Milk Products - Niro plants are designed to individual requirements
based on product testing and process evaluation.
POWDER TECHNOLOGY The Niro Group specialises in
the processes of turning dairy products into a variety of powder types. We are
drawing on many years of experience in the business, and Niro milk powder
plants are designed and built on the basis of our comprehensive know-how in
milk technology. The transformation of liquid milk into dry powder requires
removal of almost all of the water, and 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 according to our customer's wishes. Niro milk
powder plants meet even the strictest criteria for hygiene and safety.
Niro is internationally recognised as a leader in milk powder
technology setting the trend in process engineering and plant design. Plant
reliability and performance are given the highest priority, and we are
continuously working on further improvement of the processes involved. Product
properties, ease of operation, and state of the art technology are built into
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.
PRODUCTS, PROCESSES, PLANTS Niro's plants and
processes are used in the manufacture of many dairy products in powder form,
for example:
- Whole milk
- Skim milk
- Butter
- Buttermilk
- Whey
- Whey proteins
- Casein
- Caseinates
- Cheese
- Cream
- High fat powders
- Lactose
- Milk proteins
- Milk replacer
- Coffee whitener
- Cappuccino mix powder
A powder plant features 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 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
EVAPORATION
- Falling film evaporators
- Flash coolers
DRYING
- Spray dryers
- Fluid bed dryers
POWDER HANDLING AND PACKING
- Agglomerators
- Storage and packaging systems
PROCESS INTEGRATION
New plants are designed to
individual requirements based on product testing and process evaluation. Niro
also provides project financing, plant installation, commissioning, project
management, spare parts and technical service.