Automation, flexibility and energy saving for food processing lines for dairy, flavors and beverages
I.C.F. & Welko S.p.A. can provide turnkey and tailor-made solutions to offer an excellent powdered product of high quality to the end user due to its know-how in the food processing lines, particularly for the dairy, flavors, and beverage fields too.
Each plant is custom-designed to meet the needs of the customer, ensuring excellent performance, a high level of automation, great flexibility, energy savings, full compliance with the highest safety requirements, and complete environmental respect.
The I.C.F. & Welko S.p.A. core business is based on the following process technologies:
Spray Drying, equipment to turn liquids into powdery or granulated products:
- Wide range of applications;
- Fine and agglomerated particles;
- Small scale and industrial size;
- High degree of automation;
- ATEX design.
Each plant is custom-designed to meet the needs of the customer: the model 3D spray dryer. (photo I.C.F. & Welko)
Fluidized Bed Drying. equipment to dry, heat or cool powders or granules:
- High operational flexibility;
- Improved heat transfer efficiency;
- Independent air flow, temperature and humidity control;
- It can be used as post-drying stage;
- Or as standalone equipment for cooling/heating.
Agglomeration, re-wetting equipment to agglomerate powders and mixtures into granules:
- Wide range of applications with sugar-based mixtures with cocoa, milk, extracts, sport drinks, etc;
- High wettability and sinkability of agglomerated products;
- High organoleptic quality of the end product;
- Continuous process for medium and large capacity production.
CIP Units, systems for processing equipment Cleaning in Place:
- Different solutions for different needs;
- They can be integrated in a wide range of production lines;
- Reliable, efficient and repeatable performances;
- Reduction of production downtime;
- Low water and detergent consumptions.
The research testing laboratory for simulation and test
I.C.F. & Welko S.p.A. has always been strongly committed to researching and developing new technological solutions to cater to constantly-changing industry needs; it knows that challenges are strategic opportunities and offers itself as the partner for innovation, meaning a key partner for success. I.C.F. & Welko S.p.A. has an innovated and fully equipped research-testing laboratory, which allows its customers to simulate and test product behavior under processing conditions, make the proper plant, machine and equipment choices.
The laboratory allows to fully understand product treatment characteristics, identify process variables and necessary dimensioning and planning elements and provide technological assistance for new solutions.
I.C.F. & Welko S.p.A. R&D lab is staffed by the most experienced and trained personnel available, whose work consists in ongoing research aimed at continuous improvement and the satisfaction of customers and stakeholders.
