Client Success
Dairy Plant Optimization
Adds Nearly Full Hour of Production/DayFinancial Impact: $290,000 Savings
People
Reduced cleaning time by 15% per day making more time available for continuous improvement
Planet
Eliminated 2,000 gallons of chemical consumption and 175,000 gallons of wastewater per year
Profit
Identified opportunities to improve protein capture by 243,000 lb/year
Increased available production time by 45 minutes per day, leading to 4% additional capacity
The Challenge
A Northeast dairy processor tapped Solecta’s technical team to explore opportunities to:
- Optimize membrane cleaning process
- Increase protein yield
- Improve product quality
The Solution
In collaboration with the client…
- Eliminated highest cost chemical and reduced cleaning time
- Improved protein measurement and redefined end-of-life determination
- Upgraded temperature control and enhanced product quality
The Overall Impact
Upon successful execution of the identified initiatives, client was able to increase both uptime and profitability, with up to an additional 243,000 lbs per year in protein capture and 4% in throughput.