Centrifugal separator for reworking chocolate and chopped hazelnuts
Efficiently separate chocolate from chopped hazelnuts and other solids with a machine designed to streamline your rework process, automating batch operations and enhancing productivity in confectionery production lines.

Separates and Automates Chocolate and Nut Rework
The Centrifugal Separator from Boema S.p.A. is engineered to optimize the separation of solids like hazelnuts from melted chocolate in confectionery production. Featuring a rotating basket within a heated chamber, it operates in batches, automating both loading and discharge processes without manual intervention. This machine is ideal for creating hazelnut praline chocolates and nut clusters. Suitable for integration into food processing lines, it enhances efficiency with programmable loading via a temporized elevator or weighing hopper. Constructed for durability and reliability, it streamlines nut and chocolate rework with precision, maintaining product quality and uniformity.
Benefits
- Fully automates the separation process, reducing labor inputs and increasing efficiency.
- Enhances product consistency in confectionery items like praline chocolates and nut clusters.
- Integrates seamlessly into existing production lines with automated loading features.
- Operates with minimal maintenance requirements due to robust construction.
- Improves process reliability with a continuous batch operation system.
- Applications
- Confectionery,Hazelnuts,Nuts,Sweets,Chocolate
- End products
- Chocolate crunch bars,Nut clusters chocolates,Hazelnut praline chocolates,Chocolate-covered nuts,Hazelnut cream fillings
- Steps before
- Chopping,Heating,Loading
- Steps after
- Discharge,Automated Separation
- Input ingredients
- hazelnut chopped,melted chocolate,solid ingredients
- Output ingredients
- separated solids,recovered melted chocolate
- Market info
- Boema is known for manufacturing customized industrial equipment, particularly for the food processing industry, with expertise in handling engineered-to-order projects. The company is reputed for delivering innovative, high-quality solutions tailored to client-specific requirements.
- Operation type
- Batch
- Automation Level
- Automatic discharge
- Loading method
- Automatized with temporized elevator or weighing hopper
- Rotating Basket
- Inside Heated Chamber
- Automatic discharge
- Yes
- Batch operation
- Yes
- Automation level
- Automated
- Worker intervention
- Not required
- Loading automation
- Compatible with elevator/weighing hopper
- Integrated process
- Rotating basket in heated chamber
- Rework phases
- Hazelnut and chocolate separation
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Basket shape
- Rotating basket
- Chamber type
- Heated chamber
- Feed/discharge method
- Automatic discharge
- Control panel type
- Automatic / PLC-controlled
- Integration possibilities
- Temporised elevator / Weighing hopper
- Discharge method
- Automatic discharge