Five-roll refiner for chocolate production

Achieve precise particle size control and energy efficiency in your chocolate refining process with a system designed for seamless integration, recipe flexibility, and high-speed automated operations.

Refines and Adjusts Particle Size for Chocolate Products

The Finer S Five-Roll Refiner from Bühler Group is designed to tackle the complexities of chocolate production by ensuring precise particle size adjustments, resulting in high-quality, smooth, and flavorful chocolate products. This equipment is renowned for its energy-efficient drive system, which can cut energy consumption by up to 15%, enhancing sustainability in your processing lines. Utilizing a robust five-roll design, it is capable of processing a diverse array of chocolate masses, making it ideal for producing products like dark chocolate bars, creamy fillings, and coatings. With a capacity to streamline operation through its automation features and recipe storage capability, the Finer S integrates seamlessly into continuous and high-speed production environments. Additionally, the hygienic stainless steel construction facilitates easy cleaning and maintenance, while its PLC interfaces support advanced automation and remote monitoring, ensuring minimal downtime. Customization options are available to tailor the refiner to specific process requirements, supported by Bühler’s extensive engineering expertise.

Benefits

  • Enhances product quality with precise and consistent particle sizing.
  • Lowers operational costs by reducing energy consumption up to 15%.
  • Decreases cleaning time with easy-to-maintain hygienic stainless steel design.
  • Improves production flexibility with automated recipe switching.
  • Minimizes downtime through advanced monitoring and automation features.

General


Applications
Spreads,Compounds,Coatings,Filling creams,Chocolate
End products
Peanut butter spread,Yogurt-flavored coating,Cocoa compound coating,Milk chocolate truffles,Caramel filling cream,Dark chocolate bars,Chocolate coating for ice cream,Almond filling paste,White chocolate chips,Hazelnut chocolate spread
Steps before
Melting,Mixing,Emulsification,Pre-grinding
Steps after
Cooling,Tempering,Packing,Conching
Input ingredients
chocolate masses,compounds,filling creams,coatings,spreads
Output ingredients
smooth chocolate,flavorful chocolate,refined compounds,finished creams,coatings,spreads
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.

Technical Specifications


Energy Consumption Reduction
Up to 15%
Productivity Improvement
Up to 10%
Hygienic Design Material
Stainless Steel
Particle Size Control
Automatic Fineness Adjustment
Monitoring Range
30 cm
Roller Count
Five
Automation Integration
ProfiNet,ABEthernet,WLAN
Recipe Storage
Unlimited

Operating Characteristics


Automation level
ProfiNet / ABEthernet / WLAN Compatible
Batch vs. continuous operation
Batch
Cleaning method
Easy Clean / Hygienic Design
Energy efficiency
Up to 15% reduction in energy consumption
Changeover time
Quick batch changeover
Automatic particle size control
Vario drive V system
High availability
Built-in dry run camera system

Material Compatibility


Density/particle size
0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm

Product type Characteristics


Recipe storage
Unlimited recipe recall

Custom Options


Control panel type
ProfiNet,ABEthernet,WLAN
Integration possibilities
Smart Factory systems
Recipe storage options
Unlimited individual recipes
Automation control interfaces
Smart mobile devices