Dairy Equipment

The activities of the Dairy Industry can be looked into four steps :

• Farming
• Milking
• Processing
• Consumption

REPUTE is committed to the dairy industry with updated project engineering and state- of- the -art of processing technologies.

Farm to Consumer cycle can be viewed as follows :
After the milking, the milk will be collected either in a hygienic vessel (cans) or refrigerated storage tanks (bulk Cooler) and the same will be transported to the nearest dairy plant.

The plant will accept or reject the milk after quality test, if the quality is positive the milk will be allowed for quantity verification by weighing in case of cans and pump through an electro magnetic flow meter in-case of bulk quantity refrigerated milk.

However, in both the cases, the milk will be subject to on line filtration. The raw milk will be sent to the insulated milk storage through milk cooler (chiller) and the refrigerated milk will be stored in the storage tank. These activities are generally called RECEPTION and the place of this activity called as RMRD (Raw Milk Reception Dock).

Some more supporting equipment like Can Conveyors, Can Washers, Can Scrubbers & Can Drip Savers etc., are used based on the handling capacity.

The chilled milk will be transferred to the processing plant as per the requirement.

Dairy Equipment Liquid Milk Processing system generally consist of three major process parameters, they are :

Pasteurization, Homogenization & Clarification

• Pasteurization process is to heat the milk to a Maximum temperature of 71.8°C (this is the set temperature and can vary on many factors) and cooling the same instantly to 4°C.
• Homogenization, means the fat globules are subjected to mechanical treatment, which breaks them down into smaller globules & uniformly dispersed in the milk, sedimentation of fat also can be effectively prevented by homogenizing the milk.
• Clarification, removing the solid impurities from the milk, before homogenization and pasteurization. This machine can be used for separation of cream from milk (skimming) or standardizing the cream content in the liquid milk to be processed.

The processed milk will be stored in Insulated Storage Tank, from there it can be transferred to the packing section as and when it is required. The packed milk will be kept in refrigerated condition at 4°C. The entire plant machineries need to be cleaned thoroughly to meet the stringent sanitary standard, to maintain the quality of milk and milk products. Cleaning in place system, will clean the equipment, pipelines etc., without dismantling from its position. This is an essential system for any dairy plant to maintain the quality of their product.

The above activities almost cover all branches of engineering like, thermal engineering, refrigeration, steam, power and electro pneumatic controls and instrumentation. The combination of all these are the essence of Dairy Engineering. Proper engineering will help to achieve better quality products, minimum break down and less operating cost like power, steam, and refrigeration etc. Here the importance of Project Engineering required to be done properly before venturing into the procurement of equipment etc.

Dairy Equipment offers wide range of processing plants & equipment as below

• Plate Heat Exchangers for heating and cooling the liquid milk (chiller, Heater etc.)
• Milk Pasteurization plant with Homogenizers from 100 to 20000 liters per hour capacity
• Pasteurizers for Yogurt, ice cream and other viscous products with Tubular Heat Exchangers
• Reception and Storage Equipment like dump tank, weigh bowl, on line filter etc.
• Stainless steel, centrifugal pumps of highest sanitary standards
• Cleaning in Place Units with all standard accessories
• Semi Welded Heat Exchangers for Ammonia evaporator and condensers

REPUTE’s association with leading international equipment manufacturers make its equipment technologically updated & value for money to our esteemed customers.

REPUTE undertake project engineering for dairy plant capacities above 20000 liters per day.