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Systems for food , chemical and pharmaceutical industry

Systems  for food , chemical and pharmaceutical industry
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Systems for food , chemical and pharmaceutical industry

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Company Overview
ICF & Welko, founded in 1961 and based in Maranello, Italy, specializes in designing, manufacturing, and installing equipment for the food, chemical, pharmaceutical, and agricultural industries. The company provides advanced solutions for processes such as spray drying, fluidized bed drying, freeze-drying, evaporation, extraction, aroma recovery, and agglomeration. Their custom-made plants ensure high performance, automation, flexibility, and energy efficiency while adhering to strict safety and environmental standards.
Research and Development
ICF & Welko prioritizes research and development to address the evolving needs of manufacturers. Their research laboratory simulates product behavior under near-industrial conditions to select appropriate equipment and optimize technological parameters. Continuous technological improvement is a focus to meet customer demands.
Spray Drying Technology
Spray drying transforms liquid feed into dried particles by spraying it into a hot drying medium. The process includes concentration, atomization, droplet-air contact, droplet drying, and separation. It is adaptable to various capacities and suitable for both heat-resistant and heat-sensitive products, with applications in polymers, agrochemicals, ceramics, pharmaceuticals, and foodstuffs.
Equipment and Processes
ICF & Welko's spray drying plants feature integrated fluid beds, rotary atomizers, and indirect heat exchangers. Equipment selection is based on laboratory tests to determine parameters like moisture content, pH, viscosity, and temperature tolerance. The company offers centrifugal disk and pressure nozzle atomizing systems, each suited for different product requirements.
Applications and Advantages
Spray drying is used in industries such as food, pharmaceuticals, and chemicals for products like polymers, resins, and nutraceutical ingredients. The technology supports continuous operation, full automation, and is suitable for both small and large-scale production.
Fluid Bed Dryer and Cooler
This equipment is designed for continuous drying and cooling using a fluidized bed, allowing operations such as drying, heating, cooling, and reacting with independent control over temperature, air flows, and humidity. It is suitable for heat-sensitive or toxic products and materials with inflammable solvents.
Instantizer
The instantizer produces agglomerated food mixtures with a porous structure that absorbs liquid and dissolves instantly, mainly applied in the food and diet markets to improve the flowability and consistency of powders for packaging and tablet pressing.
STAR-System
This system is used for mixing, granulating, and coating powders, particularly for heat-sensitive materials, producing non-dusting, mechanically stable granulates suitable for various industries, including pharmaceuticals and food.
Cleaning in Place (CIP) Systems
CIP technology cleans equipment without dismantling, using chemicals, heat, and water, efficiently saving time and resources, minimizing water and chemical consumption, and improving safety and process efficiency.
Dairy Plants
ICF & Welko offers complete solutions for dairy processing, including spray drying and agglomeration, ensuring high-quality products that meet European standards, used for producing milk powder and by-products for various food applications.
Applications
The technologies are applied in producing sugar-based mixtures, fruit jellies, proteins, dietetic products, baby foods, and more, also used in the production of coffee, tea, and chocolate products.
Market and Consumer Focus
ICF & Welko emphasizes selecting high-quality raw materials and understanding their origin and processing to meet market demands and consumer preferences, helping users make informed choices balancing quality and investment.
Product Development
Based on market needs, ICF & Welko has developed systems for a wide range of products, including infant food, nutricosmetics, malted flours, sports drinks, fruit jellies, broths, flavorings, and various industrial and biochemical products.
Contact Information
ICF & Welko S.p.a. is located in Maranello, Italy. For more information, visit their website at www.icfwplants.com.
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SyStemS for food, chemical and pharmaceutical induStry КомплеКсные линии для пищевой, химической, фармацевтической промышленности

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Since 1961, ICF & Welko, an Italian company based in the mechanical-engineering district of Maranello, has been planning, manufacturing and installing plants, machines and equipment worldwide for food, chemical, pharmaceutical and agro industries. ICF & Welko provides cutting-edge solutions for spray drying, fluidized bed drying, freeze-drying, evaporation, extraction, aroma recovery, agglomeration; hundreds of our customers successfully process a wide range of products with ICF & Welko complete “turn-key” plants, such as dairy products, coffee, breakfast and beverages (chocolate beverages, coffee...

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Ваш Партнер в Области Инноваций Ваш Партнер в Области Инноваций ICF & Welko has always been strongly committed to Researching and developing new technological solutions to cater to constantlychanging industry needs; our company knows that challenges are strategic opportunities and offers itself as the partner for your innovation, meaning a key partner for your success. Our company has an innovated and fully equipped research-testing laboratory, which allows our customers to: • simulate and test product behavior under processing conditions • make the proper plant, machine and equipment choices...

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Spray Drying Распылительные Сушильные Установки Spray Drying APPLICATIONS Polymers and Resins Agrochemicals Ceramics Tannins Chemicals & detergents Environmental protection processes Pharmaceuticals, catalysts and biochemicals Dyestuffs and Pigments Flavours & essences Foodstuffs (animal and vegetable origin) Ingredients Seed and herb extracts Beverages Nutraceutical ingredients Functional food and functional drink ingredients Область применения Производство полимеров и смол Агрохимия Керамика Танины Моющие средства Природоохранные технологии Фармацевтика, каталитические и биохимические процессы...

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Spray Drying Распылительные Сушильные Установки Spray drying plant with integrated ring shaped fluid bed, rotary atomizer, indirect heat exchanger, external fluid bed and scrubber. Сушильная установка с интегрированным кольцевым флюидайзером, дисковым распылителем, теплообменником косвенного нагрева, внешним флюидайзером и фильтром.

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Spray Drying Распылительные Сушильные Установки The determination of the suitable type of equipment occurs through laboratory tests aimed at finding out: of the base product, or for the choice of the proper types of building materials. • Viscosity and density of suspensions, solutions, etc., in order to fix the spraying system, the feeding pressures, the residence times in the chamber. • The maximum contact temperature which the product can stand. • The quality level of the dried product. • The optimum granulometric curve. • The apparent specific gravity of the dry product. Для выбора типа оборудования...

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Spray Drying Exhaust Air Отработанный Воздух Air того Распылительные Сушильные Установки Exhaust Air Отработанный Воздух Powder Порошок SPRAY DRYER Распылительная сушильная установка 1. Air Tangential Diffusor 2. Spray Dryer Chamber 3. Integrated Fluid Bed 4. External Fluid Bed 5. Cyclone 6. Scrubber 7. Fines Ricirculation 8. Exaust Duct 9. Indirect Heat Generator 10. Air Feeding Fan 11. Air Filter 12. Aspiration Fan 13. Feed Tank 14. Feed Pump 15. Sieve 16. Roof Cooling 17. Explosion Membrane Discharge 18. Fire Extinguishing System 19. Pneumatic Hammer 20. CIP 1. Тангенциальный распылитель воздуха...

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Spray Drying Распылительные Сушильные Установки The main atomizing/spraying systems, and those more commonly used on spray drying plants, are basically two: Centrifugal Disk The Disk system has greater flexibility and ease of use; it does not need high working pressures and is less subject to blockages. This type of spray dryer is used in particular in the following cases: • When the granulometric curve required for the dried product is lower than 60-70 micron. • In the presence of thermolabile substances. • With products having high feeding viscosity, or which can in any case be pumped. Pressure...

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Continuous Fluid-Bed Dryer and Cooler Установка Непрерывной Досушки и Охлаждения в Псевдоожиженном Слое Continuous Fluid-Bed Dryer and Cooler Permits successfully performing operations such as drying, heating, cooling, calcining, reacting, dedusting, or agglomerating in the same unit, though multiple zones, with independent control for temperature air flows, humidity, dew point and fluidizing velocity. The Fluid Bed operates gently but efficiently under the direct drying principle of intimate contact between a heated gas/air and the product, to effect heat transfer and mass transfer. The process...

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Istantizer APPLICATIONS • Sugar based mixtures with cocoa/with cocoamilk/with coffee or succedaneum/coffee milk/tea or camomile extracts/skim and soya milk/non daiary creamer. • Fruit jellies/flavours/ soft dirnks/ aspartame/ maltdestrin/sodium glutamate. • Proteins/isosmotic sport drinks/dietetic products. • Puddings/creams for confectioneries/chocolate or vanilla mousses. • Baby foods/with precooked flours/with biscuits. • Soup seasonings/etc. ICF & Welko manufactures special plants designed to instantize food mixtures. These allow obtaining a porous finished agglomerated product with instant...

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In many industrial sectors powders technology has assumed primary importance in the formulation of products having irreproachable quality. Such requirement is the basis of the structural concepts of our machine called STAR. The marking element is fluidisation, through which we obtain mixing, granulation, and additivation for flavouring and colouring, granules coating, drying and stabilisation of product. STAR-System is the first of all driers and mixers, suitable for heat-sensitive products and for substances with different specific gravity, allowing the production of flowing powders (granulates),...

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