX

Smart UV Solution for Food and Beverage

AFX is Nuvonic’s next-generation UV disinfection system, built on the proven AF platform renowned for trusted performance, reliability, and superior quality.

Designed specifically for process and product water applications in the food and beverage industry, AFX delivers optimised microbial inactivation in an easy-to-install, compact design — significantly reducing energy consumption and total operating costs compared to conventional UV treatment systems.

 

  • Soft Drinks
  • Carbonated Beverages
  • Juices & Nectars
  • Flavoured Water
  • Functional Drinks / Energy Drinks
  • Bottled Water
  • Craft breweries
  • Large-scale beer production
  • Wineries
  • Distilleries
  • Milk and dairy beverages
  • Plant-based drinks (oat, almond, soy)
  • Flavour houses
  • Syrup manufacturers

Why Choose PureLine AFX for Food & Beverage Processing?

In food and beverage processing, reliable water disinfection is critical to reduce risk and protect uptime. PureLine AFX features a CFD-optimised chamber design that delivers consistent UV performance through Nuvonic’s Adaptive Temperature Technology, even as temperatures and flow conditions change. Fully vertically integrated manufacturing and global sales support ensure the quality and long-term reliability of every PureLine AFX system.

 

– Maximised efficiency through CFD-optimised chamber design. Computational Fluid Dynamics modelling ensures ideal flow distribution and UV dose consistency, achieving a 24% reduction in system footprint compared to conventional UV systems.

– Low cost of ownership and energy consumption. Optimised lamp and chamber pairing delivers high UV output at lower power draw, reducing both OPEX and environmental impact across the system’s lifetime.

– Adaptive Temperature Technology — maintains stable UV output across a ~5–35 °C operating range, eliminating the performance instability of traditional amalgam lamps when water temperature fluctuates during production.

– Increased savings with SmartRay™ lamps. Genuine Nuvonic SmartRay™ lamps deliver a 16,000-hour rated lamp life, reducing replacement frequency, maintenance downtime, and long-term consumable costs.

– Advanced Nuvonic Purevue™ digital controller. Intuitive 10-inch HMI touchscreen with configurable alarms and optional SCADA connectivity for seamless integration with existing industrial control and compliance systems.

– Self-diagnosing smart wiper. Automated cleaning system monitors its own performance and alerts operators to issues before UV output is affected, maintaining consistent disinfection without manual intervention.

– Easy-to-service design. Fewer lamps, fewer connections, and plug-in components enable rapid maintenance. Up to 75% less internal cabinet wiring reduces potential failure points and simplifies troubleshooting.

PureLine AFX – Proven through decades of validated system design – engineered to meet USEPA, UVDGM requirements for confidence in critical applications.

Engineered for Reliability. Built to last

PureLine AFX delivers a scalable UV water treatment solution for food and beverage applications, using Adaptive Temperature Technology lamps to provide effective microbial inactivation of bacteria and viruses and protect human health across varying process conditions.

– CFD-optimised chamber for consistent performance — the Computational Fluid Dynamics-optimised chamber enhances UV transmittance and ensures ideal mixing for optimal disinfection results. With a 24% reduction in footprint compared to other UV systems, PureLine AFX is ideal for space-constrained food and beverage facilities.

– High performance, low running costs — the optimised system design pairs genuine SmartRay™ lamps with the CFD-optimised chamber to deliver high UV output at low energy consumption, reducing both operating costs and maintenance frequency.

– Stable UV across real-world temperatures — Adaptive Temperature Technology maintains stable UV output across a wide operating range (~5–35 °C), delivering reliable disinfection, improved efficiency, longer lamp life, and consistent long-term performance — even when water temperature fluctuates between chilled ingredient water and warm CIP rinse cycles.

– 16,000-hour lamp life — extended lamp life minimises maintenance downtime and lamp changeouts, lowering lifetime operating costs for food and beverage facilities running continuous or near-continuous production schedules.

Adaptive Temperature Technology Lamps

Stable UV. Longer Lamp Life. Higher Efficiency.

Adaptive Temperature Technology delivers consistently high UV performance across the real-world process conditions found in food and beverage production — from chilled ingredient water to warm rinse cycles, ensuring reliable disinfection at any operating temperature.

By keeping the lamp operating at its optimum point regardless of external conditions, Adaptive Temperature Technology eliminates the UV dose instability that undermines traditional amalgam systems. This protects lamp life, reduces unplanned downtime, and drives higher energy efficiency with dependable dimming performance across the full operating range.

When tested across a broad range of temperature conditions and dimming levels, Adaptive Temperature Technology delivers up to 20% better efficiency than conventional spot amalgam lamps.

Designed for Consistency. Trusted by Industry

The Nuvonic Purevue™ digital controller features an intuitive 10-inch HMI touchscreen with configurable alarm outputs, providing operators with easy access to real-time UV performance data. Optional SCADA connectivity enables seamless integration with standard industrial control systems, ensuring reliable capture and processing of operational data for regulatory compliance and process optimisation.

– Simplified service design — fewer lamps, fewer connections, and plug-in components make maintenance fast and straightforward, reducing both service time and the need for specialist tools.

– Engineered for low total cost of ownership — optimised energy consumption and reduced operational expenses across the system’s lifetime keep running costs predictable and competitive.

– 75% less internal cabinet wiring — significantly fewer potential failure points simplify maintenance, speed up troubleshooting, and enhance long-term system reliability.

 

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Genuine parts

Nuvonic designs and manufactures key PureLine AFX components — ensuring robust performance and a resilient supply chain. This vertical integration of critical components and operations not only ensures a robust, protected and reliable supply chain but also makes Nuvonic a unique UV solution provider.

The ability to manufacture our own medium-pressure UV lamps allows Nuvonic to optimize both lamp technology and system design – delivering an ‘Application-optimised UV’ system with reliable, and high-performance results.

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