Industrial melting tank for chocolate and confectionery production
Maximize your production efficiency by seamlessly integrating advanced melting capabilities, ensuring consistent quality for your chocolate and confectionery products.

Melts and Mixes Ingredients for Production
The Melting Tank from Aasted is engineered to streamline the chocolate and confectionery production process with precision and efficiency. Constructed from hygienic stainless steel, it ensures high durability and sanitary conditions. Designed for both batch and continuous operations, this tank supports a variety of processes including melting, mixing, and heating, thanks to its insulated design and thermostatically controlled electric heating. Equipped with a powerful stirrer driven by a top-mounted gear motor, it achieves consistent ingredient integration and temperature stability, crucial for creating high-quality chocolate bars, pralines, and confectionery candies. The tank features a capacity range from 150 kg up to 3,000 kg, making it versatile for small-scale to large-scale production. Integrating seamlessly with upstream and downstream equipment, it supports various automation levels and includes a complete electrical control system. Its design allows for easy cleaning and maintenance, ensuring minimal downtime. Aasted provides comprehensive customization options to tailor the tank to specific production requirements.
Benefits
- Enhances production efficiency with consistent ingredient integration and temperature stability.
- Accommodates both small-scale and large-scale production needs with a flexible capacity range.
- Minimizes energy costs through thermostatic control and optimized heating elements.
- Supports seamless integration with existing production lines for streamlined operations.
- Ensures sanitary and durable operation with hygienic stainless steel construction.
- Applications
- Biscuits,Moulding line,Confectionery,Bakery,Bakery lines,Chocolate moulding,Chocolate,Confectionery line,Wafer
- End products
- Filled chocolates,Aerated chocolate,Biscuit assortments,Filled biscuits,Pralines,Jelly-filled confections,Chocolate molded figures,Bakery fillings,Decorated pastries,Chocolate-covered wafers,Chocolate bars,Confectionery candies,Chocolate assortments,Molded chocolate biscuits,Chocolate decorations
- Steps before
- Ingredient Mixing,Tempering,Ingredient Feeding
- Steps after
- Depositing,Cooling,Packaging,Decoration,Assorting
- Input ingredients
- chocolate,ingredients,wafers,biscuit,chocolate mass,chocolate temper curve
- Output ingredients
- tempered chocolate,moulded chocolate,chocolate articles,decorated chocolate,tempering index
- Market info
- Aasted is known for its expertise in manufacturing equipment for the chocolate, bakery, and confectionery industries, offering solutions like tempering, molding, and baking machinery with a strong reputation for innovation and quality.
- Capacity
- 150 kg to 3,000 kg
- Material
- Stainless steel
- Heating Element
- Thermostatically controlled electric
- Insulation
- Inclusive of insulation
- Stirrer
- Powered by top-mounted gear motor
- Hinged Cover
- Two-piece with safety switch
- Unit Type
- Melting and Mixing Tank
- Aeration Capacity
- Up to 2,500 kg/h
- Filling,Weighing Capacity
- Up to 2½ tons/hr
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Batch
- Automation level
- PLC-controlled
- Cleaning method
- CIP / Manual
- Cleanability
- Hygienic stainless steel
- Corrosive resistance (e.g. acids)
- Stainless steel
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Tank Capacity
- 150 kg - 3,000 kg
- Material
- Hygienic Stainless Steel
- Heating Element
- Thermostatically Controlled Electric
- Stirrer Type
- Powerful Stirrer Driven by a Top-Mounted Gear Motor
- Cover Design
- Two-Piece Hinged Cover with Safety Switch
- Insulation
- Inclusive
- Capacity Range
- 150 kg - 3,000 kg
- Material
- Hygienic Stainless Steel
- Insulation
- Yes
- Heating Element
- Thermostatically Controlled Electric
- Stirrer Type
- Powerful stirrer driven by top-mounted gear motor
- Safety Features
- Two-piece hinged cover with safety switch
- Control System
- Complete electrical control system