Report

on

visit to Mother Dairy, Bangalore

on Saturday, 7th march 2015

Department of Instrumentation Technology

BMS College of Engg, Bangalore-19

 Report on visit to Mother Dairy, Bangalore

Mother dairy located at GKVK, Yelhanka, Bangalore is a subsidiary

unit of KMF, supplying milk, curd, buttermilk, ghee, butter, lassi, milk
powder, paneer, icecream to Bangalore district and its neighbouring taluks
as well. It is also one of the largest and next to Amul in the country.

The visit to plant, was guided by a Mr. Mahadev Swamy, senior

personnel, Mothers Dairy with the permission of Dr. Bernard, MD, Mother
Dairy and assistance of Mr. Umashankar Deputy Director, KMF.

The overall operation of the plant comprises of various stages such as

procuring, processing, packing, supplying and marketing. Every day the
milk collected in nearby villages is being transported to mother dairy,
yelhanka through milk tankers. The milk is initially checked for quality and
then pumped to large milk containers located in the plant. These milk
containers have the capacity to store several lakh litres of milk at very low
temperature. Depending upon the need the milk is then utilized to produce
different dairy products viz. milk (5 variants), flavoured milk, butter, ghee,
milk powder, buttermilk, lassi, ice cream. Suppose, if the milk procured is
above than the required, then the milk will be converted to powder form.
The milk is preheated at high temperature and is sprayed in the ‘V’ shaped
collector form the top. The milk that is being sprayed is subjected to hot air
which absorbs the moisture content to obtain powder. The milk powder is
collected at the lower level of the collector and is periodically checked for
quality. Two varieties of milk powder are being manufactured currently and
is packed in varied sizes ranging from 25 Kgs to several gms. Sugar content
is used to distinguish between the two products.

The dairy plant also houses a laboratory where the milk sampled at
various instants, is tested for quality and quantity at regular intervals.
Majority of the milk procured from nearby villages is pasteurised and
supplied in various sizes (500ml, 1000ml, 5000ml). Currently the milk is
supplied in five variants. SNF is the key factor which is used to distinguish
between milk variants. Also, some portion of the milk is used to obtain
ghee, butter, buttermilk, lassi, paneer, icecream, flavoured milk etc.
Icecream is manufactured, packed and stored in a separate unit where the

Department of Instrumentation Technology, BMS College of Engg, Blore-19

 Report on visit to Mother Dairy, Bangalore

temperature is maintained at extremely low level. The whole production

cycle is completely automated and can be best understood with the P& I
diagram mentioned on the control panel located in the control room.

The students had an opportunity to view and understand the

operation of different processes using varied techniques employed in a
dairy plant. Also, the visit created awareness among the students regarding
the various valves, actuators, controllers, containers, packing units, control
panel being used currently. Lastly, both staff and students enjoyed lassi,
butter milk and icecream at no cost in the dairy plant.

Department of Instrumentation Technology, BMS College of Engg, Blore-19

P & I diagram of the process plant
 Report on visit to Mother Dairy, Bangalore

Control panel at the process plant

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 Report on visit to Mother Dairy, Bangalore

Milk powder processing plant

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 Report on visit to Mother Dairy, Bangalore

Milk Powder packing stage

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 Report on visit to Mother Dairy, Bangalore

Milk powder packing stage

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 Report on visit to Mother Dairy, Bangalore

Students at the plant

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 Report on visit to Mother Dairy, Bangalore

Students at milk powder plant

stage

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 Report on visit to Mother Dairy, Bangalore

Milk packing stage

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 Report on visit to Mother Dairy, Bangalore

Group photo

Department of Instrumentation Technology, BMS College of Engg, Blore-19