Mash heater for core fruits and berries
For optimal juice and color extraction from core fruits and berries, precise mash heating is essential. This process enhances enzyme activity, resulting in higher juice yields and improved color. Short processing times and easy capacity adjustments make this technique ideal for various fruit mashes.
Optimize juice and color yield with precise heating
The Mash Heater from Bucher Unipektin is designed to preheat fruit mash such as apples, pears, berries, and stone fruits. Utilizing a pipe-in-pipe tubular design, it ensures gentle heating, which boosts enzyme activity and enhances juice and color yield. This compact and modular system includes a double tube heat exchanger module and a hot water station with a recirculation pump and expansion tank. Water heated by live steam circulates through the shell, transferring heat to the mash in a counter-current flow. Automated control systems with PLC and touchscreen visualization offer precise temperature adjustments ranging from 5 to 85 °C. With a capacity of 10 to 120 t/h and heating systems that can use hot water or low-pressure steam, the system is versatile for various operational demands.
Benefits
- Increased enzyme activity for better extraction
- Shorter processing time
- Low heat impact on fruit mash
- Easy capacity adjustments
- Automated control system with touchscreen