Flexible battering system for food production
Optimize your coated product output with a flexible battering solution that ensures even coverage and efficient batter usage, enabling seamless integration with existing production lines for poultry, meat, and plant-based products.

Applies and Controls Batter Coverage
The GEA WetCoater series is engineered specifically for precision battering in diverse food processing applications. With its innovative design, this machine delivers even coating for poultry, pork, meat replacements, and vegetables, enhancing both appearance and texture. Featuring a simple to operate underbath system and a four-layer batter curtain, it provides precise control over batter application. Available in models like the WetCoater 400, 600, and 1000, it allows seamless integration into continuous production lines with belt speeds ranging from 2 to 20 m/min.
The robust design minimizes waste, using minimal batter volume for efficient coverage, and features adjustable blow-off functions to maintain product quality. The cooling jacket ensures batter temperature control, vital for consistent results. Furthermore, the machine is designed for easy cleaning with significant access to its components, supporting high uptime and reduced downtime. Ideal for food processors, it supports operations in food, beverage, and meat processing industries, even accommodating manual interventions when necessary. Made from durable materials, it promises longevity and reliability in high-speed production environments.
Benefits
- Enhances product appeal with consistent and even batter coverage.
- Minimizes batter waste, reducing overall production costs.
- Offers quick cleanup to maximize production uptime.
- Allows precise temperature control to maintain product quality.
- Accommodates a wide range of product types, increasing processing versatility.
- Applications
- Meat replacement products,Pork cutlets,Spareribs,Poultry products,Vegetables,Pork tenderloins
- End products
- Chicken nuggets,Vegan chicken patties,Breaded eggplant slices,Marinated pork tenderloins,Chicken wings,Breaded pork schnitzel,Marinated spareribs
- Steps before
- Preparation,Slicing,Marination
- Steps after
- Breading,Frying,Cooking,Packaging
- Input ingredients
- poultry products,pork cutlets,meat replacement products,vegetables,pork tenderloins,spare ribs
- Output ingredients
- battered poultry products,battered pork cutlets,battered meat replacement products,battered vegetables,marinated pork tenderloins,marinated spare ribs
- Market info
- GEA is known for its expertise in engineering innovative and sustainable equipment and solutions, focusing on sectors such as food, beverages, pharmaceuticals, and energy, with a reputation for quality, efficiency, and advanced technological applications in industrial processing.
- Belt width
- 400 mm / 600 mm / 1000 mm
- Infeed height
- 1135 ± 100 mm
- Outfeed height
- 1080 ± 100 mm
- Minimum batter volume
- 15 liter / 17 liter / 21 liter
- Belt speed
- 2 to 20 m/min
- Electric power
- 0.60 kW / 1.0 kW
- Dimension L x W x H
- 1820 x 1350 x 735 mm / 1820 x 1350 x 935 mm / 1820 x 1350 x 1335 mm
- Machine weight
- 166 kg / 183 kg / 270 kg
- Cooling jacket
- Yes
- Heavy-duty blower
- Yes
- Automation
- Manual adjustments
- Battering process
- Underbath and four-layer batter curtain
- Automation level
- Manual adjustments
- Control of batter temperature
- Cooling jacket
- Flexibility for different shapes
- Adjustable batter curtain position
- Blow off functions
- Top and bottom adjustable air supply
- Cleaning and maintenance
- Fast and easy with accessible design
- In-line positioning
- Compact design
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Continuous
- Batter usage efficiency
- Minimum quantity required
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Poultry products
- Boneless and bone-in
- Meat replacement products
- Applicable
- Vegetables
- Applicable
- Marinating
- Pork tenderloins and spare ribs
- Compact footprint
- Small
- Control panel type
- Manual adjustments
- Machine weight
- 166 kg / 183 kg / 270 kg
- Machine dimensions (L x W x H)
- 1820 x 1350 x 735 mm / 1820 x 1350 x 935 mm / 1820 x 1350 x 1335 mm
- Belt width
- 400 mm / 600 mm / 1000 mm
- Infeed height
- 1135 ± 100 mm
- Outfeed height
- 1080 ± 100 mm
- Compact footprint
- Yes
- Control panel type
- Manual adjustments
- Cooling jacket
- Maximum control of batter temperature
- Blower adjustment
- Adjustable air supply and distribution
- Batter curtain adjustment
- Position and angle adjustable