Continuous steam blancher for vegetables
Efficiently reduce water and energy usage while ensuring uniform blanching and cooking with seamless transitions between steam and water modes, maximizing product quality and recovery in a compact design.
Blanches, Cooks, and Cools Food Products Efficiently
The Vapor-Flow Steam Blancher from Lyco Manufacturing offers a flexible and efficient solution for high-capacity food processing lines. This machine seamlessly transitions between steam and water blanching with a simple valve adjustment, supporting applications like vegetables, green beans, pasta, rice, and even plant-based proteins. Designed for continuous operation, it utilizes a first-in/first-out product stream to ensure uniform processing.
The Vapor-Flow system minimizes resource usage by employing steam to reduce water consumption by up to 90% and energy use by 50% compared to conventional methods. Its compact rotary drum design occupies half the floor space of traditional belt systems, making it ideal for facilities with limited space.
Built with durable materials, the Vapor-Flow Steam Blancher guarantees less product damage and maintains superior product quality, taste, and color. It supports easy integration into existing production lines and offers a reduction in Total Cost of Ownership by increasing recovery rates by up to 3% and requiring less maintenance than comparable equipment. Ideal for food processors aiming to enhance efficiency, product quality, and sustainability, Lyco provides customization options and engineering support to tailor the machine to specific production needs.
Benefits
- Enhances product recovery by 1-3% through efficient steam processing.
- Minimizes resource use, cutting water consumption by 90% and energy by 50%.
- Reduces floor space requirements with compact rotary drum design.
- Ensures consistent product quality with uniform processing technology.
- Simplifies operations with rapid switch between steam and water modes.
- Applications
- Seafood,Pasta,Pet food,Meat,Fruits,Green beans,Plant-based protein,Rice,Vegetables,Poultry,Dry beans
- End products
- Cooked chicken strips,Dehydrated dry beans,Steamed fish fillets,Fruit salad cups,Ready-to-eat pasta meals,Canned pet food,Plant-based burger patties,Canned green beans,Parboiled rice,Frozen mixed vegetables
- Steps before
- Sorting,Washing,Raw Material Preparation,In-feed Flume,Gravity Chute Loading
- Steps after
- Cooling,Packaging,Quality Control,Storage,Inspection
- Input ingredients
- green beans,dry beans,vegetables
- Output ingredients
- cooked green beans,cooked dry beans,blanched vegetables
- Market info
- Lyco Manufacturing is known for designing and producing innovative cooking, cooling, and liquid-solid separation equipment, primarily for the food processing industry, with a strong reputation for reliability, efficiency, and cutting-edge solutions.
- Energy Consumption
- 50% less energy compared to belt cookers
- Water Usage
- 90% less water in steam mode
- Changeover Time
- Rapid,with the flip of a valve
- Footprint
- 50% less floor space than belt cookers
- Recovery Increase
- 1-3% higher than water blanching
- Uniformity
- Guaranteed first-in/first-out product stream
- Heating Method
- Steam or water with valve change
- Product Transport
- Auger with perforated screens
- Processing Capability
- High-capacity throughput
- Working mechanism
- Auger with perforated screens
- Integrated steps
- Steam and water blanching
- CIP principles
- Manual cleaning
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Continuous
- Changeover time
- Rapid change-over with valve flip
- Energy efficiency
- 50% less energy
- Water usage efficiency
- 90% less water
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Product size variation
- Uniform/Varied
- Footprint
- 32 feet length
- Feed Method
- Gravity chute or in-feed flume
- Transport Method
- Auger with perforated screens
- Changeover
- Steam to water with a valve flip
- Compact Footprint
- Compared to steam belt blancher
- System configuration
- Steam/Water Blanching
- Control Panel Type
- Manual Valve Control
- Footprint
- 50% less than traditional systems
- Auger Type
- Perforated Screen
- Feeding Method
- Gravity Chute/In-feed Flume