Overview
Lactose separation is a crucial process in the dairy industry. It is used to produce lactose-free dairy products or extract lactose for use in various applications. This process involves separating lactose from whey or other dairy by-products, which requires precise temperature control and efficient heat transfer to achieve optimal results.
Direct Steam Injection for dairy processing offers several significant advantages over traditional heating methods in lactose separation, enhancing efficiency, quality, and cost-effectiveness:
- Instantaneous heating speeds up lactose separation and improves production efficiency, enabling higher throughput with in-line processing.
- Accurate and uniform temperature control optimizes lactose separation, prevents protein denaturation, and eliminates burn-on across all dairy processes.
- Minimized exposure to high temperatures preserves texture, flavor, and nutrients of dairy by-products while preventing burn-on during production.
- Reduced energy consumption through minimized heat loss, delivering cost savings, and supporting sustainability goals.
- Space-saving design with low-maintenance requirements enhances production efficiency and reduces downtime.
- Adaptable to various dairy by-products, ensuring efficient lactose separation across multiple streams with consistent results.
- Uniform heating ensures high-quality lactose extraction, meeting industry standards, and customer expectations.
- Advanced features like in-line heating and an air gap in the Hydron improve performance and streamline operations.
Hydron™
The Hydron™ 400 Series is the most precise, accurate, versatile Sanitary Hydroheater. Its modular 3-A-certified design delivers optimal process flexibility and stability in an easy-to-use and maintain design.
- Volume capability: 1 up to 460 gpm [0.2 up to104.5 m³/hr]
Infuze
Compact and fully sanitary cooking skid that helps products achieve finished recipe results, pasteurization, or blended emulsification through 3-A, EHEDG, and FDA certifications.
- Volume capability: 3 up to 255 gpm [0.7 up to 57.9 m3/hr]
Silverline™
The Silverline™ is a polished stainless-steel steel system engineered to replicate specified processing profiles precisely. It is 3-A certified and meets EHEDG, CE, and FDA requirements. Despite its simple appearance, it incorporates thousands of hours of engineering into a single, advanced machine – acclaimed as one of the most advanced food and beverage processing systems globally.
- Volume capability: 5 up to 200 gpm [1.1 up to 45 m3/hr]
EZ Heater®
The EZ Heater® is the industry leader in all hot water applications with its unique internal modulation and self-cleaning ability. With on-demand hot water where you need it, the EZ Heater is ideal for washing stations, Clean in Place (CIP) systems, and anywhere reliable hot water is needed.
- Volume capability: 2 up to 1,350 gpm [.5 up to 306 m3/hr]