Food and confectionery twin-screw extruder
Enhance your confectionery production with a versatile twin-screw extruder designed for high-pressure stability, perfect for creating center-filled sweets, co-extruded multi-colored snacks, and consistent confectionery shapes in various textures and forms.

Processes and Co-Extrudes Confectionery and Snack Products
The CSTR from Carugil offers a robust solution for processing food and confectionery masses with its counter-rotating twin-screw design. This extruder is engineered for reliable operation and high throughput, integrating seamlessly into confectionery and snack production lines. It utilizes a water-jacketed extrusion barrel for precise temperature control, ensuring consistent mass flow and quality production. Applications include creating a variety of end-products such as bubble gum balls, gummy bears, and energy protein bars. The CSTR efficiently handles a range of product types, from solids to semi-liquids, and supports co-extrusion for multi-colored or center-filled products by accommodating additional filling devices. Equipped with an inverter-controlled variable-speed drive, this extruder enhances production flexibility and reduces energy consumption. Made with stainless steel components for durability and hygiene, it is designed for continuous, high-speed operations. Carugil provides customization options for extrusion heads and nozzles, catering to specific production requirements, and ensuring a tailored fit in your processing line. Compliance with industry standards and easy maintenance are integral features, facilitating efficient and safe operations.
Benefits
- Enhances production efficiency with consistent mass flow and stable high-speed operations.
- Reduces energy costs with variable-speed drive and optimized temperature control.
- Increases product versatility through customizable extrusion heads for varied shapes and fillings.
- Minimizes maintenance downtime with robust stainless steel construction and easy-clean design.
- Improves integration flexibility within existing candy, snack, and confectionery production lines.
- Applications
- Fruit pastes,Chewing and bubble gums,Toffees,Cereal bars,Sweets,Soft candies,Protein bars
- End products
- Gummy bears,Granola bars,Fruit leather strips,Energy protein bars,Caramel chews,Bubble gum balls,Hard candy with fruit flavors
- Steps before
- Mixing,Ingredient preparation,Melting,Preforming
- Steps after
- Cutting and wrapping,Cooling,Center-filling,Packaging
- Input ingredients
- food masses,confectionery masses,chewing gum,bubble gum,soft candies,toffees,cereal bars,protein bars,fruit pastes,center-filling,powder,granulates,semi-liquids,seeds,flakes,nuts
- Output ingredients
- extruded products,center-filled products,co-extruded products,marzipan,chewy candy
- Market info
- Carugil is known for its expertise in designing and manufacturing industrial engineered-to-order equipment, particularly for the confectionery and food packaging industries, providing customized solutions that meet specific client needs with high-quality standards and innovative technology.
- Construction Material
- Stainless Steel
- Screw Type
- Twin-screw,counter-rotating
- Temperature Control
- Electronic temperature control
- Cooling Method
- Water jacketed extrusion barrel
- Speed Control
- Inverter controlled variable speed drive
- Automation
- Variable speed drive for screws
- Automation level
- Inverter controlled variable speed drive
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Continuous
- Cleaning method
- Easy and safe operation
- Center-filling capability
- High pressure stability
- Temperature control
- Electronic temperature control with water jacketed barrel
- Multi-extrusion capability
- Co-extrusion with different colors and shapes
- Abrasion resistance
- High
- Cleanability
- Stainless Steel
- Corrosive resistance (e.g. acids)
- High
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³
- Footprint
- Compact
- Construction Material
- Stainless Steel
- Infeed Method
- Counter-rotating twin-screw
- Extrusion Barrel
- Water jacketed
- Control Panel Type
- Inverter controlled variable speed drive
- Control panel type
- Inverter controlled variable speed drive
- Material of construction
- Stainless Steel
- Extrusion head compatibility
- Multiple extruding heads and nozzles
- Temperature control
- Electronic temperature control with water jacketed barrel
- Screw type
- Counter-rotating twin-screw
- Filling devices compatibility
- Center-filling,semi-liquid,and gravimetric filling devices