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
- Infant Formula
- 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 and Storage
Membrane Filtration Plants
Homogenisers
Milk
Pasteurisation (to NZFSA D121.1)
Coolers and Heaters
CIP cleaning
systems
EVAPORATION
Falling film evaporators
Flash coolers
DRYING
Spray dryers
Fluid bed dryers
POWDER HANDLING AND PACKING
Agglomerators
Powder Transport & Storage Systems
Powder
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.