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Protecting Every Litre.
Storage and cooling are not an afterthought. Get them wrong, and the rest of the dairy has to work around them.
Designed Around Your Dairy.
Getting milk cooling capacity right means looking beyond today's production. We consider how the dairy operates now, how it may change and what the wider system demands before specifying the equipment.
- Herd size — today's numbers and where the herd is heading.
- Milk volume — peak production, not simply the average.
- Milk flow — how and when milk enters the cooling system.
- Collection routine — collection frequency and capacity needed between collections.
- Available space — the constraints of the existing building and wider site.
Real site or engineering planning imagery.
Storage Built Around the System.
Every dairy has different demands. We specify the right storage arrangement around production, collection frequency, available space and how the wider milking system operates.
Bulk tank installation.
Bulk tanks
The primary storage solution for most dairies, sized around milk production and collection frequency.
Milk silo installation.
Silos
High-capacity vertical storage where volume is high and floor space is limited.
Buffer tank installation.
Buffer tanks
Additional holding capacity between milking and the main store — helping balance milk flow across the system.
More Than Storage.
Milk has to move from the cow to the lorry without compromising quality. That means every part of the system has to work together — particularly on robotic dairies, where milk arrives continuously throughout the day.
- Milking
- Milk Transfer
- Cooling
- Storage
- Collection
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Don't Let Energy Go To Waste.
Removing heat from milk is essential to cooling it — but that heat has to go somewhere. A heat recovery system captures energy from the refrigeration process and transfers it into water, putting energy that would otherwise be rejected back to useful work around the dairy.
How it works
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Milk is cooled
Refrigeration removes heat from the milk to bring it down to the required storage temperature.
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Heat is generated
The refrigeration process transfers that removed heat through the cooling system, where it would normally be rejected.
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Energy is recovered
A heat recovery system captures some of this available heat and transfers it efficiently into water.
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Put it to work
The recovered energy pre-heats water for wash cycles and other dairy processes, reducing the energy required to heat it further.
Milk cooling and hot water demand are usually treated as two separate energy costs. Heat recovery connects them — capturing energy created during cooling and using it to reduce the energy needed elsewhere in the dairy.
Built For Today. Planned For Tomorrow.
A milk cooling system should fit the dairy you have today without limiting the one you may have tomorrow. Planning ahead for herd growth, production increases and future equipment changes can avoid expensive alterations later.
The most expensive capacity is often the capacity you have to add later. That's why we consider where the dairy is heading before fixing equipment sizes and building layouts in place.
- Current requirement
- Capacity allowance
- Future expansion
From Concept To Commissioning.
Every dairy is different. We start by understanding the requirements, develop the system around the wider dairy, and see the project through to a fully commissioned installation.
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Assess
Understand the dairy before specifying the system.
Herd size, milk volumes, collection routine, available space and future plans are considered from the outset.
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Design
Engineer the system around how the dairy works.
Capacity, equipment selection, layout and integration are planned alongside the wider dairy infrastructure.
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Install & commission
Install it properly and hand it over ready to work.
Equipment is fitted, connected, tested and commissioned to ensure the system is operating as intended.
Real installation photography.
Milk Cooling In The Real World.
Project photograph. Drone imagery preferred where it shows the dairy in its farm setting.
Rowreagh Farm
60-point rotary parlour and complete new-build dairy for around 700 cows.
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Glenn's Farm
A new-build robotic dairy built around six Fullwood Merlin robots.
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Whether you are replacing equipment, increasing capacity or planning a completely new dairy, our team can help design the right solution.