Services
Consulting for the Production of Protein Concentrates
I provide support across the entire value chain for the production of plant-based protein concentrates from legumes. I support both greenfield projects during the planning phase and the optimisation of existing production facilities.
Concept & Preliminary Planning: Strategic consulting ranging from the initial idea to the comprehensive process engineering concept.
Trials & Scale-up: Planning, supervision, and evaluation of trials, as well as scale-up calculations for industrial production.
Plant Engineering: Technical support for process design and system integration.
Commissioning: Support during mechanical and process commissioning, leading up to stable, continuous operation.
Efficiency Improvement: Optimisation of existing production lines to increase overall equipment effectiveness and maximise throughput.
Yield and Quality Optimization: Fine-tuning process parameters to maximize protein yield.
Product Development & Retrofitting: Technical support for the introduction of new product lines.
Innovative Technology for
Legume Debittering
Sensory quality determines the suitability of plant-based proteins derived from legumes for specific applications. I develop innovative, highly efficient processes to reduce or eliminate bitterness and off-flavors in legumes.
DELOS (Pre-treatment process):
Thermo-mechanical treatment of legumes prior to milling to reduce bitterness and undesirable off-flavours. The additive-free treated legumes can subsequently be processed into debittered flours, protein concentrates and starch concentrates.
ADELOS (Post-treatment process):
Targeted thermal post-treatment of the final protein concentrate to reduce bitterness and undesirable off-flavours.
Consulting for Machinery and Plant Engineering Companies
I support machinery and plant engineering companies with in-depth application and process expertise, enabling machinery to be optimally integrated into complete production plants for protein concentrates.
Focus on Size Reduction Technology: Specialized in the dry processing of legumes using air-classifying mills, rotor impact mills, and other grinding systems.
Focus on Air Classification: Use of dynamic air classifiers for highly efficient fractionation into protein and starch concentrates.
Focus on Debittering: Use of thermal processing equipment to debitter legumes.
Interface and System Integration: Integration of machines into complete processing plants.
Application Consulting: Supporting your sales or engineering teams in the optimal configuration of machine parameters to meet specific customer requirements.
Consulting for the Food Industry
In addition to protein concentrate production, I support food manufacturers across various sectors with mechanical process engineering challenges in the following areas:
Grinding / Size Reduction: Optimization and design of processes for the dry or wet grinding of food products.
Air classification: Use of dynamic air classifiers in product fractionation processes.
Dispersion & mixing technology: Efficient incorporation and homogenization of challenging solids into liquids for food applications.
Holistic process management & automation: Integration of modern control and automation concepts to ensure reproducible product quality and seamless process monitoring.