Industrial spiral cooler for thermal treatment

Improve your final conditioning and packaging process with a spiral cooler designed to efficiently adjust product temperatures, ensuring optimal freshness and quality for foods like pasta, snacks, and cereals before they reach the packaging stage.

Cools and Conveys Food Products

The Spiral Cooler from GEA Group is engineered to enhance the cooling and conveying stages for food processing operations. Distinguished by its spiral configuration and robust stainless-steel structure, it ensures efficient air cooling through a ventilation system utilizing freon/glycol-water and inverter-controlled ventilators. Ideal for producing spaghetti, potato chips, cornflakes, tortellini, and granola bars, it supports a range of food processing applications. The machine features 3 to 6 belts with widths of 1500-2000 mm, cooling lengths of 4-12 meters, and operates continuously with full automation. Its design optimizes airflow, maintaining uniform temperatures and preventing product stagnation, while openable lateral panels and rinsing ramps facilitate easy and efficient cleaning. Customizable belt configurations allow for reduced spiral footprints, supporting seamless integration into existing production lines.

Benefits

  • Enhances productivity with rapid cooling to optimal packaging temperatures.
  • Streamlines integration with existing lines via customizable belt configurations.
  • Minimizes cleaning time and effort with easily accessible design and rinsing ramps.
  • Maintains product quality with uniform temperature control across the entire spiral length.
  • Reduces operating costs with efficient inverter-controlled ventilation systems.

General


Applications
Snacks, Pasta, Food processing, Fresh pasta, Breakfast cereals
End products
Spaghetti, Cornflakes, Tortellini, Granola bars, Potato chips
Steps before
Fresh pasta processing, Cooking, Blanching
Steps after
Packaging, Labeling, Storage
Input ingredients
fresh pasta, snacks, breakfast cereals
Output ingredients
cooled pasta, packaged snacks, temperature-ready cereals
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.

Technical Specifications


Number of belts
3-6
Belt width
1500-2000 mm
Cooling chamber length
4-12 m
Ventilation system
Freon/glycolyzed water
Air cooling control
Inverter-controlled
Structure material
Stainless steel
Cooling footprint
Reduced curve belts

Operating Characteristics


Cooling method
Freon/Glycolyzed water
Ventilation control
Inverter-controlled ventilators
Accessibility for cleaning
Stainless-steel structure, rinsing ramps, openable panels
Airflow optimization
Equal temperature throughout spiral
Cooling footprint flexibility
Reduced curve belts available

Material Compatibility


Cleanability
Stainless steel structure, rinsing ramps
Corrosive resistance (e.g. acids)
Stainless steel

Physical Characteristics


Machine footprint
Compact
Belt width
1500-2000 mm
Cooling chamber length
4-12 m
Number of belts
3-6
Discharge method
Conveying belts
Structure material
Stainless steel

Custom Options


Spiral footprint
Reduced curve option
Structure material
Stainless steel
Ventilation system configuration
Modular, with inverter control
Accessibility features
Openable lateral panels
Cooling medium
Freon/glycolyzed water