Dairy evaporator for nutritional formula
Enhance your dairy processing by optimizing energy efficiency and product quality with tailored evaporation solutions designed for effective concentration of dairy products such as milk powder and nutritional formulas.
Concentrates and Processes Dairy Liquids into Powders
The GEA Dairy Evaporators offer an engineered solution specifically tailored for efficient concentration and processing of dairy liquids into powders. Leveraging mechanical and thermal vapor recompression, these systems significantly reduce energy consumption, making them ideal for producing milk powders, nutritional formulas, and dairy protein supplements. GEA’s technology spans from pre-treatment to post-treatment, ensuring seamless integration into existing production lines with automated and continuous operation capabilities.
These evaporators support high throughput levels, optimizing plant efficiency while maintaining superior product quality. Designed with hygienic standards in mind, they comply with stringent food safety requirements. The evaporators are equipped with CIP systems for quick and effective cleaning, reducing downtime and contamination risks. Material options, including stainless steel, ensure durability and resistance to corrosive products.
Incorporating advanced process controls, the systems allow for precise adjustments, enhancing product consistency and reducing waste. GEA offers full engineering support for customization, ensuring that each system meets specific process needs and integrates smoothly with upstream and downstream equipment.
Benefits
- Minimizes energy usage through mechanical and thermal vapor recompression.
- Enhances product quality with precise moisture control and reduced denaturation risks.
- Meets stringent hygiene and food safety standards for reliable dairy processing.
- Simplifies maintenance with CIP systems, reducing cleaning time and costs.
- Offers flexible integration into existing production lines with tailored configurations.
- Applications
- Permeate,Sweetened condensed milk,Whey protein concentrates,Nutritional formula,Milk powder,Dairy products
- End products
- Skimmed milk powder,Infant formula,Full cream milk powder,Dairy protein supplements,Lactose permeate powder,Whey protein isolate,Caramelized sweetened condensed milk
- Steps before
- Pre-treatment,Heat treatment
- Steps after
- Separation,Post treatment,Spray drying
- Input ingredients
- milk,whey protein,nutritional formula,permeate
- Output ingredients
- milk powder,sweetened condensed milk,whey protein concentrate,dry dairy ingredients
- Market info
- GEA is known for its expertise in engineering innovative and sustainable equipment and solutions, focusing on sectors such as food, beverages, pharmaceuticals, and energy, with a reputation for quality, efficiency, and advanced technological applications in industrial processing.
- Accuracy
- ±0.5–2%
- Automation
- PLC-controlled
- Energy efficiency
- 0.5–2 kWh/kg moisture
- Feed rate
- 50–1000 kg/h
- Capacity
- Operating costs of an evaporation plant are energy-dependent
- Thermal and mechanical vapor recompression
- MVR / TVR
- Heating time
- Short duration
- Temperature
- High-temperature efficiency
- Hygienic design
- Meets stringent requirements
- Product denaturation
- Minimized
- Working mechanism
- Evaporation
- Integrated steps
- Pre-treatment,heat treatment,evaporation,separation,post-treatment
- Automation level
- PLC/SCADA Integration
- Energy efficiency
- Mechanical Vapor Recompression (MVR),Thermal Vapor Recompression (TVR)
- Cleaning method
- CIP (Clean-in-Place)
- Control panel type
- PLC-controlled
- Integration possibilities
- SCADA,HMI
- Evaporation system design
- Tailored for specific end products
- Heating system
- Regenerative/Flash evaporation
- Recompression type
- Mechanical (MVR),Thermal (TVR)
- Energy recovery
- Steam recovery up to 75%
- Product functionalities
- Precision tailoring
- System configuration
- Optimized for energy efficiency