Spray Dryer Performance Overview in Milk Powder Production

The Challenge

Spray dryers are critical in milk powder production — they consume the most energy and complete the drying process. Tracking their performance is essential, especially when comparing multiple plants.

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The Goal

• Monitor spray dryer phases and status
• Contextualize downtimes, anomalies, and startups
• Enable plant-to-plant performance comparison

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The Approach

• Phase Detection & FollowUp: used step tags to detect and classify phases, applying valuebased searches and realtime monitors for full tracking.
• Shutdown Contextualization: linked controlled and emergency shutdowns to phases, integrating all info into a unified view.
• Startup Delay Highlighting: applied color coding to mark delayed startups in red based on duration, making anomalies visible.
• Dashboard Integration: combined a Gantt chart of phases, a startup table with color coding, and a shutdown table with event counter.

Insight

All key events are now visible in one dashboard — enabling faster decisions and crossplant benchmarking.

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The Results

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The Takeaway

A centralized dashboard helps teams monitor spray dryer health, compare sites, and optimize operations with clarity and speed. Want instant insights into your spray dryer performance? Let’s make every phase count.