GEA Westfalia Separator Process Gmbh has comprehensive process know-how in starch technology and industrial biotechnology which focuses on high yield, gentle treatment of the natural resources, and low operating costs. GEA Westfalia Separator Process Gmbh specifically develops intelligent machinery and processes optimally to perform these complex tasks. The core effort is in the designing of entire production processes to operate more efficiently.
Methods of reducing fresh water consumption and waste water generation are being developed and improved continuously. These contribute significantly towards the reduction of production costs and the protection of the environment.
GEA Westfalia Separator Process Gmbh continues to occupy a leading technological position world-wide with its integrated process lines for starch extraction. Starch production breaks down essentially into three distinct technical processes: classification, washing and concentration of the extracted starch. GEA Westfalia Separator Process Gmbh has the requisite technical expertise and the appropriate equipment for each of these processes.
Vegetable proteins are among the most important nutritional resources. These valuable substances must be isolated with a high degree of purity so that they are suitable as tailor-made proteins for further processing. On this basis GEA Westfalia Separator Process Gmbh has developed various techniques and is constantly improving existing processes.
GEA Westfalia Separator Process Gmbh has a major interest in biotechnology and has contributed substantially to its industrial utilisation. We are a partner to the yeast industry for more than 100 years. Apart from the obtaining of classical biotechnological products, our expertise extends to processing systems in which the use of centrifuges was previously unusual. For example the production of algae where GEA Westfalia Separator Process Gmbh uses clarifying separators with the HydroStop-System for very high dry residue and therefore maximum product yield. For the production of amino acids such as lysine GEA Westfalia Separator Process Gmbh developed the HydroHermetic decanter for the dewatering of the fermentation broth.
GEA Westfalia Separator Process Gmbh provides strong support for the bioethanol industry, not just with sophisticated machines but also with individual integrate solutions, from design and installations of decanters and separators to complete process lines for specific areas. Economic efficiency extends not just to ethanol production itself but also to efficient utilisation of valuable by-products such as gluten or stillage
Application areas for Starch technology include:
Application areas for Industrial Biotechnology include:
Recovery of technical alcohol and ethanol from fermentation for addition to car petrol.
Processing of bioproducts, for instance molasses, stillage, vinasse, sugar juice.
Processing of extra-cellular products, for example Amino acids,L-lysine, Monosodium Glutamate,Threonine, Tryptophane, Citric acid.
Processing of fermentation products like algae, baker's yeast,single-cell proteins, animal feed yeast.
Processing of intracellular product, for instance yeast extracts Ribonucleic acid.