Processing of raw milk to provide cream and pasteurized skim milk
CA 1186551 A · Owner: Alfa-Laval Ab · Inventors: Kirschenmann, Bernd R.G.
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A process for separation of raw milk by centrifugal separation into cream, which is cooled in a first heat exchanger, and into skim milk which is heated to pasteurization and cooled by regenerative heat exchange in a second heat exchanger, is described.. The characteristic feature is that the feed of raw milk is separated into two part streams, of which the first is heated in the second heat exchanger to separation temperature, while the second part stream is heated in the first heat exchanger and is then combined with the first part stream and centrifugally separated.
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- Granted May 7, 1985. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended May 7, 2002.
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