Concentrated product is sprayed into a drying chamber and hot air is applied.
When drying dairy products, hot air is pumped (temperatures ranging from 160° – 205° depending on the product) into a drying chamber along with concentrated product.
The dried product falls into a ‘fluid’ bath under the drying chamber, which is continually shaken. Air is also pushed up from underneath the drying chamber to cool the powder and keep it in motion. When completely dry, the powder agglomerate exits the system and can be transported.
Incorporating the very latest technologies, Tetra Pak’s spray dryers for dairy products lead the industry. They include for example, a camera monitoring system to continuously check the spray nozzles, and prevent the build up of product.
When spray drying, the finer the nozzles the better (up to a point), since the more droplets you make the greater the surface you can dry. Other keys to success are having the correct size dryer for the application, and the correct degree of agglomeration for the intended application and to prevent fouling inside the drying chamber.
Tetra Pak® Spray Dryer Wide Body provides a fully automatic and continuous spray drying system.
Tetra Pak® Spray Dryer Tall Wide Body provides a fully automatic and continuous spray drying system.
Tetra Pak® Spray Dryer Prolac is a fully automatic and continuous spray drying system for whey.
Designed for long production runs and customised designed to run your product range
We can help you with your food production. Contact us about Spray drying
About Tetra Pak
Together with our customers we make food safe and available, everywhere. Since the start in 1951 we have taken pride in providing the best possible processing and packaging solutions for food.
Tetra Pak is one of three companies in the Tetra Laval Group – a private group that started in Sweden. The other two companies are DeLaval and Sidel. Tetra Laval is headquartered in Switzerland.