Ball mill for chocolate, cocoa, and nut products
Optimize your grinding processes and achieve perfect product consistency with this state-of-the-art ball mill, designed for efficient production of cocoa liquor, chocolate bars, nut pastes, and more.

Grinds and Mills Cocoa and Chocolate Masses
The Nova S Ball Mill from Bühler Group offers a compact solution for fine grinding and milling of cocoa and chocolate masses. This equipment features a uniquely designed grinding chamber for consistent quality, achieving product fineness below 20 μm, crucial for refining cocoa liquor, chocolate bars, and nut pastes. With its self-controlling technology, it maintains optimal quality through controlled power input and temperature regulation. Fast product changeovers reduce downtime and waste, while energy-efficient operation can lower your consumption by up to 30%, saving costs significantly. The system supports continuous and automated operations, suitable for diverse food and confectionery industries, where precision and consistency are paramount. Constructed to handle both solid and liquid products, it integrates seamlessly into high-speed production lines, offering customized configurations to match your specific processing requirements.
Benefits
- Reduces energy costs by up to 30% with efficient grinding chamber design.
- Ensures consistent product quality with self-regulating control systems.
- Minimizes production halts through quick product changeovers and easy cleaning.
- Increases operational efficiency with seamless integration into automated processes.
- Supports diverse applications across food and confectionery sectors with versatile material handling.
- Applications
- Cocoa,Compounds,Nuts and seeds,Bars,Fat creams,Chocolate mass
- End products
- Seed butter,Filled chocolate bars,Cream-filled pastries,Cocoa liquor,Compound chocolates,Chocolate bars,Nut-based spreads,Nut pastes
- Steps before
- Emulsification,Dough prep,Conditioning,Grinding
- Steps after
- Packing,Coating,Filling,Cooling
- Input ingredients
- chocolate mass,compounds,cocoa masses,nut pastes,spreads,creams for fillings,fat-based masses
- Output ingredients
- fine-grinded chocolate mass,fine-grinded compounds,fine-grinded cocoa masses,fine-grinded nut pastes,fine-grinded spreads,fine-grinded creams for fillings,fine-grinded fat-based masses
- Market info
- Buhler is renowned for manufacturing advanced process solutions for food, feed, and advanced materials. They are highly regarded for their innovation in milling technology and equipment quality.
- Energy Consumption Reduction
- Up to 30% less
- Product Fineness
- < 20 μm
- Grinding Chamber Volume
- 4 to 6 times smaller than other ball mills
- Changeover Time
- Fast changeover from one product to another
- Footprint
- Smallest footprint per output capacity
- Self-Control System
- Nova Power Control (NPC) system
- Automation
- Smart self-control
- Working mechanism
- Ball milling
- Energy consumption
- Up to 30% less
- Product changeover
- Fast due to small chamber
- Control system
- Nova Power Control (NPC)
- Grinding stage
- Single-stage
- Product fineness
- < 20 μm
- Automation level
- Self-controlling system
- Cleaning method
- Fast due to small chamber volume
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Batch
- Footprint
- Compact
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Compact footprint
- Yes,smallest footprint per output capacity of any ball mill
- Grinding chamber size
- 4 to 6 times smaller than other ball mills
- Discharge method
- Not specified
- Control panel type
- Smart self-control system
- Control panel type
- Nova Power Control (NPC) system
- Footprint
- Smallest per output capacity
- Grinding chamber volume
- 4 to 6 times smaller than others
- Customization options
- Precisely tailored to process
- Integration possibilities
- Smart self-control system