● FAMILY OWNED & OPERATING SINCE 1970

Plate Heat Exchanger Supplier

New, refurbished and custom-built stainless steel equipment for food, beverage, dairy and industrial processing. Specified around your process, built or sourced to suit, then delivered and installed on site, across Australia and overseas.

50+

Years trading

11

Product categories

Global

Delivery & install

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50+ Years Experience

WORLDWide Delivery

Custom Builds & Fittings

Refurbished Options Available

Your Options

Three Ways to Buy

Whether you need equipment on site next month or a system engineered from scratch, we supply across the full range. Tell us the application and we will point you at the option that fits your budget and timeline.

Buy new

Current-model equipment supplied with full specification, warranty and support.

Buy refurbished

One of the largest inventories of quality second-hand stainless steel equipment, assessed and verified before supply.

Build custom

Designed, fabricated and modified in-house to suit your process, site access and compliance requirements.
Barry Brown workshop and yard with stainless steel tanks awaiting despatch
Not sure what you need?
Send us your process and volumes and we will spec it around them.
INDUSTRIES

Built for the way you process

New, refurbished and custom-built stainless steel processing equipment supplied to food, beverage and industrial processors in Australia and overseas.

Dairy production

Milk tanks, silos, pasteurisers, cheese vats and cooling systems built for hygiene and temperature stability.

Beverage & brewing

Fermentation, storage, mixing, chilling and temperature-controlled production equipment.

Food manufacturing

Hygienic tanks, food processing equipment and CIP cleaning systems for ingredients and prepared foods.

Chemical processing

316 grade vessels, fittings and control systems for corrosive and demanding environments.

Wellness & specialty

Custom equipment for ice baths, recovery systems and specialist liquid handling.

Tell us the application. We will spec the equipment.

Quotes on new, refurbished and custom builds, with delivery and installation arranged.

Trusted by customers across Australia

Barry Brown & Sons has supported customers with stainless steel tanks, chillers, fittings, fabrication, and equipment solutions for over 50 years. Customer reviews can help show the quality of service, practical support, and reliable equipment the team provides.

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Ian Delmenico
August 4, 2026
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Brought the 1000 Lt Stainless Tank to be used as a cooling water source for a still operation. Excellent quality product and service in getting it freighted. 👌👍
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Aziz İsgoren
July 30, 2026
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👌 best quality
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Lorraine Abouchedid
November 11, 2024
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In all my years of being in the dairy industry I have never found anyone quite like Scott Brown. He is efficient honest and knows his stuff and my experience has wonderful and stress free. I recommend Scott to anyone needing vat, cooking and heating services.
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Phil Walker
June 21, 2022
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Scott and the guys are very knowledgeable and their quality of work is second to none. Delt with them for years and they have always been great.
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Rob Callin
April 7, 2022
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Always great service and product! We originally bought second hand 1000litre tanks to start our brewery at great prices. More recently we have Had custom 5000litre tanks made. Great quality and workmanship. Highly recommend.
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Josh McAllister
April 7, 2022
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Barry Brown and Sons have a comprehensive knowledge of all things stainless steel, as well as process heating and cooling. They have been a vital part in many of our projects.
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Christopher Gamble
July 23, 2018
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Great to talk to, happy to help

FAQs

Yes. Barry Brown provides Australia-wide delivery and installation, including specialist crane transport and commissioning support.

AISI 304: Suitable for most food and dairy applications.
AISI 316: Enhanced corrosion resistance for aggressive cleaning or chemical environments.

Yes. All tanks are engineered-to-order, with extensive customisation options including fittings, insulation, integrated pipework, agitators, valves, sensors, and heating or cooling jackets.

Chiller sizing depends on your total heat load, including tank volume, product temperature, ambient conditions, and process heat inputs. To ensure stable temperature control and energy efficiency, Barry Brown assesses your full process requirements rather than relying on generic rules of thumb.

Water chillers are suitable for cooling applications above 7ºC, while glycol chillers use a water-glycol mixture to prevent freezing in low-temperature systems and provide greater temperature stability.

Yes. Barry Brown manages full installation, setup, and commissioning, ensuring minimal disruption to existing operations.

Yes, including stainless steel tank fittings, weld-on fittings, and bulkhead fittings.

Yes, we integrate accessories into the tank design for seamless operation.

We stock a wide range of hygienic stainless steel fittings and accessories, including Tri-Clover fittings, BSP and BSM connectors, sprayballs, butterfly valves, sample taps, tube bends, and tees for industrial and food-grade applications.

Yes, you can order individual accessories, replacement parts, and fittings as needed to maintain or upgrade your systems. Just contact us with part details.

Visit Us or Contact Our Pakenham Team

You can contact Barry Brown & Sons by phone, email, online enquiry form, or by visiting our Pakenham facility.

 

For the fastest response, please include details about the equipment you need, your application, preferred size or specifications, site location, and whether you require delivery, installation, or custom fabrication support.

Address

12 Drovers Place, Pakenham VIC 3810

More About Plate Heat Exchanger Supplier

When a supplier's support only extends to delivery, you may have to coordinate the work required to get the equipment operational. As a result, procurement and operations managers like you across a variety of industries are left to manage installation risk alone. In processing operations where downtime and production schedules are crucial, the gap created by ageing, underperforming equipment can become costly. That's where Barry Brown & Sons can help as a company that has supplied, fabricated and installed high-grade stainless steel tanks, industrial chillers and associated equipment for Australian operations since 1970. As a family-owned and Pakenham-based operation, we bring more than 50 years of hands-on experience and a team that understands the demands placed on stainless steel equipment across dairy, food, beverage, brewing, chemical and industrial processing. Instead of acting like generalist suppliers in the market, our team first takes the time to understand what your site requires before suggesting anything. As such, you receive an engineering partnership, not a basic product supply. If you've been searching for 'plate heat exchanger supplier' or 'propylene glycol', trust that we use high-grade materials across orders and conduct internal testing to check every item against our own quality requirements before it leaves our facility.

What you're processing and how your site runs will largely dictate the equipment requirements you have. Barry Brown & Sons supplies stainless steel tanks and cooling equipment across a wide range of different application sectors. For instance, with dairy operations, food-grade 304 stainless steel farm milk tanks can be configured around herd size, milking frequency, milk flow rates and collection schedules. Beyond storage, you can source pasteurisers & cheese vats for industrial dairy processing or smaller artisanal production, depending on the scale and process involved. Chilled water and glycol cooling can also be incorporated where temperature control forms part of the storage requirement. Where standard equipment won't suit the application, custom fabrication for industrial water tanks and other options can take your requirements from a design to a finished product, using orbital, pipe, MIG and TIG welding as well as CNC machining and assembly. Agitators, inlets, outlets and new connections can also be fitted to existing tanks, subject to assessment. Instead of replacing all serviceable equipment, it can be modified with this option. If you're interested in 'plate heat exchanger supplier', 'plate heat exchanger price' or 'brazed plate heat exchanger', you'll be glad to know that you can specify equipment for sauces, ingredients and prepared foods, while brewing applications require tanks suited to fermentation and associated temperature control.

When a single supplier handles everything from equipment supply to installation, there's no need to juggle multiple contractors or track down separate points of responsibility mid-project. Instead of coordinating separate trades, you get one team managing delivery, electrical work, control panel setup and on-site wiring, working with you from the initial purchase through to the final installation. Australia-wide delivery is available as well, and for large or heavy equipment, that includes specialist crane transport with lifting, positioning and site placement managed to suit your operating conditions. We check compatibility with your existing infrastructure before the equipment leaves our facility, so unexpected problems during installation are less likely. If your project involves a custom-built system, lead times are determined by the size, configuration and fabrication requirements, with realistic timelines confirmed during the quotation process so you can plan with greater certainty. When you're interested in 'stainless steel fabrication Gold Coast' or 'stainless steel fabrication Newcastle', you can contact us by phone, via email or through the website enquiry form with your specifications, and we'll provide a tailored quote that reflects your application. If your search for 'Vat pasteuriser for sale' or 'Liquid cooling chiller' has led you here, contact Barry Brown & Sons today to discuss your requirements.

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