At Alfa Laval we understand the critical role that a separator plays in your operations. From food and beverage processing and pharmaceuticals to marine applications, oil and gas and more, we can support you with both the expertise and the separation equipment to match your application needs.
The Alfa Laval FEQX nozzle bowl separators are designed for industrial fermentation applications and are available in many different sizes and configurations, each one designed and adapted for dealing with the widely varying separation tasks required.
The Alfa Laval FESX nozzle bowl separators are designed for industrial fermentation applications and are available in many different sizes and configurations, each one designed and adapted for dealing with the widely varying separation tasks required.
Alfa Laval’s comprehensive range of separators for the dairy industry includes our unique technology for anhydrous milk fat production (AMF). The A Series of hermetic separators provide an efficient, reliable and cost-effective separation solution.
Alfa Laval’s unique, bottom-fed, Hermetic Design provides premium oil purification efficiency for maintaining a high product quality
The bottom-fed design reduces shear forces for gentle product treatment with a minimum level of emulsification
Hermetic seals on inlet and outlet prevent oxidation
Easy adaptation to process conditions provides increased production flexibility and efficient CIP
Energy savings of up to 60% thanks to the Hermetic Design
AFPX animal protein and fats centrifuges are used in meat and fish processing industries to purify and enhance the recovery of valuable protein fractions, fats, and oils. These robust and high-performing separators are specially designed for extremely demanding separation duties in order to meet the tough requirements of the food industry and exceptionally high hygienic standards. With an AFPX protein separator, you can achieve exceptional, high-quality fats and oils with 99.7% purity.
Easy to operate and maintain
Excellent wear and corrosion resistance
Longer running times which ensures increased yield
Cleaning in place (CIP) facility to keep the costs down
Small footprint
The Alfa Laval BB and BM Series is the market’s most advanced series for bacteria and spore removal in the dairy industry. They feature patented Alfa Laval technologies that ensure efficient, reliable, and cost-saving separation. The BB and BM Series feature our patented Bactofuge® technology. These separators can be used for pre-treating cheese milk, where butter acid spores (anaerobic spores) are removed. They are also used to enhance the quality of milk powders, consumption milk and cream.
Alfa Laval’s unique bottom-fed Hermetic Design provides superior skimming efficiency and maintains premium product quality
The bottom-fed design reduces shear forces for gentle product treatment that preserves the size of the fat globules
Hermetic seals on inlet and outlet prevent oxidation and reduce the foaming of the milk
Easy adaptation to process conditions provides increased production flexibility and efficient CIP
Energy savings of up to 60% thanks to the Hermetic Design
Alfa Laval beer centrifuges and separators have a long history of enabling breweries around the world to achieve higher yields, meet shifts in demand and maintain profitability. Used in pre-clarification, green beer separation, hot wort separation and beer recovery, they ensure minimal levels of oxygen pick up during passage through the separator and the highest standards of hygiene. Our beer brewing equipment ensures gentle product handling through the utilization of a unique hermetic design.
Centrifugation provides breweries with swift beer clarification with no loss of aroma
Increased clarification capacity: reduced fouling of filters with preclarification
High efficiency beer separation enables quicker turnover of fermentation tanks
Reduced product losses: beer centrifugation results in more concentrated solids compared to gravity settling
Patented beer brewing equipment and hermetic design leads to low to zero oxygen pick up
Alfa Laval BRUX, a VLB-validated separator, is specifically designed for continuous in-line removal of surplus yeast as well as micro-organisms and cell debris. The gentle treatment afforded by the low shear forces in the centrifuge maintains high yeast vitality and high quality in the recovered beer, reducing costs. Unique design features ensure highly efficient separation in an automated process operating under strict hygienic standards.
Efficient and gentle single pass results in high vitality yeast and high quality of recovered beer
No pick-up of oxygen owing to hydro hermetic seal with added CO2 and de-aerated water
Short pay-back time as single BRUX module can recover up to 5 million hl a year brewery plant case
Easy to install owing to compact, modular design
Low operating costs
The Alfa Laval C Series is specially developed to give dairies an ideal solution for cold milk skimming. Milk is more viscous at lower temperatures, which puts higher demands on separation performance. With Alfa Laval’s unique, bottom-fed Hermetic Design, superior skimming efficiency is achieved without compromising the cream quality. The C series of cold milk separators therefore set the industry standard for cold milk skimming.
Only Alfa Laval’s Hermetic Design can deliver a premium result with high cream concentrations at low temperatures
The bottom-fed design reduces shear forces for gentle product treatment that preserves the size of the fat globules
Hermetic seals on inlet and outlet prevent oxidation and reduce the foaming of the milk
Easy adaptation to process conditions provides increased production flexibility and efficient CIP
Energy savings of up to 60% thanks to the Hermetic Design
From compact modules to large industrial systems, the Alfa Laval Clara series of separators covers the widest range of clarification tasks on the market. Around the world, Clara separators offer proven performance in pharmaceutical processing and industrial fermentation in addition to an array of food and beverage applications. With unique innovations that ensure improved product quality and higher profitability, you can be confident that a Clara model is for your business.
High separation efficiency and minimal product loss, allowing you to get the most from your production
Unique solutions for gentle fluid acceleration that preserves shear-sensitive particles
Innovative methods for preserving volatile flavours and aromas in food and beverage processing
Complete plug-and-play systems that enable simple, quick and cost-efficient installation
Reduced OPEX thanks to low power consumption and a design that is easy to operate and maintain
Alfa Laval CR centrifuges are ideally suited to delicate separation tasks in beverage and citrus processing, such as de-oiling and peel oil recovery. That’s thanks to a unique design, specially tailored to provide high separation performance in three-phase polishing and concentration duties. With Alfa Laval’s unique bottom-fed Hermetic Design, the CR series ensures maximum product recovery combined with the market’s best preservation of volatile aromas.
High separation efficiency enables maximum oil recovery, giving you the most from your raw materials
Gentle processing together with minimized oxidation to preserve the quality of valuable oils
Hygienic, easy-to-maintain equipment with improved design for cleaning-in-place (CIP)
Cut your power bill and CO2 footprint with a range of innovations for reduced energy consumption
Complete plug-and-play, automatic system concept for simple and reliable operation
Alfa Laval’s high-performing D Series of separators has been specifically developed for the demands of milk and whey clarification in the dairy industry. The series features a range of models to meet different capacity needs, as well as unique innovations that ensure efficient, reliable, and cost-saving separation. The objective of milk clarification is to remove somatic cells and impurities. While many clarifiers can only be used for either hot or cold milk, the Alfa Laval D Series can process both.
Alfa Laval’s unique bottom-fed Hermetic Design provides superior skimming efficiency and maintains premium product quality
The bottom-fed design reduces shear forces for gentle product treatment that preserves the size of the fat globules
Hermetic seals on inlet and outlet prevent oxidation and reduce the foaming of the milk
Easy adaptation to process conditions provides increased production flexibility and efficient CIP
Energy savings of up to 60% thanks to the Hermetic Design
The Alfa Laval FEUX separator incorporates a unique combination of design features to ensure optimum separation and concentration efficiency in industrial fermentation applications.
Alfa Laval H Series dairy separators are specifically engineered for milk skimming. These hot milk separators include industry-leading innovations to help dairies of all sizes achieve premium milk quality at low operational costs. This includes Alfa Laval’s unique Hermetic Design, which ensures smooth product acceleration for improved skimming efficiency and unmatched process flexibility.
Alfa Laval’s unique bottom-fed Hermetic Design provides superior skimming efficiency and maintains premium product quality
The bottom-fed design reduces shear forces for gentle product treatment that preserves the size of the fat globules
Hermetic seals on inlet and outlet prevent oxidation and reduce the foaming of the milk
Easy adaptation to process conditions provides increased production flexibility and efficient CIP
Energy savings of up to 60% thanks to the Hermetic Design
The Alfa Laval HBPX disc stack separators for animal blood are specifically designed and optimized to separate animal whole blood into two fractions. These robust and high performing systems are especially designed for extremely demanding separation duties in order to meet the tough requirements of the food industry and, what’s the most important, exceptionally high hygienic standards.
High plasma yield
Excellent separation efficiency for high quality and optimal animal blood plasma colour
Gentle treatment of the product due to Hermetic design
Wear resistant
Robust and reliable design
Alfa Laval MBUX industrial centrifuges are well suited to the recovery of yeast and other microorganisms in pharma applications. Yeast centrifuge separators available in different sizes, they require relatively little energy to recover concentrated solids. The slurry is pseudo-plastic and flows easily in the bowl against the centrifugal force in what is a closed system. The closed configuration also enhances hygiene.
High uniform concentration of discharged solids phase regardless of fluctuations in feed flow or concentration due to self-regulating vortex nozzles
No foaming – light and heavy phase are both discharged under pressure which simplifies installation (no pump systems) and improves hygiene
No accumulation of packed solids – pockets in the bowl guide solids to the concentrate tubes making separation and CIP easy and effective
Cost effective operation – low energy requirements in a closed system under pressure
Efficient – bowl can be opened intermittently during production and/or cleaning cycle to eject solids while machine continues to run at full speed
Alfa Laval is the leading supplier of process equipment and process lines to the starch industry all over the world. More than half of starch produced each year throughout the world passes through the Merco starch separators. Developed particularly for starch production, the Merco starch separator provides an ideal combination of high flow capacity and low energy consumption. In addition, Merco’s well-known sturdy design ensures long service life, reliable uptime and low maintenance costs.
Increased separation capacity
Simplified maintenance and service
Easy installation
Low power consumption
ossibilities for upgrade of the older starch separator models
Streamline maintenance and reduce costs with the Alfa Laval MIB series centrifugal separation systems. Using advanced manufacturing, design and drive technologies, it’s smaller and lighter than conventional solid-bowl models. Solid-bowl separators have never been easier to install, operate or maintain. The Alfa Laval MIB 303 and 503 systems feature new designs and materials that improve performance and usability – reducing maintenance man-hours and boosting oil system reliability.
New design allows you to clean the bowl with the disc stack still in place
Direct drive with motor speed controlled by a frequency converter, eliminating gears and belts
No lubrication required
Small footprint allows installation in narrow spaces
Biofuel ready – compatible with HVO (EN15940) and with FAME (EN14214 or ASTM D6751) blends comprising distillate
The Alfa Laval PurePulp series of separators was specially developed for beverage clarification involving citrus and other fruits with dry matter pulp. The continuous discharge design makes it easy to handle a high solids content, with greater control to make sure your end product perfectly matches the specific demands of your target customers. Every PurePulp also includes Alfa Laval’s unique Hermetic Design concept, ensuring you get the highest quality juice with the lowest product losses.
Efficient clarification, with a precise split between juice and pulp for minimum product loss
Gentle processing together with minimized oxidation to preserve valuable flavours and aromas
Hygienic, easy-to-maintain equipment with improved design for cleaning-in-place (CIP)
Cut your power bill and CO2 footprint with a range of innovations for reduced energy consumption
Complete plug-and-play, automatic system concept for simple and reliable operation
The Alfa Laval PX range of industrial centrifuges is developed for processing of nearly all types of vegetable oils, lard, tallow and fish oil. These centrifugal separators provide superior separation quality, gentle and efficient product treatment and secure high yield. They are widely used in continuous degumming, neutralization, dewaxing, and washing in vegetable oil and animal fat refining industries. Premium quality centrifugal separators for small, medium and large plant capacities.
Centrizoom technology for optimal handling of high viscosity media
Bowl is made of high performance stainless steel for optimal resistance to metal fatigue and superior erosion protection
Low energy consumption thanks to bottom feed hermetic design
Robust and easy to maintain
The widest range on the market with refining capacities from 50 to 1500 tons per day
Alfa Laval UVPX range of separators is aimed for efficient and gentle purification of olive oil. These separators are designed and configured to provide an outstanding separation efficiency and exceptional purity of the final product. With these separators you get the best quality oil out of the olives delivered to your processing facility, regardless of the scale of your production. The UVPX range of separators are a result of Alfa Laval’s long history of cooperation with olive oil producers worldwide.
Sustainable and efficient separation
Gentle product treatment
Easy to operate and maintain
Lower energy consumption
Minimal product losses
This range of small- and middle-size separators is aimed for gentle and cost-efficient refining of vegetable oils, such as: rapeseed, palm, olive, sunflower seed, soybean, linseed, cotton, peanut and more. These separators are a key component for processes of continuous degumming, washing and neutralizing of vegetable oils. Using Alfa Laval VO centrifuges in edible oil production allows to maximize yield and achieve higher quality and improve taste properties of the final product.
Robust and well-proven design concept
Easy to operate and maintain
High reliability and uptime
Full and simple automation
Wear-resistant design
Alfa Laval W and WD Series includes two types of models. The W models have been designed specifically for whey skimming. Our WD models can combine whey skimming and clarification in one stage. The W and WD Series is available in a wide range of sizes with innovative features to ensure efficient, reliable, and cost-saving operation.
Alfa Laval’s unique bottom-fed Hermetic Design provides superior skimming efficiency and maintains premium product quality
The bottom-fed design reduces shear forces for gentle product treatment that preserves the size of the fat globules
The bottom-fed design reduces shear forces for gentle product treatment that preserves the size of the fat globules
Hermetic seals on inlet and outlet prevent oxidation and reduce the foaming of the milk
Easy adaptation to process conditions provides increased production flexibility and efficient CIP
Energy savings of up to 60% thanks to the Hermetic Design
For over a century, we have built a reputation of supplying reliable technology with innovations that continuously improve separation performance, safety and sustainability.
Alfa Laval is here to help you solve your separation challenges. As our partner, you have access to today’s most complete and diverse offering of disc stack separators – each fully optimized for its specific duty and supplied with all auxiliary systems and key components. With extensive experience and application knowledge, we can also provide training and in-depth support for everything from basic separation tasks to those involving highly complex liquids and solids. Combined with our worldwide service network, you can count on reliable, high-quality and sustainable operation throughout the long lifetime of your centrifugal equipment. To learn more about the ways we can boost separation performance for your business, select your application area from the list below.
Reliable and highly efficient separation performance
Extensive experience in virtually all separation applications
The market’s broadest portfolio of disc stack separators
Expert support from globally accessible trained service technicians
Rapid delivery of high-quality spare parts anywhere in the world
With deep roots in the dairy industry, Alfa Laval offers a complete portfolio of technologies covering the full scope of dairy separation applications. Contact us to find solutions for everything from milk clarification, skimming (hot and cold) and bactofugation, to anhydrous milk fat production, pre-processing of whey, concentration of fermented milk and more.
With deep roots in the dairy industry, Alfa Laval offers a complete portfolio of technologies covering the full scope of dairy separation applications. Contact us to find solutions for everything from milk clarification, skimming (hot and cold) and bactofugation, to anhydrous milk fat production, pre-processing of whey, concentration of fermented milk and more.
For decades, we have innovated and improved separation methods for fermented food and biotech products. We know how to get the most out of every culture, no matter how delicate. Alfa Laval provides unmatched separation expertise for this transformation: bringing scalability, profitability, and resource efficiency to next-generation food processes like cellular agriculture.
