IDM | Site report Figure 1: Centrifugal pumps from the FP line are well suited for evaporators Over 200 pumps operating Uelzena and Fristam – Partners from the very beginning Author: Thomas Kasprik, Sales Engineer, FRISTAM Pumpen KG (GmbH & Co.), Kurt-A.-Körber-Chaussee 55, 21033 Hamburg, Germany; web: fristam.de Figure 2: Open impellers in conjunction with flow- optimized pumping channels allow for the very gentle product handling even at high volumetric flows 28 · 10 2016 | international-dairy.com This is the story of years of successful collaboration between Uelzena eG, Uelzen, one of the major independent milk processors for decades in Northern Germany and the Hamburg-based pump manufacturer Fristam, which has produced stainless steel hygienic pumps for the food and beverage industry since 1931. The long-established companies were already working together in the 1950s. At that time, Fristam supplied the first centrifugal pumps to the Uelzen-based company. Today, Uelzena successfully employs well over 200 of Fristam’s pumps, particularly for collecting and storing milk, in evaporation and drying plants, as well as for producing butter and butter fat. Uelzena eG is a well-known manufacturer of dried products for the food and pharmaceutical industry and is among the largest in the industry in Germany with around 600 million euros in corporate sales. The company’s roots lie in the production of milk powder, butter and milk fat products. Uelzena was founded in 1952 to process milk surpluses from regional farms into non-perishable milk powder. Their skills in drying technology have been applied to produce milk-free food products since the middle of the 1970s. This particularly includes spray drying of food ingredients, such as plant dyes, aromas, seasonings, baking aids and vitamins. Since 1983, Uelzena has also manufactured special milk fats for the bakery and confectionery industry using various technologies for fat fractionation, removal of cholesterol, or deodorization and decolorizing. Reliable components Around the world, food processing is one of the largest application fields for hygienic compo-
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