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The proposed installation comprises a plurality of carriages which pass in succession from a product loading station (3) to a product unloading station (15) in succession via an inlet lock (10), a sterilizing tunnel (11), a transfer lock (12), a cooling tunnel (13), and an outlet lock (14). The supe

The proposed installation comprises a plurality of carriages which pass in succession from a product loading station (3) to a product unloading station (15) in succession via an inlet lock (10), a sterilizing tunnel (11), a transfer lock (12), a cooling tunnel (13), and an outlet lock (14). The superheated water of the sterilizing tunnel (11) and the cooling water of the cooling tunnel (13) are maintained at a pressure P1 greater than the pressure that exists inside the packages contained in the carriages during sterilization. The sterilizing tunnel (11) and the cooling tunnel (13) preferably constitute an assembly having an even number of superposed segments, with the carriages being caused to travel along the tunnels by linear magnetic couplers. The installation is adapted to sterilizing products contained in flexible packages.

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The proposed installation comprises a plurality of carriages which pass in succession from a product loading station (3) to a product unloading station (15) in succession via an inlet lock (10), a sterilizing tunnel (11), a transfer lock (12), a cooling tunnel (13), and an outlet lock (14). The supe

The proposed installation comprises a plurality of carriages which pass in succession from a product loading station (3) to a product unloading station (15) in succession via an inlet lock (10), a sterilizing tunnel (11), a transfer lock (12), a cooling tunnel (13), and an outlet lock (14). The superheated water of the sterilizing tunnel (11) and the cooling water of the cooling tunnel (13) are maintained at a pressure P1 greater than the pressure that exists inside the packages contained in the carriages during sterilization. The sterilizing tunnel (11) and the cooling tunnel (13) preferably constitute an assembly having an even number of superposed segments, with the carriages being caused to travel along the tunnels by linear magnetic couplers. The installation is adapted to sterilizing products contained in flexible packages. power stroke and exhaust stroke, when the axle is rotating; an actuator extending away from the piston for a predetermined length and having a profile defined such that, during a predetermined portion of the power stroke, the actuator exerts a force against the member sufficient to push the member into the intake channel allowing compressed fluid in the intake channel to enter the cylinder; and a section defined by the piston and having a diameter to create a temporary seal against the cylinder during a predetermined portion of the power stroke, such that compressed fluid that enters the cylinder via the intake channel will exert a force against the section pushing the cylinder through the power stroke, the section further includes exhaust grooves formed therein and positioned such that said temporary seal is broken during a predetermined portion of the exhaust stroke, wherein when the seal is broken compressed fluid in the cylinder below the section may vent past the section and out through the exhaust, which causes the pressure in the cylinder to become lower than the pressure of the compressed fluid in the intake channel and ensures that the member re-seals the cylinder from the intake channel. 2. The motor of claim 1, wherein the piston is attached to the axle via a crank and inertia caused by the power stroke of the piston acting on the crank causes the piston to move through the exhaust stroke and beginning portion of the power stroke to a position that causes the actuator to engage and push the member into the intake channel to allow compressed fluid into the cylinder. 3. The motor of claim 2, wherein the actuator is integrally formed to the piston. 4. The motor of claim 3, wherein the intake chamber includes an external port in fluid communication with an external tank, the external tank having the compressed fluid contained therein. 5. The motor of claim 3, wherein the intake chamber includes an external port in fluid communication with a pump system, the pump system having the ability to supply compressed fluid to the pneumatic motor. 6. The motor of claim 1, wherein the intake chamber includes a protrusion in front of the intake channel to prevent the member from entering the intake chamber. 7. The motor of claim 1, wherein the profile of each actuator is defined by a motion of the piston, a profile defined by the member, and time needed to allow a sufficient amount of compressed fluid into each cylinder, such that the actuator will exert a sufficient and continued amount of pressure on the member to push the member into the intake channel allowing the sufficient amount of compressed fluid into the cylinder to force the piston upwardly. 8. The piston of claim 1, wherein the actuator has a predetermined length that is a function of an amount of time the valve is opened. 9. The motor of claim 1, wherein the actuator has a predetermined length that is a function of an amount of time compressed fluid is allowed to enter into the cylinder, such that when the predetermined length of the actuator is increased, the amount of compressed fluid entering the cylinder would be increased. 10. The motor of claim 1, wherein the piston is attached to the axle by a connecting rod extending away from said section, the connecting rod has a length that is a function of an amount of inertia that the piston uses to oscillate the actuator to engage the valve, such that when the length of the connecting rod is increased the amount of inertia used to oscillate the actuator to engage the valve is decreased. 11. A pneumatic motor for rotating an axle comprising: a housing defining at least two cylinders, each cylinder sized to receive a corresponding piston, each cylinder is in fluid communication with a corresponding intake channel in the housing that is in fluid communication with an intake chamber defined by the housing, and at least one exhaust; a crank attached to the axle and the pistons such that when the pistons move the axle