The update describes its milk reception and
metering stations, providing a specific material reference
alongside the company’s published accounts of dairy machinery
deliveries earlier this year.

According to
Milberg’s milk reception equipment update,
the station combines a pump, filter, flow meter and heat exchanger.
The manufacturer identifies the milk-contact parts as AISI 304
and says the configuration can be adapted to a customer’s
technical specification. This is a technical description of
its equipment offering, rather than an announcement of a newly
commissioned dairy plant.

2026 deliveries cover cheese processing and butter production

The company’s project reports document three deliveries from
its Yekaterinburg manufacturing operation to customers elsewhere
in Russia:

• April 2026, Krasnoyarsk Territory:
  a customer received an SP-100 cheese melter and a UFSN-02
  cheese-string forming unit. Milberg describes a 100-litre
  working vessel for the melter in its
  cheese equipment delivery report.
• May 2026, Oryol Region:
  Milberg reports supplying a 600-litre KMSh-600 crystallizer
  for an existing butter production line. Its
  project account
  describes cooling through a jacket while the product is stirred.
• June 2026, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug–Yugra:
  a private producer received a screw-feed unit and a
  semi-automatic butter-packing extruder. The
  delivery report
  describes stainless steel machines that can be dismantled
  for washing.

These are manufacturer-reported deliveries, with the equipment
destinations outside Yekaterinburg. The case reports do not
identify the exact stainless steel grade for every component,
the steel tonnage purchased or the raw-material supplier.
The September milk reception specification therefore cannot
be applied automatically to those earlier machines.

Procurement analysis: where 304L and 316L fit

For Yekaterinburg fabricators, the reports illustrate several
distinct manufacturing tasks: liquid handling, jacketed vessels,
mixing and product feeding. The purchasing question is which
material specification suits each component and its operating
conditions.

304 and 304L address related fabrication needs.
Type 304, UNS S30400, is widely used in food and beverage
equipment where the service environment is suitable.
Type 304L, UNS S30403, has lower carbon to reduce carbide
precipitation during welding and the associated risk of
intergranular corrosion.
Outokumpu’s Core grade descriptions
explain this distinction. The L designation alone does not
establish better resistance to chloride pitting.

316L requires a service-based justification.
Type 316L, UNS S31603, contains molybdenum and is a candidate
where greater corrosion resistance is needed. Its
grade characteristics
support consideration for more demanding process environments,
but do not make it immune to chloride attack. Product chemistry,
cleaning chemicals, temperature and exposure time still need
review. Neither 304L nor 316L is confirmed as the material used
in the deliveries listed above.

How the equipment categories translate into material enquiries

Across dairy, beverage and blending equipment, buyers can
separate their
stainless steel sheet and coil
requirements into the following fabrication packages.
These are general application examples, not a bill of materials
for the reported projects.

• Tank shells:
  rolled sheet or plate blanks, with shell dimensions,
  thickness tolerances and weld layout defined.
• Mixing vessels:
  shell material, head blanks and internal baffle plates,
  with product-contact surfaces identified on drawings.
• Hoppers:
  cut and formed sheet, with bend geometry, outlet details
  and edge condition specified.
• Conveyor contact plates:
  flat or formed blanks, with the contact face, surface finish
  and wear conditions identified.
• Cleaning units:
  tank and panel material specified separately from tube,
  fittings and valves, according to cleaning duty.

For enquiries covering several machines, separate the approved
grades and finishes by component. This lets suppliers review
stock formats and
cutting, slitting and cut-to-length requirements
without assuming that one grade or finish applies to the
whole installation.

FAQ

Does the designation AISI 304 define a complete sheet order?

No. It identifies a grade designation, but a purchase order
also needs a product specification and delivery requirements.
For example,
ASTM A240/A240M
covers stainless steel plate, sheet and strip when that
specification is selected for the order. It does not replace
the separate specification for finished process tubing or
approval of the completed equipment.

Is a 2B sheet finish automatically acceptable for food-contact service?

No. A mill finish alone does not establish the cleanability
of the fabricated equipment. The project must address the
required surface condition, weld finishing, joints, drainage
and inspection. The
worldstainless-hosted food and beverage guide
explains the importance of surface finish and hygienic design.

Editorial note:
News facts are attributed to the linked manufacturer
publications. Material-selection comments are JISCO JUDE’s
procurement analysis. The cited reports do not establish a
supply relationship between JISCO JUDE and Milberg.