GEA serum separator boosts Amul's ghee production by 30%

Continuing its tradition of customer-centric, innovative solutions, German firm GEA has engineered a unique ghee processing separator for Amul. The dairy firm has reduced fat losses by 85 per cent and increased ghee production by 30 per cent with no additional investment in the already existing plant. GEA developed its groundbreaking serum separator based on Amul's requirements for the local market. With a capacity of 3,000 liters per hour, the separator allows Amul to bypass the conventional pre-stratification setup and scale up its production to generate an additional volume of 6 metric tonnes per day with no additional equipment or investment in the plant. Amul's new installation has reduced the load on its effluent treatment plant (ETP), resulting in large savings in overall power and fuel consumption and benefiting the dairy's sustainability initiatives. The GEA serum separator also helps reduce the turnaround time of the production process.