Arla Foods, whose brands include Lurpak, Cravendale and Anchor, is the largest dairy company in Europe. Bov is the only dairy within Arla in Europe that can produce and package traditional Feta cheese - the new vats were required to meet increased demand for its products.
Equipment provider CPS Damrow first had to dismantle the existing vats, then design and install a new pipework and valve system. In addition, CPS Damrow undertook full commissioning of the complete new production plant.
The Damrow Double 'O' cheese vat was originally developed in the early 1970's and was a major breakthrough for the dairy industry at the time. New key features include improved hygienic design of the whey drain, improve hygienic design of the knives and increased yield, enhanced accuracy of direct dosing of CaCl2 and rennet, improve cooling and temperature control.
This project followed Damrow's recent installation of an 18,000-litre enclosed cottage cheese vat (ECCV) at Arla Foods' production facility in Skovde, Sweden.
Skovde is the only dairy within Arla in Europe that produces cottage cheese, and the division claimed that the new vat was required to meet increased demand for its products.
Damrow said that the new vat is capable of highly efficient and exact cutting of the coagulum, along with accurate and reliable control of the heating profile. The Damrow ECCV also comes with a fully programmable control panel, which enables the operator to meet different production needs.
Consolidation of sales activities within the CPS group means that Damrow equipment is generally available worldwide either through sister companies in USA, Canada, UK and Ireland or direct from CPS Damrow or local agents for other countries.
Carlisle Process Systems (CPS) is a leading systems and equipment business supplying the cheese, dairy, food, beverage, pharmaceutical and powder industries. CPS has manufacturing facilities in the USA, UK and China and sales and service offices throughout the world.