Complete solutions for butter processing

SPX FLOW solutions for butter making, spreads, and AMF processes cover cream separation, through pasteurization, crystallization and mixing, to bulk packaging; and re-workers and tempering machines under the Gerstenberg Schröder^® (GS) and APV^® brands.

Innovative solutions address cost and product quality, and the most important parameters in butter production: yield, consistency, moisture content, water droplet distribution and air content.

One is the SPX FLOW Continuous Butter Making Machine which integrates cream pre-heating and buttermilk cooling, and offers a high degree of remote or automatic control and a high level of flexibility in working intensity and moisture distribution; all designed to help improve operational efficiency.

The GS Butter Reworker can re-work butter directly from the cold store without prior tempering. It has no cutting at its inlet, a design that minimizes mechanical shear for lower energy use.

Butter making machine

The technology can process high volumes of butter while ensuring consistent moisture levels through controlled butter flow and inline moisture dosing. When used in repackaging applications, the Reworker reduces air content to exceptionally low levels and enables flexible adjustment of final product composition through the inclusion of additional ingredients such as water, butter milk or salt. A melting unit can be installed after the re-worker if required. 

GS Butter Reworker

For improved mixing, the SPX FLOW Cold Mix Process controls speed across mixers, pumps and other machinery to reduce energy consumption. The process includes the BMX Butter Mixer, an in-line mixer that enables dosing directly into the mixer house, which means a prompt mixing of the ingredients with the butter. Whatever the dosing requirements (hot fat, water, salt, cultures etc.) the mixer gives high shear in a very short amount of time, ensuring excellent homogenization for exceptional final product quality.