DBA separators are centrifugal separators used for separating the water-oil emulsion in the product, removing non-fat solids and materials other than milk fat and obtaining high concentration of oil.
DBA separators can operate in a concentrator(skimmer) configuration like a maxcream separator or can operate in a purifier configuration. Unlike maxcream separators; DBA separators are designed to concentrate and purify the butter oil (ghee or AMF = Anhydrous Milk Fat) by separating the water and solid particles found in processed milk, cream or butter. The cream is passed through the homogenizer to make phase inversion before entering the DBA separator. After the phase inversion, the product enters to the DBA separator and the butter oil is obtained after the product reaches a value above 99.5% concentration.
