Commercial pasta press for diverse ingredients
Optimize your pasta production with a flexible solution capable of handling both traditional and gluten-free ingredients, enhancing efficiency and ensuring top-tier hygiene in continuous, high-speed operations.
Processes and Shapes Pasta and Food Products
The Polymatik Pasta Press from Bühler is a versatile machine designed for food manufacturers and processors seeking high-quality pasta and food product solutions. It features a co-rotating twin-screw mixer-kneader, facilitating efficient dough formation and shaping through its unique “first-in, first-out” process, minimizing air exposure and oxidation for bright color and superior quality. It handles a wide range of applications, from traditional pasta like spaghetti and penne to gluten-free options and plant-based food products. The system allows rapid recipe changes and minimal downtime due to its quick-stop operations. It integrates easily into production lines with continuous operations and high-speed processing for optimal throughput. Compatible with wheat and gluten-free raw materials, it features steam and hot water injection for processing starch gelatinization required in gluten-free pasta production. Designed to meet stringent food safety standards, the Polymatik offers self-cleaning capabilities, ensuring enhanced hygiene and easy maintenance. The pasta press is available in customizable configurations to suit specific processing needs, with engineering support from Bühler’s technical team.
Benefits
- Enhances production flexibility with quick recipe and format changes.
- Minimizes waste through efficient first-in, first-out processing.
- Ensures product quality with reduced air exposure, preserving color and taste.
- Maintains high hygiene standards with self-cleaning design.
- Supports diverse raw material use, including gluten-free options, enhancing market adaptability.
- Applications
- Snacks, Bakery, Grain, Dairy, Pulses, Spices, Aqua feed, Animal feed, Alternative proteins, Pasta, Pet food, Nuts, Food ingredients, Rice, Dried fruits, Oilseeds, Confectionery, Gluten-free products, Vegetables, Wheat products
- End products
- Spaghetti, Energy bars, Breadsticks, Sesame seeds, Chocolate-covered nuts, Sun-dried tomatoes, Basmati rice, Fish pellets, Pasta dough, Chili powder, Gluten-free fusilli, Roasted almonds, Macaroni, Plant-based burger patties, Lentil pasta, Dog treats, Fusilli, Wheat lasagna sheets, Whole grain pasta, Gluten-free penne, Cattle feed blocks, Penne, Milk protein pasta, Vegetarian protein sausages
- Steps before
- Mixing, Kneading, Raw material preparation, Steam injection
- Steps after
- Shaping, Drying, Cooking, Packaging
- Input ingredients
- durum wheat, common wheat, grain, gluten-free ingredients, corn, rice, pulses, quinoa
- Output ingredients
- pasta, gluten-free pasta
- Market info
- Buhler is renowned for manufacturing advanced process solutions for food, feed, and advanced materials. They are highly regarded for their innovation in milling technology and equipment quality.
- Mixing time
- About 20 seconds
- Material variety
- Wheat, gluten-free ingredients (corn, rice, pulses, quinoa)
- Process type
- First-in, first-out
- Automation
- Push-button start/stop
- Raw material processing
- Durum wheat, common wheat, gluten-free
- Dough formation
- Controlled and repeatable conditions
- Screw type
- Co-rotating twin-screw
- Steam and water injection
- Direct steam and hot water
- Color preservation
- Bright and golden color with limited oxidation
- System closure
- Closed system for optimal hygiene
- Safety standards
- Meets max hygiene and safety standards
- Working mechanism
- Co-rotating twin-screw mixer-kneader
- Automation level
- Automatic with PLC/SCADA
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Batch / Inline continuous
- Cleaning method
- Self-cleaning system
- Integration of raw material mixing
- Integrated mixing surface
- Process flexibility
- Various raw materials including gluten-free
- Downtime
- Minimized with "first-in, first-out" operations
- Changeover time
- Fast recipe changes
- Wheat
- Common, Durum
- Gluten-Free Ingredients
- Corn, Rice, Pulses, Quinoa
- Grains
- General grains
- Raw Material Flexibility
- High
- Homogeneous Dough Formation
- All compatible materials
- Machine footprint
- Compact design
- Feed/discharge method
- First-in, first-out process
- Control panel type
- Touch screen/interface
- Compact footprint
- Minimal space usage
- Design
- Closed system for hygiene
- Mixing technology
- Co-rotating twin-screw mixer-kneader
- Co-rotating twin-screw mixer-kneader
- Flexible
- Recipe changes
- Fast, push-button operation
- Process type
- First-in, first-out
- Raw material flexibility
- Wheat, gluten-free
- Steam and hot water injection
- Available
- Batch size
- Variable
- Controlled and repeatable conditions
- Yes
- Main screw design
- Shapes dough through pasta die