High-efficiency cooling tunnel for confectionery production
Optimize your product cooling process with high-efficiency tunnels that ensure rapid temperature control and condensation prevention, crucial for maintaining the quality of confectionery and baked goods.
Cools and Buffers Bakery and Confectionery Products
The high-efficiency cooling tunnel from Bühler is engineered to provide swift and precise cooling for a variety of food products, including cereals, chocolates, and bakery goods. Leveraging high-velocity convection air cooling and water-cooled bottom plates, this tunnel efficiently lowers product temperatures, ensuring optimal quality for items like cornflakes, candy bars, and protein snacks. Designed with modular flexibility, it integrates seamlessly into continuous and high-speed production lines, ideal for food manufacturers and confectionery producers. Its stainless steel construction offers high standards of hygiene and durability, with easy cleaning access, while its robust insulation and air-tight seals minimize energy usage. Configurable and adaptable, the tunnel supports diverse operational needs, backed by Bühler’s engineering expertise for customized solutions.
Benefits
- Enhances production efficiency by achieving rapid cooling with minimal space requirements.
- Lowers energy costs through effective insulation and precise temperature control.
- Ensures hygienic processing with stainless steel construction and easy maintenance access.
- Boosts product consistency with uniform cooling from convection air and water-cooled systems.
- Adapts to various production needs with a modular design for easy integration.
- Applications
- Wafers,Biscuits,Snacks,Bakery solutions,Enrobed products,Cereals,Sweets,Candy bars,Cakes,Chocolate,Protein bars
- End products
- Muesli base flakes,Milk chocolate,Digestive biscuits,Cornflakes,Chocolate chip cookies,Candy nougat bars,Waffle cones,Sponge cake,Almond enrobed chocolate bars,Granola,Dark chocolate,Croissants,Vegetable chips,Gummy bears,Crispbread,Pound cake,Peanut butter protein bars
- Steps before
- Cooking,tempering,Extrusion,shaping,Moulding,forming
- Steps after
- Packing,Palletizing,Filling,decorating,Enrobing
- Input ingredients
- cereal slabs,caramel strands,biscuits
- Output ingredients
- cooled cereal slabs,cooled caramel strands,cooled biscuits
- 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.
- Cooling tunnel length
- Shortest possible length
- Cooling method
- Convection cooling and water-cooled bottom plates
- Material
- Stainless steel
- Air velocity
- High air velocity
- Temperature control
- Precise temperature control with efficient insulation
- Energy efficiency
- High-quality insulation saves energy
- Modular design
- Modular setup
- Working Mechanism
- Convection air cooling,water-cooled bottom plates
- Process Integration
- Cooling and buffering
- Automation Level
- High air velocity control
- Space Efficiency
- Short cooling tunnel length
- Cleaning Method
- Easy access for maintenance and cleaning
- Energy Efficiency
- Efficient insulation
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Compact footprint
- Short tunnel length
- Material
- Stainless steel
- Insulation
- High-quality insulation with excellent seals
- Cooling system
- Convection air cooling,water-cooled bottom plates
- Modular design
- Yes
- Modular setup
- Yes
- Control panel type
- PLC-controlled
- Integration possibilities
- SCADA compatibility
- Cooling configuration
- Convection and water-cooled
- Material selection
- Stainless steel
- Insulation type
- High-quality insulation
- Access design
- Easy access for cleaning