Years of experience guarantee milk powder plants, which are based upon comprehensive know-how in milk technology.
POWDER TECHNOLOGY
The GEA Niro Group specialises in the process of turning dairy products into a variety of powder types. The transformation of liquid milk into dry powder requires removal of almost all water, while the physical structure, product properties and appearance change significantly during this process. In addition, each milk product, whether pure or mixed with ingredients, can be processed in different ways depending on our customer's wishes.
PROCESS INTEGRATION
GEA Niro is recognised as an international leader in milk powder technology setting the trend in process engineering and plant design. Long-term involvement in the dairy industry guarantee GEA Niro plants, which are designed to meet individual requirements depending on product testing and process evaluation while complying with the strictest criteria for hygiene and safety.
Plant reliability and performance are given the highest priority, and GEA Niro is continuously working to further improve all the processes involved. Product properties, ease of operation, and state of the art technology are built into GEA Niro plants. Proven standardised components are used to build the plants and new modernised components are used for retrofitting of existing plants to meet new standards for energy saving, product quality, emission, and plant output. GEA Niro also provides project financing, plant installation, commissioning, project management, spare parts and technical service.
PRODUCTS, PROCESSES, PLANTS
GEA Niro's plants and processes are used in the manufacture of many dairy products in powder form, for example:
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Whole milk
Skim milk
Butter
Buttermilk
Whey |
Whey proteins
Casein
Caseinates
Cheese
Cream
High fat powders |
Lactose
Milk proteins
Milk substitute
Coffee whitener
Cappuccino mix powder |
Powder plants feature two main water removal systems, one or more falling film evaporators and a spray dryer, with upstream and downstream processing equipment to optimise plant performance.
The GEA Niro companies supply plant and equipment individually or combine their expertise to engineer complete process lines on the basis of the following technology range:
LIQUID PROCESSING AND WET MIXING
Milk reception, pre-treatment and storage - Membrane filtration plants - Homogenisers - Coolers and heaters - CIP cleaning systems
POWDER HANDLING AND PACKING
Agglomerators - Storage and packaging systems
DRYING
Spray dryers - Fluid bed dryers
EVAPORATION
Falling film evaporators - Flash coolers |
 Falling Film Evaporator |
For further reading:
Spray Drying & Evaporation - Milk Powder Technology