F&P · Separation systems
Separation and chromatography systems
The stage where a by-product becomes a product. Chromatography, ion exchange and adsorption at process scale, backed by more than 200 resin types.
Overview
Overview
Separation is where value is created or lost in food and pharmaceutical production. The target molecule — a protein, a peptide, an amino acid, a sugar, an active ingredient — is usually present in a mixture that also contains everything you do not want, and the economics of the whole plant depend on how selectively and how cheaply you can pull it out.
With our experts engaged in various industries, we provide process engineering to optimise operations, and we can offer integrated tailored packages to meet the unique needs of each customer. That combination — the media, the system and the process engineering — is what makes a separation step work at production scale rather than at bench scale.
Detail
Whey protein extraction
Cheese whey is a valuable source of high-quality protein. Glorinda offers advanced technology to extract protein from whey, helping industries improve efficiency, reduce waste and create new business opportunities.
Our protein extraction systems provide several benefits:
- Create new income by producing high-demand protein products
- Lower costs by reducing the need for expensive disposal
- Support sustainability by turning waste into useful materials
- Improve product quality with better texture, taste and nutrition
With Glorinda's solutions you can achieve both economic and environmental goals while meeting growing consumer expectations.
Why it matters commercially
Dairy effluent carries protein, fat and lactose, which is exactly why it produces high BOD and COD and large volumes of sludge. The same components that make the effluent expensive to treat are the components worth recovering.
Where recovery is not viable for part of the stream, AnaeroMBR converts the residual organic load into biogas rather than spending power to destroy it. The two approaches work well together.
Detail
Chromatography and resin-based separation
Food and beverage applications
- Stevioside extraction and purification
- Sugar refinement — deashing and decolorization
- Chromatographic separations
- Citrus debittering
- Protein haze stabilisation in beer, wine and fruit juice
- Citric and lactic acid production
- Plant extract and polyphenol recovery
- Whey and gelatin deashing
- Juice quality control — deacidification, decolorization, removal of patulin and pesticides
- Removal of antibiotics from honey
- Sweetener refinement across glucose, fructose, mannose, trehalose and sorbitol
- Amino acid purification — leucine, isoleucine, alanine, valine, tryptophan and glycine mother liquor recovery
Pharmaceutical and biotechnology applications
- Peptide antibiotic synthesis and solid phase peptide synthesis
- Enzyme-catalysed reactions using immobilised enzyme carriers
- Bio-pharmaceutical separation using ion exchange and adsorption resins and systems
- Protein purification, vaccine production and blood or cell component separation
The media behind it
Glorinda Resins supplies ion exchange resins, adsorbent resins, chelating resins, chromatography media, powder resins, solid phase peptide carriers, enzyme carriers and agarose medium — over 200 types in total.
Detail
Technical support before you commit
Choosing separation media on a datasheet is how separation projects fail. Our after-sales technical team offers experimental demonstrations, resin screening, process optimisation, troubleshooting, system installation and commissioning, and technical training for system operation.
Quality control behind the media includes Mastersizer particle size analysis, specific surface area (SBET) and pore size determination, FTIR spectrometry, COD metering, Agilent high performance liquid chromatography, resin strength testing, moisture analysis, acid-base titration detection, AKTA purifier protein purification and ICP elemental analysis.
Applications
Applications and challenges
Where it applies
- Whey protein extraction and separation
- Process-scale chromatography separation
- Purification of biopharmaceutical products
- Enzyme immobilisation on carriers
- Solid phase peptide synthesis
- Sugar and sweetener refinement
- Amino acid purification
- Plant extract and polyphenol recovery
Common challenges we are asked to solve
- A by-product with value that is currently going to the drain
- Separation that works at bench scale and not at production scale
- Media selected on price rather than on screening data
- Yield loss across the purification train
- Regeneration cost and waste from the separation step
- Product quality variation traced back to separation performance
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Can you help us select the right resin before we invest?
Yes. Experimental demonstrations, resin screening, process optimisation and troubleshooting are part of our technical service, alongside installation, commissioning and operator training.
Is whey protein recovery worth doing at our scale?
The determining factors are volume and protein content. Recovery creates income from a high-demand product, lowers disposal cost, supports sustainability targets and improves product quality. We would model it against your actual whey stream rather than a generic case.
Do you supply the system or only the media?
Both. We supply resins and separation media, and we offer integrated tailored packages combining media, system and process engineering to meet the specific needs of each customer.
What quality control sits behind the media?
Mastersizer particle size analysis, SBET specific surface area and pore size, FTIR spectrometry, COD metering, Agilent HPLC, resin strength testing, moisture analysis, acid-base titration, AKTA purifier and ICP elemental analysis.
Evidence
Projects
Sample layout. Reference projects are being cleared for publication with the clients concerned. The structure below is final; the content is placeholder.
SampleWater reuse retrofit — sample card
Card layout for a completed water reuse project: stream data before and after, recovery achieved, scope Glorinda held, and the client's own words.
SampleZLD package — sample card
Card layout for a zero liquid discharge package: feed characterisation, evaporator type selected, solid output route, and commissioning duration.
SampleOwner's engineer mandate — sample card
Card layout for an advisory mandate: the client's decision, the options assessed, and what changed in the tender as a result.
Conversion
Take this further
Send us the stream data, the discharge limit or the equipment list you are working from. An engineer reads every enquiry and replies with the questions that actually decide the solution — not a brochure.
Contact
Talk it through with an engineer
Send the constraint you are designing around and we will tell you what is realistic before anyone writes a specification.