Dairy Processing

GEA Clean Purge

Fri, 29 Jan 2021 08:41:11 GMT

The Clean Purge system from GEA is a significant safety and efficiency improvement given it addresses the primary cause of fire and explosions in food and dairy spray dryers while offering significant and valuable product and operational savings

GEA No Intervention Fines Return System

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 08:39:25 GMT

The new No Intervention Fines Return System (FRS) from GEA for food and dairy spray dryers is engineered for automated cleaning-in-place (CIP) processes, reduced down time and improved safety.

Jacketed VARIVENT® valve housings for finest chocolate

Mon, 14 Dec 2020 09:11:49 GMT

GEA VARIVENT® valve housings for keeping chocolate or margarine fluid and for cooling ice cream

GEA nozzle separators for greek yogurt manufacturer Lepur

Mon, 23 Nov 2020 15:39:46 GMT

China-based yogurt producer Lepur has a very strong and customer-centric ambition: providing consumers pure, i.e. additive-free, and delicious high-quality yogurt. The company’s core product Greek yogurt is produced with high-performance GEA nozzle separators. Due to the strong and reliable performance of the centrifuges, which enables the production of high-end yogurts in a consistent quality with the desired texture and delicate taste, Lepur has launched 40 new flavors to the Chinese market since 2016. In this reference video you learn why the company chose GEA and about their satisfaction with both the separators as well as the Service we offer to them.

Stable operations with GEA VARIVENT® valves

Mon, 23 Nov 2020 08:27:08 GMT

GEA VARIVENT® valve units maintain the stability and versatility of your plant operation

Delivering solutions for sustainable baby formula manufacturing at Danone

Tue, 10 Nov 2020 15:32:31 GMT

Video from Danone Nutricia nutritional formula production facility in Cuijk/Haps the Netherlands.

Over a million variants with VARIVENT®

Mon, 26 Oct 2020 09:35:03 GMT

Animation of variability and modularity of VARIVENT® valves

Premium quality with every part

Mon, 26 Oct 2020 09:34:15 GMT

Animation of quality of each part of VARIVENT® valves

Adding sustainability to liquid processes

Thu, 15 Oct 2020 09:10:16 GMT

Animation of GEA VARIVENT® adding sustainability to liquid processes

Digital strength for your progress

Wed, 26 Aug 2020 08:55:36 GMT

Animation of digital strength of GEA VARIVENT® valve unit

Perfection in every product

Wed, 26 Aug 2020 08:55:28 GMT

Animation of range of GEA VARIVENT® valves for near-limitless
customization

Safety in every process step

Wed, 26 Aug 2020 08:55:15 GMT

Animation of safe function and absolute reliability of GEA VARIVENT®
valve unit

SANICIP® II bag filter

Thu, 20 Aug 2020 06:34:34 GMT

The new GEA SANICIP® II (patent pending) bag filtration system for food and dairy spray dryers.

Vacuum technology introducing powder below the surface

Mon, 17 Aug 2020 12:20:50 GMT

GEA India – Delivering sustainable turnkey solutions for wide-range of dairy...

Wed, 15 Jul 2020 06:55:33 GMT

This is the largest ever project for GEA in India for one of the most trusted brands – ‘Nandini’ operated by Karnataka Cooperative Milk Producers' Federation Limited (KMF). This Hi-tech greenfield mega project, executed by GEA India, on a turnkey basis comprises of fully automatic 12 LLPD milk processing plant, 100 MTPD skimmed milk plant and 5 MTPD Ghee (clarified butter) plant.

Amulfed dairy plant

Tue, 30 Jun 2020 11:38:57 GMT

Through a ground breaking partnership with GEA, Amul has built and operates the country’s largest skim milk powder and dairy whitener plant at its AmulFed site in Gandhinagar.

SPRAYEYE® camera systems

Wed, 03 Jun 2020 11:34:11 GMT

SPRAYEYE® uses two types of camera technologies to cover all angles – visual monitoring for quality control and infrared temperature scanning (SPRAYEYE® IR) for safety.

Aseptomag® Magnetic Separator portfolio

Fri, 29 May 2020 07:42:06 GMT

Magnetic Separators serve as protection for process equipment and at the same time increase food quality. The Aseptomag® Portfolio includes three different models to ideally match customer expectations. Aseptomag® Magnetic Separators - taste the difference

Modular Orbital Cleaner OC200

Thu, 28 May 2020 10:41:01 GMT

The Orbital Cleaner OC200 is the most powerful and first modular cleaner of the range. This cleaner is designed for most efficient cleaning of large vessels and demanding cleaning tasks in various applications.

Cyclone Extra Efficiency (CEE) simulation

Mon, 27 Apr 2020 09:43:47 GMT

Computional Fluid Dynamics (CFD) has been used extensively to understand
particle trajectories and gas flow for various cyclone designs. This
has improved know-how about how different design features impact the
performance of a given cyclone design.

Delivering solutions for sustainable baby formula manufacturing at Danone

Thu, 06 Feb 2020 12:15:36 GMT

Video from Danone Nutricia nutritional formula production facility in Cuijk/Haps, the Netherlands, with a nice testimonal and images from our Niro MSD spray dryers, MVR evaporator, and Ariete Homogenizers.

Combi Plus 2000

Thu, 07 Nov 2019 18:21:36 GMT

Guarda da vicino la filatrice a vapore esposta sullo stand, e scopri come garantisce una maggiore shelf life sul prodotto finito.

Usine Schreiber Foods (France)

Wed, 30 Oct 2019 08:17:25 GMT

En un temps record de neuf mois, GEA a installé une solution complète de production dans l'usine de yaourts pour le client Schreiber Foods, à Cléry, en France.

GEA proplus technology

Fri, 25 Oct 2019 09:50:05 GMT

With the proplus technology it is possible to extend this discharge time interval of a GEA separator.
An extended interval means less milk waste, raised milk production, lesser waste water and water consumption and lower maintenance.

POWDEREYE inline sampler & analyzer animation

Tue, 08 Oct 2019 09:06:13 GMT

The POWDEREYE® from GEA is the inline analysis platform for the main powder properties. The POWDEREYE® provides fast powder measurements to the operator, thereby helping to prevent costly out of spec production.

GEA Circular Distribution Feeder

Thu, 15 Aug 2019 12:54:58 GMT

GEA Circular Distribution Feeder is the innovative feeder with multiple outlets for several industries.

The role of a GEA Separator in making strained yoghurt

Mon, 29 Jul 2019 15:26:16 GMT

What's the role of a GEA Separator in producing strained yoghurt like greek style, Labneh or Skyr on an industrial scale.

GEA Advanced Whey process

Thu, 18 Jul 2019 07:18:18 GMT

1. Whey skimming separator

2. Frequency of de-sludging and bowl-speed of the separator adjusted to the feed flow.

3. Standardizing fat content in whey cream by controlling the discharge flow of cream leaving the separator

4. Turbidity sensor - Checks residual fat content, gives automated signal for desludging when preset values are exceeded

5. 0.05% residual fat after clarifying and skimming raw whey

GEA Standomat MC Plus

Fri, 07 Jun 2019 07:53:30 GMT

Arla, in Pronsfeld Germany has successfully integrated the GEA Standomat MC plus, extreme precision controls allowing Arla to get more cream out of their milk standardization process, while reducing calibration-efforts at the same time. Check our calculator on gea.com to find out how much you can save by using this technology in your milk standardization process.

GEA CSI 500 / proplus – bacteria clarifier for milk and whey

Mon, 11 Mar 2019 08:15:25 GMT

The GEA CSI 500 ecoop / proplus centrifuge removes bacteria in milk and whey processing. GEAs Christian Frahm explaines the benefits of the direct drive system of the latest GEA dairy separators. Furthermore, the GEA CSI 500 / proplus is more energy efficient, reduces product losses, and works more quietly due to its water cooled motor. The GEA centrifuge covers a broad range of applications, e.g. the bacterial clarification of drinking milk and cheese-making milk, or the treatment of whey concentrate.

Working with Arla Foods to produce better food for our children

Wed, 30 Jan 2019 08:56:22 GMT

Our children are our future. This might be an obvious statement, but it takes on a special meaning when GEA has the opportunity of working on a project that directly affects the health of our new generation. Such a project has been the cooperation with Arla Food Ingredients Denmark on the company’s new, high-quality lactose plant called Danmark Protein, in Nr. Vium in West Jutland, part of the world’s largest whey protein and lactose factory.

GEA Dairy Separators - increasing energy efficiency

Fri, 23 Mar 2018 13:54:05 GMT

On the last day of AnugaFoodTec, we met with Thomas Veer, who focuses on reducing energy consumption with a team of GEA engineers. He explains how GEA improved the dairy separators over the last decade. GEA was the first company that changed the drive from gear drive system to flat belt and further to direct drive. By using direct drive technology drive system efficiency increases by more than 90%. This leads to fewer friction losses.

GEA Nozzle Separator KNE 3-06-777 - no stabalizers & higher product quality

Fri, 23 Mar 2018 10:08:35 GMT

At AnugaFoodTec, we caught up with GEAs Sarah Meszaros. She introduced the GEA Nozzle Separator KNE 3-06-777. This smaller-sized separator is used by customers for the production of e.g. Greek yogurt, cream cheese, or quark. The biggest advantage of the redesigned Nozzle Separator is that there is no need for adding stabilizers during the production process. Thereby, the product quality increases. With the new GEA Nozzle Separator KNE 3-06-777 there are less spare parts needed and less energy consumed. The separator is part of a skid installation with the capacity of up to 180kg/h.

GEA standomat standardization unit for milk and whey standardization

Thu, 22 Mar 2018 14:09:11 GMT

The GEA standomat standardization unit standardizes the milk fat content after the milk has been skimmed. The standomat helps to precisely return a specific amount of previously separated fat. GEAs Christian Becker explains how the standomat achieves astonishing accuracy with the use of three precise mass flow meters. This precision helps GEAs customers to increase the amount of separated surplus cream, which they are able to use for the production of, e.g. butter.

GEA wins the Dairy Technology Award 2018

Thu, 22 Mar 2018 09:16:39 GMT

At 2018 Anuga FoodTec, GEA engineer Joachim Löw won the Dairy Technology Award 2018. We met with GEAs Christian Schmitt and talked about the prize-winning technology. The Dairy Technology Award honors the successful implementation of technical innovations in the dairy and food industry. This year, the jury awarded GEAs newly developed system for the preparation and addition of tempered process water. In 2015, GEA won the award for the GEA ecoforce decanter family and the GEA Provident Flow Analysis.

GEA Fresh Cheese Project Wiesehoff

Fri, 09 Feb 2018 14:51:06 GMT

Wiesehoff – customer reference video. Wiesehoff chose GEA for a new fresh cheese plant to broaden its existing portfolio. Approximately 600,000 litres of milk are being processed 24/7 using GEA equipment such as separators for milk skimming and bacteria removal, valves, pumps and heat exchangers.

Ariete Homogenizer 5400 - the highest performance homogenizer in the world

Tue, 04 Jul 2017 12:50:51 GMT

Ariete Homogenizer 5400 provides throughput of 80,000 liters an hour with 120 bar of pressure creating the largest capacity a five-piston homogenizer has ever provided, setting new standards in terms of reliability, products safety and operating costs.

GEA Grasso M Screw Compressor Unit for Industrial Refrigeration

Tue, 20 Jun 2017 07:21:25 GMT

The single-stage screw compressor units of the GEA Grasso M Series are the #1 choice in the small to medium industrial cooling capacity range across many applications. Thanks to its advanced engineering design GEA Grasso M helps to reduce the life cycle costs of the refrigeration plant. Learn more about the advantages of this compressor unit.

GEA Hilge TP/TPS Hygienische Pumpen

Wed, 01 Mar 2017 08:28:47 GMT

Eine Animation, die die Funktion der GEA Hilge TP und der GEA Hilge TPS Pumpe zeigt.

GEA Hilge TP/TPS Hygienic Pump Animation

Tue, 28 Feb 2017 09:48:22 GMT

Animation showing the function of the GEA Hilge TP and GEA Hilge TPS pump.

Ammonia Chiller GEA BluGenium Animation

Fri, 20 Jan 2017 13:20:05 GMT

In this line of ammonia chillers, GEA has
exploited the potential of the

technological concept employed in the GEA Blu chillers. Learn more about the
advantages and highlights of GEA BluGenium as well as the refrigeration cycle
of chillers.

GEA PerformancePlus

Mon, 24 Oct 2016 07:51:42 GMT

With GEA PerformancePlus GEA is offering its customers service level options that extend way beyond routine preventive maintenance and complement customer Industry 4.0 strategic efforts.

By combining modern condition monitoring technologies with its industry expertise, GEA provides its customers monitoring services, comprehensive analysis reports and reliable optimization recommendations. In turn, GEA customers receive valuable information to make business decisions easier and addressing challenges they face to achieve their specific performance-related goals. GEA PerformancePlus creates transparency about the current health status of the equipment, increases its availability, ensures optimum productivity, brings efficiency optimization potential to light and enables a sustainable equipment utilization. GEA PerformancePlus enables a speedy evaluation of the opportunities and risks of changing production requirements, orders can be assessed and economically scheduled in turn leading to higher productivity for GEA customers.

GEA PerformancePlus will initially be available for GEA separators; on the mid-term it will be extended to other GEA product groups.

Fonterra chooses GEA again

Thu, 13 Oct 2016 07:52:24 GMT

At GEA we believe that overcoming technical challenges is the key to our success. They enable us to be innovative, creative and at the same time, redefine what we are capable of.

Global leader in dairy nutrition Fonterra presented us with the challenge of supplying a complete turnkey plant at their Lichfield site located in the South Waikato of New Zealand. This is not your ordinary dairy plant – it houses the world’s largest spray dryer – the second of its type to be supplied in New Zealand. The first was supplied to the Darfield site in the south island. The plant takes the milk right from reception through standardization, concentration using falling film evaporators, spray drying, powder handling and packaging ready for dispatch.

The energy efficient heat pump

Fri, 18 Mar 2016 09:49:31 GMT

The cooling process generates heat which is transferred to the environment. This process requires energy. Both heat and energy are lost. By installing a GEA heat pump we can capture the waste heat and, by adding a small amount of extra energy, we transform it all into usable heat for other purposes.

Homogenization process in dairy applications

Thu, 18 Feb 2016 08:14:27 GMT

NanoVALVE (up to 250 bar) is the ideal high efficiency homogenizing valve for high quality dairy products.

- 30% reduction of energy consumption

- better product quality: 20% more viscous product looking smooth and creamy with improved taste and color

- enhanced micronization

- reduced needs of additives and proteins

GEA homogenizers

Fri, 29 Jan 2016 08:12:49 GMT

The advantages of the homogenization process:

- longer shelf-life

- better overall product performance

- improved taste and nutritional values

Industrial homogenizers - One Series

Mon, 02 Nov 2015 12:34:38 GMT

One Series homogenizers are suitable for dairy products and beverages; One homogenizers are easy to use and they guarantee good quality at the right price

GEA Chemical - Homogenization process

Thu, 29 Oct 2015 09:37:30 GMT

The homogenization process inside the high pressure homogenizer equipped with a standard valve

GEA Dairy Processing - Westland Milk - RBF-800 Filling Line

Mon, 07 Sep 2015 13:02:53 GMT

This video shows the RBF-800 filling line that was installed at Westland Milk Products Nutritional Products plant in Hokitika, New Zealand.

GEA Dairy Processing - RBF-1200 Upgrade - BDS-1200

Mon, 07 Sep 2015 13:02:24 GMT

This video features the upgraded 12MT/hr line at Westland Milk Products. The standard GEA RBF-1200 filler was upgraded to include an automatic bag de-stacking system taken from the Limited Intervention filling technology.

GEA Dairy Processing - Vinamilk - Retail Can Filling Plant

Mon, 07 Sep 2015 13:02:08 GMT

This video is of the latest retail can filling plant completed by GEA in 2013. The video shows 2 retail can filling lines producing infant formula into finished retail consumer cans.

The lines feature two Albro 20 head vacuum can fillers (RCF-20V) complete with can de-palletising, in-feed and cleaning and inert gassing right through to finished can palletising.

GEA Dairy Processing - Limited Intervention Filling Animation

Mon, 07 Sep 2015 13:01:42 GMT

The GEA Limited Intervention Filling system and the RBF-800Li is a fully automated packing solution that can be integrated into a powder plant to ensure reliable and continuous packing into 25kg bags.

This animation shows how the complete system can be integrated into a plant so that all functions from empty bag handling through to finished product palletising can be integrated into a fully automated solution.

GEA Dairy Processing - GEA RBF800Li Bag filling Machine

Mon, 07 Sep 2015 13:01:23 GMT

This video shows the new GEA RBF800Li filler undergoing pre-commission testing at our factory in New Zealand. The new RBF800Li is the latest model in the Limited Intervention range and uses the same well proven technology from the larger RBF1200Li filler.

This machine is designed to be fully automated by the addition of a bag de-stacking system or as shown in the video, empty bags can be loaded onto a conveyor for semi-automatic operation.

GEA Dairy Processing - Westland Milk

Mon, 07 Sep 2015 12:51:57 GMT

This video is a short introduction to Limited Intervention Filling. It was taken at Westland Milk Products plant in Hokitika, NZ.

GEA Dairy Processing - FIBC filling system

Tue, 18 Aug 2015 10:29:37 GMT

The new BBS-D semi-automatic FIBC filling system from GEA is designed to provide efficient filling of big bags. Utilizing a twin overhead gantry system, the BBS-D can hygienically fill, seal and transport big bags with powdered products at a rate of up to 12 bags per hour 12 metric tonnes/hr. Filled bags are hermetically sealed prior to conveying to an automated palletising system outside of the critical hygiene area. Equipment features or specifications may differ from those shown.

GEA Dairy Processing - GEA at Anuga 2015

Tue, 02 Jun 2015 12:57:04 GMT

GEA Dairy Processing - GEA at Anuga 2015

Tue, 02 Jun 2015 12:56:28 GMT

GEA Dairy Processing - GEA at Anuga 2015

Tue, 02 Jun 2015 12:54:19 GMT

GEA Dairy Processing - GEA at Anuga 2015

Tue, 02 Jun 2015 12:53:12 GMT

GEA Dairy Processing - GEA at Anuga 2015

Tue, 02 Jun 2015 12:51:16 GMT

GEA Dairy Processing - GEA at Anuga 2015

Tue, 02 Jun 2015 12:49:21 GMT

GEA Dairy Processing - GEA at Anuga 2015

Tue, 02 Jun 2015 12:48:13 GMT

Milk powder factory

Mon, 01 Jun 2015 08:00:00 GMT

Complete milk powder factory, including spray dryer, evaporator, homogenizer, filler

GEA Dairy Processing - Dairy Production Lines: from milk reception to packaging

Fri, 30 May 2014 13:32:27 GMT

GEA can provide you customised solutions according to your needs, from milk reception, through processing and pasteurisation, to packaging the final product.