Chocolate processing unit for mixing, grinding, and conching
Optimize chocolate production with precise mixing, grinding, and conching, achieving consistent texture and flavor. Reduce processing time and energy usage, ideal for businesses enhancing their confectionery capabilities.
Mixes, Grinds, and Conches Chocolate Compounds
The CHOCOCON 150 from Caotech B.V. is a versatile chocolate and compound processing unit that seamlessly combines a horizontal 500L mixer/conch with a vertical low-speed ball mill CAO C150. This equipment is engineered for efficient mixing, fine grinding, and conching of chocolate, creams, bread spreads, and fat-based compounds, significantly enhancing production efficiency in confectionery and food processing industries. With a batch capacity of 500 kg, it achieves an end fineness of 22-25 microns in approximately 3 hours using crystal sugar. It offers flexibility in ingredient handling, including powdered sugar, which reduces grinding time. Designed to minimize maintenance and energy consumption, it operates with low heat development and requires no foundation, saving on installation space. Its compact design includes a redesigned mixer opening for faster loading, making it an attractive choice for production lines aiming to produce milk chocolate bars, dark chocolate chips, and cocoa butter compounds efficiently.
Benefits
- Enhances production efficiency with faster ingredient loading and processing.
- Reduces labor costs through low-maintenance and easy-to-operate design.
- Optimizes energy use, lowering overall operational costs.
- Maintains consistent product quality with precise mixing and grinding.
- Frees up floor space with a compact design that requires no foundation.
- Applications
- Compound coatings,Ice cream coatings,Chocolate processing,Bread spreads,Fat-based compounds
- End products
- Fat-based chocolate compound,Cocoa butter compound,Chocolate coating for ice cream,Hazelnut compound coating for ice cream,Nut-based bread spread,Hazelnut cocoa spread,Dark chocolate chips,White chocolate blocks,Milk chocolate bars,Vanilla compound coating for ice cream
- Steps before
- Collect the cocoa beans,Grinding cocoa beans
- Steps after
- Packing,Coating,Cooling
- Input ingredients
- crystal sugar,powdered sugar,chocolate ingredients,creams,bread spreads,fat-based compounds
- Output ingredients
- 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
- 150 kg/hour (crystal sugar)
- Batch capacity
- 500 kg
- Grinding fineness
- 22-25 microns
- Grinding time
- 3 hours (using crystal sugar)
- Time reduction
- Shortened (using powdered sugar)
- Installed power
- 24.7 kW
- Weight
- 2,500 kg
- Dimensions (LxWxH)
- 2600 x 1540 x 2100 mm
- Feature
- Low maintenance costs
- Feature
- Low energy consumption
- Feature
- Minimum wear
- Feature
- Low heat development
- Space requirement
- Limited floor space,no foundation required
- Batch capacity
- 500 kg
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Batch
- Time to end fineness (crystal sugar)
- 3 hours
- Conching steps
- Integrated horizontal mixer/conch
- Grinding method
- Vertical low-speed ball mill
- Flexibility
- High
- Ease of loading
- Redesigned mixer opening
- Automation level
- Manual
- Operation area requirement
- No foundation required
- Energy consumption
- Low
- Maintenance
- Low
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Abrasiveness
- Yes
- Product type
- Chocolate,creams,bread spreads,fat-based compounds
- Machine footprint
- 2600 x 1540 x 2100 mm
- Weight
- 2,500 kg
- Capacity
- 150 kg/hour (crystal sugar)
- Batch size
- 500 kg
- Control panel type
- Standard / Advanced HMI
- Integration possibilities
- Custom process integration
- Compact footprint
- Limited space requirement
- Discharge method
- Manual / Automated