Ball mill refiner for fine cocoa grinding
Achieve high-precision grinding and refining of chocolates and cocoa with minimal energy consumption, ensuring your product maintains premium quality and consistency. Designed for smooth integration into your processing line.
Refines and Grinds Cocoa and Chocolate Products
The CAO 2000 from Caotech is a low-speed, agitated-type ball mill designed specifically for the fine grinding of cocoa liquor and chocolate mixtures. This equipment stands out for its reliable performance in processing challenging materials such as creams, bread spreads, and fat-based compounds. Capable of integrating with mixers and refiner conches, it supports versatile production lines for batch operations in the food and confectionery industries.
With a capacity of up to 2,000 kg/h for cocoa liquor and up to 1,000 kg/h for chocolate using powdered sugar, the CAO 2000 meets diverse production needs. Its direct drive design ensures energy efficiency and minimal heat development, reducing operational costs and maintaining product quality. Constructed to require no special foundation, it offers ease of installation and low maintenance demands.
Ideal for applications in chocolate manufacturing, bakery, and dairy facilities, the mill ensures consistent end-fineness, up to 99.9% through a 75-micron sieve, contributing to the production of high-quality chocolate bars, praline fillings, and compound coatings. Hands-on engineering support and custom configurations are available to suit specific operational requirements, making it a valuable asset in optimizing your processing plant’s efficiency.
Benefits
- Maximizes production efficiency with a capacity of up to 2,000 kg/h.
- Minimizes energy costs with low-speed, direct drive operation.
- Ensures high product quality with consistent fine grinding to 75 microns.
- Reduces installation and maintenance expenses with no foundation requirements.
- Enhances production line integration through compatibility with mixers and refiner conches.
- Applications
- Compound coatings,Ice cream coatings,Cocoa liquor,Chocolate,Bread spreads
- End products
- Cocoa paste wafers,Praline fillings,Hazelnut chocolate spread,Compound chocolate coatings,Ice cream chocolate shells,Nutella-like spreads,White chocolate chips,Dark chocolate truffles,Milk chocolate bars
- Steps before
- Collection of cocoa beans,Grinding of cocoa beans,Mixing
- Steps after
- Chocolate refining,End-fineness adjustment,Packing
- Input ingredients
- cocoa liquor,chocolate,creams,bread spreads,fat-based compounds,crystal sugar,powder sugar
- Output ingredients
- fine cocoa liquor,fine chocolate,compound coatings,ice cream coatings,bread spreads
- Market info
- Caotech is known for its expertise in designing and manufacturing industrial equipment for processing cocoa, chocolate, and confectionery. The company is reputable for producing high-quality, tailor-made processing machinery, catering to both large-scale operations and niche producers.
- Capacity
- up to 2,000 kg/h for cocoa liquor
- Up to 1,000 kg/h for chocolate and compounds
- Installed power
- 56.5 kW
- Weight
- 4,550 kg
- Dimensions (LxWxH)
- 2215 x 1200 x 3100 mm
- End-fineness
- up to 99.9% through a 75 micron sieve for cocoa liquor
- Operation type
- Low-speed agitated-type
- Drive type
- Direct drive
- Batch vs. continuous
- Batch-type
- Energy consumption
- Low
- Heat development
- Low
- Maintenance needs
- Low
- Floor space requirement
- Limited,no foundation required
- Working mechanism
- Low-speed agitated ball mill with direct drive
- Batch vs. inline flow
- Batch Type
- Energy consumption
- Low energy consumption
- Heat development
- Low heat development
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Machine footprint
- 2215 x 1200 mm
- Machine height
- 3100 mm
- Weight
- 4,550 kg
- Compact footprint
- Limited floor space,no foundation required
- Discharge method
- N/A
- Integration possibilities
- Mixers and refiner conches
- Compact footprint
- Limited floor space,no foundation required
- Capacity customization
- Up to 2,000 kg/h for cocoa liquor,up to 1,000 kg/h for chocolate and compounds