Long-goods pasta dryer
Achieve high-speed, energy-efficient drying for long-goods pasta while maintaining top product quality. This innovative dryer design reduces operational costs and ensures structural integrity during the entire drying cycle.
Dries and Cools Long-Goods Pasta
The Ecothermatik from the Bühler Group is a cutting-edge, engineered-to-order pasta dryer designed to elevate long-goods pasta production. It stands out by employing a patented drying concept that maintains pasta in a rubbery state throughout the drying cycle, minimizing stress and enhancing texture. Suitable for producing spaghetti, linguine, and more, it is tailored for continuous, high-speed operations in food processing industries.
Operating with a multi-tier design, the Ecothermatik accommodates high throughput rates, from 1250 to over 5500 kg per hour, while occupying a smaller footprint. This dryer integrates seamlessly into existing production lines, optimized with energy-efficient fans and advanced exhaust-air flow control mechanisms, leading to significant energy savings: up to 40% in thermal and 20% in cooling energy. Its aerodynamic design also contributes to a 10% reduction in electrical consumption, enhancing both sustainability and cost efficiency.
Engineered with precise control systems, the Ecothermatik offers automatic dew point regulation within its cooling zones, ensuring the prevention of surface condensation on pasta. Construction features include highly insulating, curved panels that maintain uniform drying conditions and prevent product defects. Maintenance is streamlined through easily accessible walkways and reliable mechanical synchronization.
With Bühler backing you with services and training, this equipment sets a new standard in pasta quality and production efficiency, ideal for large-scale pasta manufacturers looking to optimize their processes with superior engineering and dependable performance.
Benefits
- Achieves up to 40% thermal energy savings, minimizing operational costs and environmental impact.
- Maintains pasta elasticity during drying to ensure premium texture and quality in the final product.
- Compact multi-tier design reduces plant floor space requirements while enhancing production capacity.
- Minimizes mechanical wear and tear through innovative stick transport, extending equipment lifespan.
- Facilitates easy maintenance and ensures consistent operation with accessible design and robust construction.
- Applications
- Long-goods pasta, Pasta
- End products
- Spaghetti, Fettuccine, Bucatini, Vermicelli, Capellini, Tagliatelle, Linguine
- Steps before
- Dough preparation, Extrusion, Shaping
- Steps after
- Cooling, Packing, Palletizing
- Input ingredients
- raw pasta, moist pasta
- Output ingredients
- dried long-goods pasta, top-quality pasta
- 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.
- Capacity
- 1250–5500 kg/h
- Energy savings
- Thermal
- Footprint length
- Up to 14 meters shorter than C-line dryers
- Humidity control
- High humidity drying air
- Automation
- Dew point regulation
- Cooling zone
- Automatic dew point regulation
- Panel design
- Curved shape with high insulation
- Stick handling
- Innovative stick transport with strong chains and pendulum system
- Energy efficiency
- High (saves up to 40% thermal, 20% cooling, 10% electrical energy)
- Automation level
- Automated (Includes advanced control systems)
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Continuous
- Cooling method
- Dew point regulation in cooling zone
- Changeover time
- Designed for quick maintenance and cleaning
- Cleaning method
- Easy access for manual cleaning
- Space utilization
- Compact footprint
- Stick handling
- Gentle, innovative stick transport system
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Machine footprint
- Compact, smaller footprint
- Multi-tier design
- Allows high throughput on a small footprint
- Design
- Simplified mechanical design
- Stick transport system
- Innovative stick transport with stronger chains
- Panel shape
- Curved panels for high insulation
- Control panel type
- User-friendly interface
- CIP/SIP
- CIP available for easy cleaning
- Integration possibilities
- Seamless with existing Bühler systems
- Stick transport system
- Patented pendulum mechanism
- Cooling options
- Smart heat-exchange and dew point regulation