Chocolate refiner/conche system
Streamline your chocolate production with a versatile solution that combines grinding, mixing, refining, and conching in one seamless process—ideal for enhancing the quality and consistency of chocolates, pralines, and other confectionery delights.
Processes and Conches Chocolate and Confectionery Products
The Next Generation Refiner/Conche from Hamburg Dresdner Maschinenfabriken is a versatile equipment designed to revolutionize chocolate and confectionery production. This all-in-one unit seamlessly integrates the processes of grinding, mixing, refining, and conching, crucial for producing homogeneous mass in chocolate production. Equipped with a specially designed shaft and adjustable grinding bars, it ensures consistent quality across batches. Ideal for creating a wide array of products—from milk chocolate bars and pralines to ganache and nougat fillings—this machine serves chocolate manufacturers and compound producers seeking precision and efficiency.
With model capacities ranging from 500 to 2000 kg (RC500, RC1250, RC2000), it caters to both batch and semi-automatic operations. The PLC-controlled system enhances automation, offering detailed process control via a user-friendly touch screen. Energy efficiency is optimized with an IE3 electric motor and temperature-controlled immersion heating. Constructed with durable materials, it promises minimal maintenance and easy cleaning, thanks to its hygienically closed design. Optional features, such as a shear attachment for low-fat processing, further bolster its adaptability to specific production requirements. Embrace this engineered solution for reliable and efficient chocolate processing challenges.
Benefits
- Consolidates multiple processes into one unit, optimizing production efficiency and reducing equipment footprint.
- Ensures consistent product quality with adjustable pressure and precise temperature control.
- Minimizes operational downtime with low maintenance, durable construction.
- Supports diverse product needs with optional attachments for specialty chocolate processing.
- Enhances operational control and reduces labor costs through user-friendly PLC interface.
- Applications
- Pralines,Compounds,Chocolates,Coatings,Truffles,Fillings
- End products
- Confectionery coatings for candy bars,Ganache fillings,Hazelnut pralines,Nougat fillings,Caramel-filled chocolates,Chocolate compound disks,White chocolate chips,Dark chocolate couverture,Milk chocolate bars,Bonbon truffles
- Steps before
- Loading of cocoa liquor,Sugar loading,Mixer setup,Powder loading through hopper
- Steps after
- Refining and conching process,Product temperature control,Homogeneous mass formation,Cooling and storage
- Input ingredients
- cocoa liquor,sugar,chocolate ingredients,compound ingredients,coating ingredients,praline ingredients,truffle ingredients,filling ingredients,rework materials
- Output ingredients
- chocolate,compounds,coatings,pralines,truffles,fillings
- Market info
- Macintyre Probat is known for manufacturing specialized industrial machinery, particularly in the cocoa and chocolate processing industry, offering engineered-to-order solutions with a reputation for innovation and reliability in their equipment designs.
- Machine Capacity
- 500 Kg,1250 Kg,2000 Kg
- Main Drive Motor Power
- 15 kW,22 kW,37 kW
- Electric Immersion Power
- 2-3 kW,2-5 kW,2-5 kW
- Net Weight
- 2750 kg,4750 kg,6500 kg
- Length
- 5491 mm,6088 mm,7250 mm
- Width
- 1086 mm,1330 mm,1700 mm
- Height
- 1517 mm,1640 mm,2015 mm
- Product Temperature Control
- Using PT100 probe,4-20 mA
- Automation
- PLC-controlled
- Processing Type
- Batch processing
- Working mechanism
- 5 in 1 manufacturing solution
- Automation level
- Automatic conching procedure control
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Batch
- Temperature control
- Automatic temperature control system
- Pressure control
- Adjustable pressure mechanism
- Cleaning method
- Easy operation and low maintenance
- Energy efficiency
- IE3 motors for electric drive
- Abrasion resistance
- High
- Biological compatibility
- Food grade
- Cleanability
- CIP
- Corrosive resistance (e.g. acids)
- Yes
- Density/particle size
- Varies depending on chocolate type
- Machine footprint
- Variable based on model (e.g.,RC500
- Compact design
- Yes
- Feed method
- Loading of powders through machine hopper and two infeed pipes for liquid materials at gearbox end,DN50 flanges
- Discharge method
- Via hopper vent,designed to reduce volatiles,acidity,moisture
- Control panel type
- Operator interface by 10" color touch screen
- Control System
- Siemens,Schneider,Allen Bradley,Rockwell,Mitsubishi
- Operator Interface
- 10" color touch screen
- Automatic Temperature Control
- Yes
- Automatic Conching Procedure Control
- Yes
- Sound Reduction Cabinet
- Available up to 1250Kg
- Shear Attachment
- Optional
- Anti-Vibration Strip
- Optional