Schmidt 30,000 5-effect plate evaporator with TVR and essence recovery, this system was designed to remove 30,000 pounds of water per hour. The former owners calculated that this system removed 6.5 to 7 pounds of water per pound of steam used. This system originally ran orange juice concentrating from 20 to 65 brix and concentrating lemon juice from 20 to 65 brix. The essence recovery system produced 100-fold essence, and was scored excellent in flavor and aroma. This evaporation system is capable of running many types of products with minimal or no modification. This evaporator was built in Germany and tested on the factory site, unbolted, disassembled, containerized, shipped to the USA and installed on site. The system has been carefully matched marked and color coded at all connections and then carefully disassembled without the use of a cutting torch or cut off saws. It is ready for immediate reassembly. It does nor requires any structural foundation, only a level concrete floor, minimum of 4 ft. thick. It requires about a 15 ft. x 50 ft. area of floor space. This is really a nice modular system in excellent condition. It could be up and running in two weeks after arrival at a new owners site. This unit originally cost well over $ 1,000,000.