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Alfa Laval eyeing future dairy demand with hybrid powder mixer

19-Sep-2013 - Last updated on 28-Sep-2021 at 09:58 GMT

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Alfa Laval is anticipating an increase in demand from the dairy industry for powder mixing technology, such as its new Hybrid Powder Mixer, in coming years on the back of increasing category convergence.

DairyReporter.com caught up with Alfa Laval earlier this week at drinktec 2013 in Munich to find out more about the company's new Hybrid Powder Mixer. According to the firm, the technology, which is comprised of a powder mixer and pump driven by a single motor, uses less energy when compared to existing separate powder mixer and pump combinations, and offers a reduced risk of contamination.

Within the dairy industry, this technology is typically used to produce reconstituted milk and to mix milk powder and sugar.

But according to Murat Boztepe, global beverage application manager at Alfa Laval, demand for powder mixing technology from the dairy sector will increase in future as milk-based beverages become more varied.

"The need for powder mixing applications in the dairy industry will grow in future," he said.

"The mixing application in the dairy industry is getting more and more complex because you are mixing more and more different kinds of products together into one product - one of these products is powder."

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Hybrid Powder Mixer

Posted by Dudley Bradley - Executive Chairman of Ytron-Quadro (UK) Limited, 23 September 2013 - 08:24 GMT

Hybrid is something having two kinds of components that produce the same or similar results, such as a vehicle powered by both an electric and internal combustion motor so I am not sure why it is called a Hybrid Powder Mixer. Listening to the interview Murat actually says that it is one component, the pump. This is also very old technology, called a shear-pump, and has been offered by companies such as Ytron Process Technology for many years. Certain powders such as protein powders require more initial shear than offered by even the shear pump. Ytron developed the ZC and XC units for such powders and have installed them in many of the leading dairies in the UK and Europe. Great pity that you didn't visit the Ytron stand and look at the units on display there.

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Hybrid Powder Mixer

Posted by Dudley R. Bradley (Executive Chairman - Ytron-Quadro (UK) Limited, 23 September 2013 - 08:05 GMT

Hybrid is something having two kinds of components that produce the same or similar results, such as a vehicle powered by both an electric motor so I am not sure why it is called a Hybrid Powder Mixer. Listening to the interview Murat actually says that it is one component, the pump. This is also very old technology, called a shear-pump, and has been offered by companies such as Ytron Process Technology for many years. Certain powders such as protein powders require more initial shear than offered by even the shear pump. Ytron developed the ZC and XC units for such powders and have installed them in many of the leading dairies in the UK and Europe. Great pity that you didn't visit the Ytron stand and look at the units on display there.

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