Food product extruder for low to high capacity production
Optimize your snack production with versatile extruders that enable precise shaping, mixing, and injection processes, enhancing your ability to innovate with products like potato chips, cheese puffs, and chocolate-filled snacks.

Processes and Shapes Diverse Snack Products
The Schaaf Extruder Series, including models 6400, 9250, and 1200, offers robust solutions for food and snack production. These extruders are engineered to handle a variety of processes such as extrusion, shaping, mixing, and co-extrusion, efficiently transforming raw materials into final products like potato chips, breakfast cereals, and chocolate-filled snacks. Schaaf extruders operate on a continuous basis, integrating seamlessly into pilot and high-speed operations while maintaining superior product flexibility and quality.
The Extruder 6400 serves as the smart entry-level model, ideal for research and development or small-scale productions with a capacity of 100–150 kg/h. The 9250 series stands as the original powerhouse for mid-range production, offering 200–300 kg/h throughput, combining durability with ease of operation. Meanwhile, the 1200 series, with a capacity of 350–500 kg/h, is aimed at expanding operations, equipped with stainless steel construction and pressure-lubricated bearing systems to enhance longevity and reliability under demanding conditions.
These extruders are PLC-controlled, enabling streamlined integration into existing production lines with remote monitoring capabilities. Designed with operational efficiency in mind, they feature optimized motor control to reduce energy consumption. Customizable die systems and alloy options are available to meet specific production needs, ensuring that each machine remains adaptable to diverse product requirements. Maintenance is simplified with accessible components, and engineering support is provided for customization and operational advice.
Benefits
- Enhances product flexibility and customization to adapt to market demands.
- Reduces operational costs through streamlined energy-efficient motor control.
- Supports efficient scale-up from pilot to full-scale production capacities.
- Integrates seamlessly with existing systems for improved production efficiency.
- Lowers maintenance time with user-friendly design and readily accessible components.
- Applications
- Spirals,Flatbreadchips,Snacks,Breadchips,Coextruded products,Thinwall chips,Flatbread,Breakfast cereals,Sticks,Crispies
- End products
- Pretzel sticks,Chocolate-filled snacks,Stuffed pasta,Oat rings,Pita bread,Tortilla chips,Rice crisps,Potato chips,Multigrain crisps,Cheese puffs,Pita chips
- Steps before
- Raw material preparation,Batch mixing,Conveying,Moisturizing,Direct liquids injection
- Steps after
- Drying,Flavouring,Slurry preparation,Dosage and application,Cooling,Cutting,Colour spraying,Embossing
- Input ingredients
- raw materials,undried raw extrudate
- Output ingredients
- extruded products,snacks,bread chips,flatbread,spirals,thinwall chips,breakfast cereals,crispies,coextruded products,filled tubes,spiral strands
- Market info
- Schaaf Technologie is known for its expertise in precision-engineered, custom-made equipment for industrial applications, specializing in hydraulic systems, coupling technology, and advanced tensioning solutions, with a strong reputation for quality, innovation, and reliability in the market.
- Nominal capacity
- Extruder 6400
- Nominal capacity
- Extruder 9250
- Nominal capacity
- Extruder 1200
- Material
- Stainless steel
- Bearing system
- Pressure-lubricated
- Die system
- Customizable for various shapes
- Product flexibility
- Wide range of raw materials and products
- Extrusion system type
- Single / Twin screw
- Automation level
- Manual / PLC / SCADA
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Inline Continuous
- Nominal capacity
- 100–500 kg/h
- Material versatility
- Wide range
- Product flexibility
- High
- Maintenance requirements
- Simple operation and maintenance
- Operating cost
- Low
- Machine design
- Robust
- Capacity expansion
- Modular
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Product diversity
- Snacks,flatbread,breadchips,sticks,spirals,crisps
- Control panel type
- Manual / Automated
- Material
- Stainless steel
- Size and capacity
- Extruder 6400
- Construction material
- Specially alloyed steels
- Feed/Discharge method
- Continuous feed