Membrane solutions for the dairy industry

Our membrane filtration technology enables the fractionation, isolation and concentration of valuable dairy components, supporting sustainable processes and enhancing overall production efficiency.

Delivering services for

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Milk, cheese and whey processes
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Infant milk powder formulas
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Nutritional and protein formulas

Benefits for
the dairy industry

  • Your system will be fully customized to your standards and specific requirements.
  • Apart from building new systems, we can also upgrade your existing installation to improve productivity and efficiency.
  • You can rely on independent advice with the best choice of A quality membrane suppliers for your process.
  • You can benefit from complete service and support through a dedicated membrane and service division.
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Sustainable dairy
starts with smart separation

With over 50 years of experience in membrane filtration, Wafilin knows how to turn complex challenges into smart,
future-proof solutions for the dairy industry.

What makes us unique is that every system we design is fully customized to your standards. Whether you want to upgrade an existing installation or build a completely new one, we deliver solutions that fit seamlessly into your process.

Whey protein recovery and concentration

Whey, a by-product of cheese-making, contains a mixture of proteins with useful nutritional properties. We apply membrane technology to extract these valuable ingredients from the whey.

Ultrafiltration (UF) is the most common filtration technology for processing whey into high-quality whey protein concentrates (WPC). The UF process separates the lactose and minerals from the protein and then concentrates it. This enables us to control the protein to dry matter ratio (WPC) by concentrating the whey in different levels. If higher-quality WPC is required, we use additional techniques like defiltration to wash more lactose and minerals out of the protein.

Our expertise

Milk concentration, fractionation and skimming

Wafilin Systems is your partner for milk concentration, fractionation and skimming. We have wide experience in processing of a variety of milk types and sources: cow milk, goat milk, whole milk and skimmed milk.

One special application developed by Wafilin is raw milk concentration at the farm. Milk concentration at the farm offers several benefits: lower transport volume, reuse of water, more dry matter, lower energy consumption and faster processing time at the dairy plant.

Our technologies

Re-use of treated process water

During milk and whey processing, large volumes of water are released. As water is a vital and limited resource practically throughout the entire dairy industry, its reuse essential. Our reverse osmosis (RO) technology is used to remove water from whey or milk. The extracted water can be upgraded for reuse purposes for example cleaning or in other process steps.

In addition to whey processing, our membrane filtration solutions can also be used for other valuable process flows, such as purifying condensate and CIP streams for reuse as process water. This closes the water cycle and boosts the sustainability of your processes.

Water polishing applications

Brine filtration

Brining is a key step in cheese production, while also adding both flavour and shelf life. The problem is that for every gram of salt that ends up in the cheese, the cheese loses two grams of water, resulting in excess brine. Traditional membrane filtration enables cheese makers to return the brine to its original state, but does not reduce the excess.

We have succesfully developed BRINEX: an all-in-one brine reuse solution. With BRINEX, cheese factories can reuse brine and reduce this excess. This greatly lowers transport and waste water treatment costs. The solution combines microfiltration with a unique evaporation technology.

Salt Brine

Reliable service for your system

Our involvement is not only limited by our own projects,
we also offer our services to other dairy membrane systems.
Our membrane & service team is at your service to guarantee
reliable membrane processes in the future.

Membranes & service

Some examples

WPI Membrane system

WPC Membrane system

Brine filtration system

Every dairy system we design is fully customized to your standards. Whether you want to upgrade an existing installation or build a completely new one, we deliver solutions that fit seamlessly into your process.

Want to know more? Contact Gerbrand Siegersma

Membranes & service

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Available filtration systems

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