Dairy Spray Drying

Caloris has extended our deep experience with dairy evaporation and concentration to the drying of dairy products. The efficient and effective processing of milk into dairy powders is a key part of many dairy production facilities.

Enhanced Production for Dairy Powders

The process of dairy spray drying involves the production of free-flowing powder by removing water from a slurried feedstock. This is an energy intensive industrial process involving many complexities, but it allows for an extended shelf-life while reducing transportation costs for the removed water.

Caloris spray dryers are capable of processing many different dairy products:

Infant Nutritional Formula
Medical Nutritional Formula
Skim Milk Powder
Whole Milk Powder
Whey powder
Whey permeate powder
WPC
Lactose Powder
Agglomerated Dairy Powder
Instantized Dairy Powder
Cheese Powder

The Caloris team of spray drying process engineers is ready to help you solve your existing operational challenges or to take you to the next level in your production. We’re prepared to specify, engineer, design, fabricate, install and commission your complete new dairy spray dryer.

And if it’s your existing dairy dryer, no matter the original manufacturer, that requires rebuilding or renovating, we’re ready to tackle that challenge too. Older legacy spray dryers for milk powder were built for a different era of energy costs, safety standards, automation and expectations of Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE). We specialize in capacity expansions, modernizations safety upgrades and more. Our staff is experienced with spray dryers from Niro, Tetra-pak, SPX, Stork, Anhydro, DeLaval, Damrow, Filtermat, Bowen and many others.

Our team of spray drying engineers is ready to apply the same innovation and dedication you’ve come to expect from Caloris.

Whether rebuilding a spray dryer completely or just certain portions, we have experience working on:

The liquid feed preparation system
nozzle or rotary atomization system
direct or indirect air heating system
air disperser
drying chamber
fluid beds for secondary powder drying or cooling
air exhaust system with cyclones, baghouses or wet scrubber
heat recovery system
powder handling
and the spray dryer safety system

With a keen eye towards the customer’s needs, the Caloris team focuses on delivering projects that focus on:

Process Capacity Optimization
Energy Optimization
Improve OEE on equipment or plant wide
Product Changes
Air Emissions Challenges

Our dairy equipment is designed to meet 3A and USDA requirements.

We’re prepared to bring to bear for you our deep experience in the production of high-quality edible powders such as dairy powders, nutraceutical powders, food powders, food ingredient powders, plant-based proteins and flavor powders, as well as others.

Dairy Spray Drying FAQs

What kinds of whey spray dryers does Caloris provide?

Caloris designs spray dryers for dairy powder production with specific experience in spray and fluid bed dryers, and agglomerators for whey, WPC and whey permeate applications, as well as engineering & application of powder handling, powder transport and powder packaging technology for food & dairy applications, with expertise in the nutritional formula market.

Can Caloris service dairy dryers and related equipment from other manufacturers?

Yes! Caloris has technical experience with spray dryers (Niro, DeLaval, Damrow &, Filtermat brand), tall form spray dryers, multi-stage spray dryers, falling film evaporators (MVR & TVR), retail powder packaging lines, (Colby & Albro), Avapac 25-kg Powder Packaging, & Nu-Con Powder Handling Systems.

What types of products can be processed on Caloris spray dryers?

Caloris spray dryers can be used on a variety of food products. We have experience processing, producing and packaging:

Infant Nutritional Formula
Medical Nutritional Formula
Skim Milk Powder
Whole Milk Powder
Whey powder
Whey permeate powder
WPC
Lactose Powder
Agglomerated Dairy Powder
Instantized Dairy Powder
Plant Protein
Egg Powder
Cheese Powder
Powdered Flavors and Powdered Food Ingredients
Yeasts
Blood

How will I know which type of spray dryer will work best for me?

Caloris will organize pilot spray drying trials and determine exactly what type of equipment will work best in your situation.

Contact Caloris by calling 410-822-6900 or send email to problem.solved@caloris.com to speak with one of our engineers and arrange a pilot test on your product sample.