Niro

Process Engineering
Division

DAIRY
Process
Technology
for Dairy and
Dairy-Like
Products

NIRO POWDER TECHNOLOGY

THE BONDS OF MILK ARE STRONGER THAN THE BONDS OF BLOOD
Gaelic Proverb

LEAVE THIS FLAP OPEN WHILE READING

From Milk Delivery Products page 4-11
to Finished Product • Agglomerated Milk Powders
• Baby Food
2. • Whey
1. • WPC, Permeate, and Lactose
• Coffee Whitener

Liquid Treatment page 12-13

3.
4.
and Concentration
Spray Drying page 14-16
• Compact Spray Dryer
• Multi-Stage Dryer
5.
• Tall Form Spray Dryer
• FILTERMAT® Spray Dryer
• Integrated Filter Dryer
7.

6.
After Treatment page 17-18
• Fluid Bed After-Dryer/Cooler

Powder Handling page 19

Sanitary Design page 20

Safety Precautions page 21

8.
Customer Services page 22
1. Reception
2. Storage Financing page 23
3. Evaporation
4. Feed system
5. Spray dryer
6. After treatment
7. Powder storage
8. Powder packing
 The full range of Milk
• Butter
dairy and dairy-like
• Buttermilk
products – all • Cream
• Crystallized whey
processed
• Milk permeate
in Niro plants • Milk protein
• Skim milk
• Whole milk

Whey
• Acid whey
• Demineralized whey
• Lactose
• Sweet whey
• Whey, delactosed
• Permeate
• Whey protein concentrate (WPC)

llejefoto Formulated products

(layscan) • Baby food
• Cappuccino
• Cocoa milk with/without sugar
• Coffee whitener
Thousands of Niro dairy Know-how through R&D • Fat filled milk
plants operate daily all over Niro know-how is founded on • Fat filled whey
the world. Our engineering comprehensive research and development • Ice cream
ranges from single pieces of and strengthened through co-operation • Milk replacer
equipment to complete with dairy organisations and universities. • Whippings
plants, handling milk all the
way from reception through Product Testing Other
liquid processing, Customers from all over the world come to • Casein
evaporation, and drying Niro to test new products in our pilot test • Caseinates
to final bagging off. facilities. Before being launched onto the • Cheese
market, most of our own new developments • Condensed milk
are tested full-scale at leading dairies. • Fermented milk products
• Hydrolyzed dairy products
• Yoghurt

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 Dairy Data

APPROX. 600 MILLION

TONNES OF MILK
WERE REPORTED
PRODUCED IN THE
WORLD IN 2001

Design for
Performance
From liquid to powder,
Niro takes products all the way
Milk speciality products with particular in agreement with official standards,
In milk, Nature has created a unique features poses new challenges for the and superior hygiene and safety are
way of feeding little ones safely and plant designer. Whey products in integral features of every modern
completely. Children need plenty of particular are difficult to dry due to Niro plant.
milk to build bones and teeth, and their high contents of lactose and
milk also supplies essential fat and minerals, but new techniques, devel- Durable Relationships
proteins. Finally, milk plays a major oped by Niro, now enable even these At Niro, we take pride in keeping
role in food for adults with essential products to be dried with success. good relations with our customers.
vitamins and minerals. This is illustrated by the fact that most
Design for Performance new business comes from satisfied
Dried Dairy Products Niro is an engineering company customers who want to enlarge their
Spray drying makes milk widely specialising in evaporation, spray production capacity, up-grade plants,
available, independent of local drying and complementary processes. or invest in new processes. Niro stays
supplies of fresh milk, and it expands Every plant is designed carefully to at the forefront of the dairy process
the use of dairy products in food- meet individual product specifica- business supported by local
stuffs. An increased demand for tions. Mechanical execution is always representatives all over the world.

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 Agglomerated milk
powder dissolving
quickly in cold water
Functionality
Atomizer wheel for Every day, millions of litres of milk are
milk drying. processed into dry products. By far the
Spherical wheel
speed 100-200 m/s largest part ends up as ordinary skim
milk and whole milk powders.
These products are market commodities
with little requirement for product
functionality. Consumer demand for
specific product properties, particularly
in the food industry, has resulted in the
development of many different dry
dairy products, ranging from instant
whole milk powder to speciality food
ingredients. Thus the dairy industry
invests heavily in the development
and production of such products, often
in close collaboration with specialists
from Niro.

Agglomerated Properties
Milk is unique in its content of valuable

Milk Powders
nutrients. Both the chemical compo-
sition and the physical properties of the
milk powder play an important role in
its use with quick and complete
The art of achieving perfect reconstitution adding convenience to
the products.
product functionality
Agglomeration
Small single particles dissolve instantly
in water. Powder consisting of small
Niro sets the trend in particles is, however, difficult to
modern process plant design. disperse. Big particles are easy to
We meet specific requirements disperse in water, but dissolve only
to powder properties, while partially. Agglomeration optimises
always keeping plant quick dispersion of the agglomerates as
performance and drying well as quick and complete dissolution
economy in focus. of the small particles forming the agglo-
merate. Furthermore, agglomeration
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 NIRO POWDER TECHNOLOGY

Agglomerated
milk powder

Dairy Data

APPROX. 6 MILLION
TONNES OF
MILK POWDER
(SKIM AND WHOLE)
WERE REPORTED
PRODUCED IN THE
WORLD IN 2001

improves the product’s flowability and Homogenization of the whole milk

reduces dust problems during powder concentrate prior to drying reduces the
handling. content of free fat in the final powder. Nozzle atomizer
However, to be called ‘instant’ whole with four nozzles
and fines return
Agglomeration is a result of wet milk powder, it must be agglomerated
and/or semi-dry particle collision. as well as have a surface-active agent
Control is achieved by returning dry (lecithin) applied to improve water
fine powder to the wet spray during affinity. The product then becomes
different stages of spray drying. instant – even in cold water.
Mastering the agglomeration
techniques is the art of modern spray Agglomerated
drying – the art of Niro. High Protein Powder
Powders with high protein content
Plant operation and economics are have a very high affinity to water.
other important parameters. Niro During rewetting, such powders
product specialists and plant designers dissolve so quickly that the particle
keep those factors in mind when surface instantly turns into a gel,
designing spray drying plants to meet which prevents further water
our customers’ individual needs. penetration. The product is left as gel
lumps with dry material inside.
Agglomerated Agglomeration and a surface-active
Whole Milk Powder agent, such as lecithin, can be used to
In whole milk powders, some of the fat control dissolution speed. And
is present as free fat. Free fat rejects controlling the spray drying process Microphoto (x300)
water making it impossible to dissolve again improves powder functionality. of agglomerated
whole milk powder
these powders properly in cold water. from an MSDTM
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 Pressure nozzle. Complete
Nozzle atomization milk powder
results in good factory
powder flowability

Baby Food as a reliable alternative

Every baby food producer Formulations blend along with whey proteins,
has individual recipes and Infant formulas are developed to be as demineralized whey, maltodextrine,
product requirements. Niro close to human milk as possible. The lactose, essential fatty acids, vitamins,
adds process and design digestive system develops as the baby and minerals.
expertise delivering plants grows older, and baby food formulators
to meet even the strictest must take this into account. Further- Ingredient Mixing
demands on product more, most producers have developed Baby food products must be blended to
standards. products tolerated by hyper-allergic the precise composition. The various
babies. As cow's milk differs in ingredients come as dry powders, solid
composition from human milk, it is fat or liquid oil, and milk concentrate.
used only as an ingredient in the final

T-profiles used CIP nozzles in the

for the sanitary VIBRO-FLUIDIZER® above
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 NIRO POWDER TECHNOLOGY

Baby food production involves of Niro’s special spray dryers, All surfaces in contact with the
several handling procedures such as designed to minimize product heat product are made of stainless steel or
dissolution, melting, and mixing. exposure. Since most baby food other materials accepted and
The blends need cooling, pasteur- products are required to be instant, approved by the authorities (FDA).
ization, pre-concentration, and the preferred dryer is typically Bends are smooth, surfaces are
homogenization prior to drying. designed to allow for product polished, and hollow spaces and
Integrating each separate process agglomeration during drying. cavities are avoided in the plant
into a continuous process calls for All these features add to the quality design. Finally, the plant is
the best expertise on the market of the formulated baby food product. supplied with built-in CIP facilities
– the expertise of Niro. allowing producers to meet even the
Meeting Hygienic Standards strictest hygiene requirements.
Baby Food Drying Every Niro plant meets the strictest
Before drying, the wet mix is hygienic standards.
preconcentrated in an evaporator
finisher to reduce production costs.
The concentrate is then dried in one

Dairy Data

HUMAN MILK HAS ONE

OF THE HIGHEST
CONTENTS OF LACTOSE
(MILK SUGAR), 6.4%.
COW’S MILK HAS
A LACTOSE CONTENT
OF 4.6%

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 Whey
crystallization
tanks

Whey
Valuable nutrients
available at low price.

Origin tion. The high bacteria load and

Every litre of milk used in cheese pro- presence of active enzymes in the raw
duction gives an equal amount of whey. whey make it extremely important to
Whey is no longer just a Whey composition and quality depend separate fat and cheese particles, and to
problematic by-product on a wide range of factors including pasteurize and cool the whey
of cheese production. It breeding and feeding of the cows, time immediately after removal from the
has high value as raw of year, and the type of bacteria and cheese vats. Storage and transport has
material for a variety of rennet used in the cheese production. to be under cooled conditions.
food ingredients – and The treatment of the whey from the
its importance is still cheese vats also has a significant influ- Niro's affiliated companies in the GEA
increasing. ence on the final whey powder quality. Group offer processes and systems for
whey treatment. Niro specialises in
Whey Treatment membrane filtration, evaporation, and
Many smaller cheese producers do not spray drying of whey, and has
process the whey on site and, therefore, developed parameters and plant
have problems with product deteriora- designs to enable optimal economical
production while reducing operational
problems such as evaporator fouling
and powder deposits in the dryer.

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Microphoto (x100)
of non-caking
whey powder

Dairy Data

140 MILLION TONNES OF

WHEY IS PRODUCED
A N N U A L LY. O N LY 2 0 % I S
DRIED, CORRESPONDING
TO 1.8 MILLION TONNES
OF POWDER

Whey Composition minerals and a broad range of other In some markets the demand for whey
Traditionally, whey has been used as valuable compounds present, whey is is exceeding the supply, and its proper
an animal feed, but is now becoming today gaining a market as raw material collection, handling, and processing
increasingly important as raw material for all kinds of food ingredients. become increasingly important.
in the food industry. Whey powder So does the choice of
has an extraordinarily high water and Functional Food partner for whey processing,
fat binding ability and is, therefore, The present trend towards a higher which is why most
widely used as filler in food products degree of specialisation, including the manufacturers go with
such as bread, cakes, and delicatessen marketing of functional foods, such as the best and choose Niro.
products. Huge quantities of whey are energy drinks, dietary products, and
used by the food industry replacing products with a high content of
the more expensive skim milk powder. vitamins or minerals, has a great
But whey is much more than just a influence on the whey powder market.
skim milk replacer. With all the
essential amino acids, valuable

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 OH CH OH
2

H H O HO
Dairy Data
H H WHEY COMPONENTS
BASED ON
OH H T O TA L S O L I D S :
O LACTOSE 72%
O H PROTEIN 14%
ASH 10%
F AT 1 . 5 %
H OH LACTIC ACID 2.5%

Whey Products
Whey protein concentrate (WPC),
permeate, and lactose Whey proteins can be isolated
from whey using membrane filtration
and subsequent drying in a spray dryer.
With fractionation,
whey is up-graded, Whey permeate contains lactose
adding extra value to and minerals that are difficult to treat
the dried product. in conventional spray dryers. Niro’s
advanced drying systems, however,
overcome these problems.

One Product – A World of Options Lactose processing involves

The dry solids in whey are mainly isolation from permeate by evaporation,
lactose, proteins, and minerals. The crystallization, decanting, further
different compounds are e.g. used as purification, and drying in a specially
ingredients in baby food, health designed Niro fluid bed dryer.
H OH CH OH
2
products, functional foods, and pharma-
ceuticals. Niro and its affiliated compa- Niro has a variety of processes adapted

H H H
nies in the GEA Group offer a wide O HO
for whey products, and is working
range of technologies for fractionation of continually on new developments to
OH H into its constituents.
whey H meet the requirements of tomorrow’s
market.
H OH H
O
HO O H
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CH OH H OH
2
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Coffee
Whitener
Creamers and cappuccino mixes

For creamer products to be Growing Market Designed for Convenience

convenient in use, they must Large quantities of coffee creamers are Although coffee creamers are non-dairy
meet a wide range of require- produced for use with dried coffee. in origin, they share many character-
ments. In addition to having a These are marketed direct or mixed istics with dairy products, being high in
creamy taste and character, the with dried coffee and sugar into a great fat and carbohydrate content and quite
products must be agglomerated variety of ready-to-drink mixes. All difficult to dry in a conventional
and instant – demands met to over the world creamers are used for processing plant. The Niro MSD™ is a
precision by Niro spray convenience, particularly in working spray dryer and an agglomerator in one
drying technology. environments. And with the develop- unit. This dryer is particularly suited
ment of processes for foaming creamers, for drying high fat and carbohydrate-
the market for cappuccino mixes for use containing products and making them
at home has grown considerably. convenient to use.

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 Multi-distribution
system on top of
calandria

Liquid Treatment
and Concentration
The more water removed upstream of
the dryer, the better the plant economy

As a member of the GEA Group Integral Parts of the Process

of companies Niro has direct Liquid processing includes reception,
access to state-of-the-art liquid cooling, storage, separation,
processing engineered by pasteurization, and evaporation. These
Tuchenhagen, Westfalia processes are all integral parts of the
Separator, and GEA Filtration. Niro dairy solutions.

The different membrane techniques, such

as reverse osmosis, micro- and ultrafiltra-
tion, remove water and isolate certain
substances. Membrane processes are
essential in the fractionation of e.g. whey,
and ultrafiltration in particular is a
precondition for the production of a
range of speciality products such as
WPC. GEA Filtration masters those
technologies and provides the full range
of membrane filtration systems.

Falling film evaporator Falling film evaporator

with thermal vapour with mechanical vapour
recompression (TVR) recompression (MVR)
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Dairy Data

A N E V A P O R AT O R S U P P LY I N G
C O N C E N T R AT E F O R A
1 5 T O N N E S P E R H O U R S P R AY
D R Y E R C O N TA I N S U P T O
100,000 METRES OF TUBES.
APPROX. 150,000 COWS ARE
NEEDED TO KEEP THE PLANT
R U N N I N G C O N T I N U O U S LY

Evaporation heaters, pasteurizers, and flash Homogenization

Removing water in a spray dryer is coolers depending on the application. Whole milk and other products with
more costly and requires more energy In addition, Niro has designed special high fat content need homogenization
than in an evaporator. In addition to direct steam injection pasteurizers with prior to drying. Niro Soavi has
membrane filtration, Niro offers a regenerative systems for minimum developed a range of high-pressure
variety of evaporator designs for steam consumption. The units also pumps and homogenizers, which are
preconcentration of all the different provide the possibility of making used for all fat containing products.
dairy products. tailor-made heat classified powders. Homogenization under high pressure
The Niro flash cooler gives an instant turns fat globules into microscopic size,
Niro dairy evaporators are typically temperature drop before the optimal for digestion, and allows the
multi-stage types with either mechani- crystallization of whey concentrate to production of dried powder with a low
cal or thermal vapour recompression. provide small crystals and efficient free fat content. Niro Soavi homoge-
The evaporators are with built-in pre- crystallization. nizers are recognised worldwide for
their performance and stability.

Five piston high

pressure pump for
homogenization

Ultrafiltration Tangential swirl heater

plant for whey for direct steam injection

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 Pressure nozzle Rotating atomizer
atomizer in operation wheel in operation

Spray
Drying
The heart of the milk powder factory

Niro has maintained the position as a

world leader in evaporation and spray
drying technology and is working
continually on new ideas, improve-
Since Niro’s founder in ments of equipment, and optimisation
the 1930’s applied for of plant design. Still stricter demands to
patents on rotary e.g. product specifications, hygiene,
atomizers and launched plant safety, and environmental
the new technology to protection pose new challenges to be
the dairy industry, Niro met by our plant designers.
has been at the fore-
front of spray drying. Tailor-Made Spray Dryers
Niro offers a great variety of spray
dryer designs, every one with its own
particular features. The first priority
when selecting the dryer design is given
to the product – its chemical composi-
tion and the required physical structure,
the preferences of the operator, and the
limitations given by the location of the Dairy Data

plant. Every Niro spray drying plant is B Y AT O M I Z I N G 1 L I T R E

designed to meet every criterion and O F C O N C E N T R AT E , Y O U
ensure customer satisfaction. O B TA I N 1 . 5 X 1 0 1 0
PA R T I C L E S W I T H A
DIAMETER OF 50 µ
A N D A T O TA L S U R F A C E
AREA OF 120 m2

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Conical part of spray drying Conical part of CDP Dryer MSD ™ Dryer
chamber with the integrated with powder outlet duct with removable
fluid bed in a CDI Dryer from the integrated fluid bed insulating panels

Preheating The Chamber

Prior to atomization, the product is The spray drying chamber is sized
preconcentrated and possibly for the required capacity, and the
preheated. The feed must remain design is chosen to match the type of
liquid and the viscosity kept suffi- atomization used and the product
ciently low to allow for proper to be dried. Some chambers are
atomization. However, a higher equipped with static, integrated fluid
concentration of dry matter in the beds for better energy utilisation and
feed to the dryer results in reduced gentler product treatment at lower
energy consumption of the overall temperatures.
process and the powder achieves a Powder layer on
the belt of the
higher density. Product Separation FILTERMAT ®
The drying chambers have a conical Spray Dryer (FMD)

Atomization base where the first separation of

Niro spray dryers are equipped with powder and drying air takes place.
a rotary atomizer or high-pressure The remaining dust from the drying
nozzles. For maximum operational air is removed in a cyclone and/or
flexibility some dryers can be bag filter. Conventional spray dryers
designed for nozzle as well as rotary work with cyclones, which are still in Fines
atomization. This allows the plant use for some applications. However, The powder fraction from the
operator to choose the best atomiza- most modern spray dryers are SANICIP™ bag filter or the cyclone
tion system for specific products. Niro equipped with a bag filter, which can is recycled to the process, where it
air dispersers are designed to fit Niro be cleaned in place – the SANICIP™. can be used for agglomeration.
atomizers and to ensure maximum From this bag filter, the powder If agglomeration is not required,
contact between particles and drying fraction can be recycled to the process, the fines can be conveyed to the
air whilst preventing wet particles giving insignificant powder loss. VIBRO-FLUIDIZER®
reaching the chamber wall.

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 Stationary fluid bed with
combined back mix and
ring formed plug flow
section with product outlet
into the vibrating sieve.
Spray dryer type:
Integrated Filter
Dryer - IFD™

All-in-One Unit
The latest development for the industry
is the Niro Integrated Filter Dryer,
IFD™, where spray drying, second-
stage drying, powder cooling, and
powder separation are all integrated
in a single unit. This compact design
represents a new and unique principle
of spray drying: Once again Niro has
taken the lead.

Filters integrated in the

IFD™ spray dryer reduce
plant space requirements

Dairy Data

THE IFD™ DRYER

REQUIRES 5% LESS
ELECTRIC ENERGY
AND 15% LESS
B U I L D I N G S PA C E
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Niro VIBRO-FLUIDIZER®

After
Treatment
Secondary drying and cooling of powder
Fluid Bed Dryers built into the bottom of the spray

After treatment includes Secondary drying at reduced drying chamber. But secondary drying

secondary drying and temperature in a fluid bed gives a can also take place in an external fluid

cooling and forms an gentler treatment than can be obtained bed dryer, the VIBRO-FLUIDIZER®,

essential part of powder through full drying in one step in the giving great flexibility in dryer

production. spray dryer. Secondary drying takes configuration.

place in an integrated static fluid bed

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 Internal view of a Niro
VIBRO-FLUIDIZER ®

Niro BUBBLE PLATE™

The art of the fluid bed technique is
the ability to control an even air
distribution in the powder layer.
No lumps, no channelling, constant
powder layer, and complete emptying
of the fluid bed are essential in
operation. The unique Niro
BUBBLE PLATE™ is sanitary, thanks
to its smooth surface and the
BUBBLE fabrication technique of the holes.
PLATE ™
- air distribution plates Furthermore, it ensures complete
emptying of the fluid bed.

Powder Cooling
The VIBRO-FLUIDIZER® gives a
lenient product transport and cooling.
VIBRO-FLUIDIZER® Cooling usually takes place in the
Partly dried dairy powders from second part of the fluid bed, but the
a spray dryer can be difficult to entire bed can be designed for cooling,
fluidize. Most external fluid bed depending on the product to be
dryers are therefore designed as treated. If cooling is the only issue, a
vibrating units to ease fluidization. pneumatic cooling system can be used
The VIBRO-FLUIDIZER® is used instead of the VIBRO-FLUIDIZER®.
for second-stage drying, third-stage This costs less to acquire, but is more
drying, and powder cooling. expensive to operate. Pneumatic
Coating of particle surfaces with conveying and cooling is used only
e.g. lecithin can also be done in the for products where the physical
Dairy Data
VIBRO-FLUIDIZER®. The entire fluid structure is of minor importance.
THE NUMBER OF bed complies with even the strictest
HOLES IN THE
sanitary criteria.
P E R F O R AT E D P L AT E
OF A 31.5 m2
VIBRO-FLUIDIZER®
EXCEEDS 50,000

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the sanitary
VIBRO-FLUIDIZER®
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Top of 100 m3 milk powder silos.

Silos are equipped with automatic self-cleaning filters

Powder
Handling Bottom of powder silos. Pipelines
connected for vacuum conveying
Retaining Powder Properties product to bag filling machines

The Product
Conveying, storage, and Determines the Solution Powder Storage and Packing
packing require great care If the powder produced is e.g. an Storage and packing systems are
in order to maintain the ordinary skim milk powder, it can be also available from Niro. Avalon
physical properties conveyed by conventional methods, Engineering, another member of the
acquired during drying. including pneumatic transport. If the GEA Group, supplies bagging-off
product is an agglomerated powder, lines from small, semi-automated
mechanical treatment must be systems to large, fully automated
minimised in order to maintain lines filling and palletizing up to
product structure. Niro specialises twelve 25 kg-bags per minute, or
in supplying lenient powder 18 tons per hour.
handling and, where needed,
vacuum transport systems.

Automatic Avalon carousel Bag heat sealing and Robot bag palletizer page 19
bagging-off equipment belt transport
 T-profiles used for Reverse jet nozzle for Retractable CIP-nozzle
welding where 3A SANICIPTM CIP-able bag
Standard radii require- filter and IFDTM dryer
ments must be met

Sanitary Design
for maximum plant hygiene

Liquid Handling
Liquid processing is always done in for a 20-hour production cycle
Recognising hygiene as a safety ways to minimize bacteria growth. between cleaning avoiding the risk of
issue, sanitary designs are based Preheating uses waste heat from the bacteria growth such as thermophiles
on the Niro Sanitary Code. plant, always with strict attention and their spores.
This code is updated to hygiene.
continually. It draws from For efficient CIP of the evaporator
official standards agreed during Evaporation Niro has introduced a "hydro
the past 50 years as well as To eliminate heat contact surfaces, cyclone", which collects and
codes issued by organisations Niro has developed new preheaters discharges impurities that would
all over the world such as 3A and a special pasteurizer with direct otherwise block the distribution plates
Standard (USA), IDF, and the steam injection and a regenerative above the calandria during CIP.
EU Hygiene and Foodstuffs section. This swirl heater provides fast
Directive (93/43/EEC). and efficient heating for product heat Spray Drying
treatment - for specific classifications The spray dryer is equipped with
- prior to evaporation. All this allows appropriate drying air filtration and

Dismantable insulation panels Retractable CIP-nozzle mounted on a VIBRO-FLUIDIZER®

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Safety
Precautions
as built-in features

The design of a spray Prevention

drying plant must address To minimize the risk of fire, we aim to
more than optimum avoid powder deposits and eliminate
product quality. It must also hot surfaces in the dryer. Fire
observe maximum safety extinguishing systems are integral
for plant and people. parts of the design and are supplied
to prevent explosions by
extinguishing fires quickly and safely.
Dried dairy products have a potential Niro recommends that plants are kept
risk of fire and explosion. Based on free of dust outside the dryer to
CIP facilities. All surfaces in contact own statistics collected over the last avoid the risk of dust explosions in
with the product comply with the 40 years, we are convinced that the working areas.
above standards and materials are explosions can only be ignited by an
FDA approved. All equipment is open flame or a large smouldering Protection
designed for proper drainage lump of powder. Fires most All dryers are provided with
during CIP. commonly start by self-ignition of explosion venting connected with
powder deposits, and only 4-5% of ducts to the outside. Other protection
All drying plants are designed with fires turn into explosions. systems may be incorporated as well.
smooth surfaces avoiding hollow
spaces. Furthermore, they are To maintain maximum Our main goal is to encourage and
equipped with CIP nozzles whenever safety, Niro focuses on: assist our customers to implement
appropriate. The SANICIP™ bag maximum protection of personnel and
filter enables wet cleaning, which Warning minimal equipment damage in case of
ensures proper cleaning of bags and All process parameters that present a an accident. Niro stays updated on
housing. risk are monitored and protected by the newest standards and directives
temperature and pressure alarms. world-wide.
For the ultimate in hygiene New detection systems can be used to
– customers have confidence in Niro. monitor CO contents in the outlet air.

Dairy Data
Sanitary sound attenuator SOUNDCIP ™ 1 mm OF DUST ON THE
FLOOR OF A 5 x 5 x 5 m
ROOM WILL, IF SUSPENDED,
C O R R E S P O N D T O 1 0 0 g / m 3.
M I L K P O W D E R E X P L O D E S AT page 21
6 0 g / m 3, I F I G N I T E D
 Rotary atomizer

Customer After Sales

Our spare parts programme has one
focus: Maximum uptime for our

Services
customers. We carry a large stock of
essential parts and offer service
Reliable operation programmes for key components as
well as full service contracts with visits
by experienced staff from local Niro
offices all over the world.
Multi Stage Dryer
at the Niro Test
Station, Denmark More than just plants – Process Adaption
Niro supplies performance. The food and dairy industry is dynamic
With the term “reliable with market demands and raw
operation” Niro provides a materials changing over time. Although
range of services to keep a new investment may not be needed,
plants up and running. plant operators may benefit from a visit
from one of our product specialists for
process modification and optimisation.
Plant Retrofits
Plants operating continuously for Laboratory and Test Station
many years require more than just Our in-house laboratory and pilot
maintenance. To keep plants on stream plant facilities enable customers to have
and up-to-date, Niro has a special task their products tested assisted by Niro
force of experienced engineers who, on product specialists. We also co-operate
request, will evaluate existing systems direct with customers to develop
and quote for their rebuilding as an new products and refine existing
alternative to investing in a completely processes under established
new plant. confidentiality agreements.

Retractable Sanitary
CIP-cleaning nozzle rotary valve

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Financing
Accessing Funds
Niro is able to access funds and/or
guarantees to make it possible for
The decision to invest in customers to implement their projects,
a spray dryer or a especially in markets where access to
complete plant is a investment capital is limited.
complex one. Niro offers
project financing Our financing experts have a
assistance to customers widespread network of contacts with
planning to invest in banks and multi- and bilateral financial
industrial processing institutions in most parts of the world.
plants.
All-Round Expertise
With in-house project-financing experi-
ence as well as industry and technology
know-how, Niro is the unique partner at
any stage of the planning, design, and
delivery of an industrial processing
plant. An expertise that makes it
obvious that if you want the best in
dairy processing, look to a market
leader – look to Niro.

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DAIRY
Process Technology for Dairy and
Dairy-Like Products
Niro is a world leader in industrial processing,

with evaporation, spray drying, freeze drying,

and fluid bed processing as core technologies.

Today, Niro stands for an international group

of companies which forms the Process

Engineering Division of the GEA Group.

Niro A/S
Process Engineering
BNA 834/GB 04.03 opus

Division

A company of mg technologies group

Niro A/S • Gladsaxevej 305 • PO Box 45 • DK-2860 Soeborg • Denmark

Tel: +45 39 54 54 54 • Fax: +45 39 54 58 00 • [email protected] • www.niro.com
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