Crystallizer for small-scale aeration and crystallization processes
Streamline your production with a versatile crystallizer that combines aeration, mixing, and freezing for diverse food and beverage applications, enhancing product quality and operational efficiency.
Crystallizes and Aerates Diverse Food Products
The CRA225 Crystallizer from OMVE offers a distinct multi-functionality for food and beverage manufacturers by integrating crystallization, aeration, and mixing processes into a single compact unit. This system combines attributes of aerators, continuous ice-cream freezers, and scraped surface heat exchangers to deliver unparalleled flexibility and adaptability in product development. It is suitable for continuous operations, handling liquid, slurry, and solid product types with ease, and facilitating production of diverse offerings such as chocolate mousse, vanilla ice cream, peanut butter spread, and mascarpone cheese.
Designed for small-scale production and R&D environments, the CRA225 operates with a nominal capacity of 10-20L/h, supporting industries ranging from dairy and plant-based to fats, oils, and nutraceuticals. This modular system can be configured with an air injection unit, mixing head, pinworker, and resting tube to suit specific operational needs. Compliance with industry standards and constructed for straightforward integration into existing lines, this machine is perfect for laboratories and pilot plant facilities. With OMVE’s engineering support, the CRA225 comes with CE certification and is backed by a two-year warranty, ensuring reliable performance and peace of mind.
Benefits
- Enhances product variety with a flexible, modular setup for diverse processing needs.
- Improves process efficiency by integrating crystallization and aeration into one system.
- Saves space in R&D labs and pilot plants with compact, multi-functional design.
- Ensures precise consistency and quality across varying product batches.
- Minimizes manual intervention with automated, continuous operation capabilities.
- Applications
- Mousses,Spreads,Whipped cream,Yogurts,Still drinks,Cream cheese,Ice cream,Butter,Margarine,Soft drinks
- End products
- Whipped topping,Lemonade,Cola,Peanut butter spread,Table butter,Greek yogurt,Chocolate mousse,Vanilla ice cream,Mascarpone cheese
- Steps before
- Deaeration,Heat Treatment,Homogenizing,Blending and Mixing
- Steps after
- Filling and Closing,Packaging
- Input ingredients
- aeration ingredients,ice cream base mix,spread ingredients,whipped cream mix,cream cheese mix,margarine ingredients,butter ingredients
- Output ingredients
- mousses,ice cream,spreads,whipped cream,cream cheese,margarine,butter
- Market info
- OMVE is known for manufacturing pilot and small-scale processing equipment for the food and beverage industry, specializing in pasteurization, carbonation, fermentation, and homogenization systems, with a strong reputation for innovation and quality in engineered-to-order solutions.
- Capacity
- 10-20 L/h
- Automation
- Automated
- Application versatility
- Mousses,Ice cream,Spreads,Whipped cream,Cream cheese,Margarine,Butter
- Configuration
- Modular
- Components
- Air injection unit,mixing head,pinworker,SSHE,resting tube
- Working mechanism
- Crystallization,aeration,freezing
- Integrated steps
- Air injection,mixing,heating,resting
- CIP principles
- CIP compatible
- Flow type
- Continuous
- Automation level
- Automated
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Continuous
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Machine footprint
- Compact design
- Configuration
- Modular system
- Capacity
- 10-20 L/h
- Components
- Air injection unit,mixing head,pinworker,scraped surface heat exchangers,resting tube
- Configuration type
- Modular
- Control system
- Automated
- Integration components
- Air injection unit,mixing head,pinworker,scraped surface heat exchangers (SSHEs),resting tube