Bucket sheeter for confectionery masses
Efficiently form thin, precise layers of flowable confectionery masses with ease, enabling diverse multi-layer product creation with intermediate cooling for enhanced quality and variety.

Forms and Cools Multi-Layer Confectionery Slabs
The Bucket Sheeter BF from Sollich is designed to revolutionize your confectionery production line with its precision in forming thin layers of confectionery masses. This machine stands out for its ability to handle a range of 1 to 18 mm slab thicknesses, offering versatility across applications such as chocolate truffles, nougat bars, and granola bars. It operates continuously, allowing for high-speed production without compromising quality. Its gentle processing is ideal for fat and sugar masses, ensuring the integrity and taste of your products.
The Bucket Sheeter BF integrates seamlessly into existing production lines, accommodating multi-layer production with intermediate cooling capabilities. Its robust construction and hygienic design facilitate easy maintenance and cleaning, contributing to a more efficient workflow. Crafted using high-quality, corrosion-resistant materials, this equipment is perfect for confectionery, bakery, and snack production industries.
For automation, the Bucket Sheeter BF is equipped with advanced control systems that enable easy operation and synchronization with upstream and downstream processes, ensuring smooth transitions and consistent output. Sollich offers engineering support for customization, allowing you to tailor the machine’s working width to your specific production needs, ranging from 300 to 1600 mm.
Benefits
- Enhances production efficiency with continuous operation, minimizing downtime.
- Offers versatility in product output with adjustable slab thickness from 1 to 18 mm.
- Ensures product integrity through gentle processing of delicate confectionery masses.
- Simplifies maintenance and cleaning with a hygienic design, reducing operational costs.
- Integrates easily into existing lines with customizable working widths and advanced control systems.
- Applications
- Biscuits,Brittle bars,Dragees,Pralines,Confectionery,Fruit bars,Cereal bars,Sweets,Candy bars,Chocolate,Protein bars
- End products
- Chocolate truffles,Nougat bars,Granola bars,Dark chocolate-coated almonds,Fruit and nut mix bars,Caramel-filled pralines,Crunchy protein bars,Milk chocolate biscuits,Sugar-coated dragees,Peanut brittle
- Steps before
- Mixing,Dosing
- Steps after
- Cooling,Enrobing,Sprinkling,Decorating,Product Handling,Storing,Sieving
- Input ingredients
- flowable confectionery masses,fat and sugar masses
- Output ingredients
- thin layers,mass slabs,multi-layer products
- Market info
- Sollich is known for manufacturing engineered-to-order equipment for the confectionery industry, particularly chocolate processing and enrobing machines. They have a strong reputation for innovation, quality, and tailored solutions to meet specific customer requirements.
- Thickness range
- 1 - 18 mm
- Working width
- 300 - 1600 mm
- Operation type
- Manual / Automated
- Forming capability
- Multi-layer with cooling
- Material compatibility
- Fat and sugar masses
- Maintenance
- Hygienic and easy to maintain
- Flexibility
- High
- Working mechanism
- Bucket Sheeter technology for forming thin layers
- Integrated steps
- Multi-layer product forming with intermediate cooling
- Automation level
- Manual / PLC options
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Continuous operation
- Cleaning method
- Easy to maintain
- Changeover time
- Short due to flexible operation
- CIP/SIP
- Not specified
- Energy efficiency
- Cost-effective slab forming
- Flexibility
- Great flexibility in processing
- Process adaptability
- Capability to handle fat and sugar masses
- Layer thickness handling
- Approx. 1 - 18 mm
- Abrasion resistance
- High
- Cleanability
- Easy to clean/Hygienic
- Corrosive resistance (e.g. acids)
- Resistant
- Machine footprint
- 300 up to 1600 mm width
- Slab Thickness
- 1 - 18 mm
- Control panel type
- PLC/HMI
- Working width
- 300 to 1600 mm
- Layer thickness
- 1 to 18 mm
- Cooling integration
- Intermediate cooling possible
- Slab forming capability
- Cost-effective / Multi-layer