Cooling unit for chocolate mass extrusion
Optimize your chocolate production by precisely cooling chocolate masses during extrusion, ensuring consistent quality and enhanced product texture.
Ensures Precise Cooling of Chocolate Masses
Aasted’s Cooling Unit is designed to deliver precise temperature control in chocolate, bakery, and confectionery production lines. This compact unit integrates seamlessly into your operations, featuring an integrated tank with a built-in agitator, ensuring uniform cooling across different masses. It’s particularly effective for continuous, high-speed processing, vital for maintaining the quality of chocolate bars, filled chocolates, and aerated products. With an option for aeration, it offers flexibility for various product textures and recipes. Constructed from hygienic stainless steel, the unit provides durability and ease of cleaning, supporting efficient maintenance. By reducing temperature fluctuations, it enhances product consistency and quality, making it an essential component for chocolate producers, confectionery manufacturers, and bakery companies looking to optimize production.
Benefits
- Enhances product quality by maintaining precise temperature control.
- Adapts to various chocolate textures with optional aeration capability.
- Minimizes downtime with easy integration and maintenance.
- Increases production efficiency in continuous, high-speed operations.
- Ensures sanitary processing with hygienic stainless steel construction.
- Applications
- Chocolate,Sweets,Bakery,Confectionery
- End products
- Filled chocolates,Biscuit treats,Decorative chocolate patterns,Molded chocolates,Chocolate-coated products,Biscuit filled chocolates,Aerated chocolate products,Wafer-based products,Chocolate bars,Chocolate assortments,Confectionery pieces,Chocolate decorations
- Steps before
- Extrusion Preparation,Ingredient Mixing
- Steps after
- Cooling,Moulding,Packing,Decoration,Assortment
- Input ingredients
- chocolate mass,ingredients,wafers,biscuit,tempered chocolate mass
- Output ingredients
- cooled chocolate,cooled confectionery,cooled bakery products,various chocolate inclusions
- Market info
- Aasted is known for its expertise in manufacturing equipment for the chocolate, bakery, and confectionery industries, offering solutions like tempering, molding, and baking machinery with a strong reputation for innovation and quality.
- Cooling capacity
- 2,500 kg/h
- Tank capacity
- Small tank
- Agitator type
- Built-in
- Aeration capability
- Yes
- Material
- Stainless steel
- Installation type
- Easy install
- Automation level
- Manual / PLC / SCADA
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Batch / Inline Continuous
- CIP/SIP
- CIP 121°C / SIP 135°C
- Cleaning method
- CIP / Manual
- Energy efficiency
- 0.5–2 kWh/kg moisture
- Cleanability
- Hygienic stainless steel
- Corrosive resistance (e.g. acids)
- Yes
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Container type
- Glass / PET
- Machine footprint
- Compact
- Tank shape and size
- Small with built-in agitator
- Discharge method
- Easily attached and installed to production line
- Control panel type
- Integrated with optional features
- Control panel type
- PLC-controlled / HMI
- Discharge method
- Automatic / Manual
- Integration possibilities
- Aeration options
- Cooling unit capability
- Integrated small tank with agitator
- Flexibility in production
- Optional add-ons for customization
- Material compatibility
- Hygienic stainless steel