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UAE · Dubai · Saudi Arabia · GCC

Spray dryers and evaporators for the Middle East

Camel milk powder, date syrup, dairy, juices and coffee: we engineer the evaporation and drying line, build it, ship it to the UAE, Saudi Arabia or anywhere in the Gulf, and supervise installation and start-up.

Camel milk powder
evaporation and spray drying
Date syrup
multiple-effect concentration
30+ years
of evaporation and drying experience

Lines for the region's products

Dairy

Camel milk powder

Gentle concentration in a falling film evaporator at low temperature, then spray drying with controlled outlet temperature to protect proteins and flavour. Whole or skimmed, with a vibrating fluid bed for agglomerated, instant powder.

Spray dryer →
Dates

Date syrup (dibs) and date powder

Concentration of clarified date extract in multiple-effect evaporators with thermal vapour recompression, forced circulation for the viscous final stage, and spray drying with a carrier for date powder.

Falling film evaporator →
Dairy

Milk, whey and dairy powders

Evaporation and spray drying for whole and skimmed milk powder, whey, permeate and dairy ingredients.

Dairy →
Beverages

Juices, coffee and extracts

Fruit juice concentrates, instant coffee, tea and plant extracts, flavours and encapsulated ingredients.

Food and beverage →
Chemicals

Salts, minerals and effluents

Spray, flash and rotary drying of salts and mineral concentrates, and evaporation of brines and effluents.

Chemical and mining →
Trials

Pilot trials and pilot batches

Reaction, spray, convective, rotary and DIC drying, granulation, packing and laboratory, with your real product.

Pilot plant →

Why WITech D&E

Energy efficiency

Multiple effects and thermal vapour recompression reduce steam and fuel per kilogram of water removed.

Engineered to your product

Standard series adapted to your product, or equipment built to order when no standard model fits.

Tested before you invest

A pilot trial with your sample sets the temperatures, final moisture and powder properties.

Installation and start-up

Supervision of installation, commissioning and operator training at your plant.

Direct engineering

The engineers who design the line are the ones you talk to, from the first trial to start-up.

Support after start-up

Video calls, WhatsApp and site visits with the project engineers, plus spare parts.

References

Projects by WITech D&E and SEI Contreras, the company we continue, in dairy, coffee, food, fish protein and pharma plants across the Americas.

Instant coffee · Mexico

CAFIVER

Instant coffee plant: four-effect falling film evaporator with thermal vapour recompression and a tall-form spray dryer with high-pressure nozzles, vibrating fluid bed and fines return.

  • Capacity: 5,000 kg/h evaporation; 940 kg/h instant coffee
  • Location: Ixtaczoquitlán, Veracruz, Mexico
  • Year: 2013-2014
Food · Mexico

Sigma Alimentos

Three-effect evaporator to recover soy process streams: falling film and forced circulation with double thermal recompression, automation and CIP, from 3 to 48 % solids.

  • Capacity: 18,700 kg/h evaporation (448 t/day)
  • Location: Atitalaquia, Hidalgo, Mexico
  • Year: 2013
Fish protein · Chile

Landes

Spray dryer for salmon hydrolysate: rotary atomiser, direct gas-fired air heater, vibrating fluid bed, fines return and Venturi scrubber, plus a new chamber cone.

  • Capacity: 450 kg/h powder
  • Location: Talcahuano, Chile
  • Year: 2021-2022
Pharma · Argentina

Biomás (now Ferring Pharmaceuticals, Switzerland)

Four-effect falling film evaporator with double thermal recompression, cooling towers and PLC/HMI automation for a biological raw material, developed from pilot trials.

  • Capacity: 28,000 kg/h evaporation
  • Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Year: 2017
Chemicals · Chile

BASF Chile

Quillaja extract evaporator for BASF, the German chemical company: two-effect falling film unit with thermal vapour recompression and recirculation, from 5 to 40 % solids.

  • Capacity: 2,500 kg/h evaporation
  • Location: Concón, Chile
  • Year: 2012-2013
Agrochemicals · Chile

Quimetal

Self-inertising spray dryer for microencapsulated sulphur: closed loop with a self-inert atmosphere (O₂ < 4 %) and no nitrogen consumption. In 2022, a mass and energy balance study to raise its capacity.

  • Capacity: 1,200 kg/h product (520 kg/h evaporation)
  • Location: Maipú, Santiago, Chile
  • Year: 2008-2022
Coffee · El Salvador

PLANTOSA (Planta de Torrefacción de Café)

Process water heaters for instant coffee extraction: two shell-and-tube heat exchangers designed to TEMA and ASME, with steam temperature control and condensate units, exported for the extraction line.

  • Capacity: 2 × 2,000 l/h, 30 to 130 °C
  • Location: San Salvador, El Salvador
  • Year: 2019-2020

Frequently asked questions

Do you supply equipment to the UAE, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf?

Yes. We engineer and build the line in Argentina, ship it to your plant in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait or Bahrain, and supervise installation and start-up, with an English-speaking engineering team.

Can camel milk be spray dried?

Yes. Camel milk is concentrated in a falling film evaporator at low temperature and spray dried with a controlled outlet temperature, as with cow milk. Its fat, proteins and viscosity differ, so we confirm the operating window with a pilot trial using your own milk.

How do you concentrate date syrup?

Clarified date extract is concentrated in a multiple-effect falling film evaporator with thermal vapour recompression to save steam, and the final, most viscous stage is done under vacuum in forced circulation. The target Brix is set with your product; commercial date syrups are typically around 70 to 75 °Brix.

Can we test our product before buying?

Yes. You ship a chilled or frozen sample to our pilot plant near Buenos Aires and receive a report with the process conditions and a sample of the product obtained. The industrial line is sized from those figures.

Tell us what you need to dry

With the product data and the capacity you are after we answer within 24 business hours, with a first technical assessment of the line that fits your plant.

Or reach us on WhatsApp or at info@witech-dry.com.