Spray Coolers
GEA has a long history supplying Spray Coolers to producers of melts - oils and fats, glycerines, etc. - all over the world. Our supply includes spray cooling plants for bulk product as well as for advanced special applications.
Spray cooling or spray congealing is defined as a melt transition from soft or fluid state to rigid or solid powder form. Spray cooling is applied for encapsulation and because melts are much easier to handle - transport, dose and store - when available in powder form.
Examples of spray cooled products:
- Essential oils
- Carotenoides
- Sterols
- Marine oils
- Omega 3/6 oils
- Terpernoides and Lipids such as glycerines, mono di and triglycerides, phospholipids and others
- Hydrates
- Inorganic/organic melts
- Quaternary ammonium compounds
- Stearic acid/stearates and Waxes
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