Mixer for carbonated and non-alcoholic drink production
Efficiently mix and carbonate a variety of beverages while optimizing syrup and CO2 usage, ensuring consistent quality and taste across your production line.
Mixes, Carbonates, and Homogenizes Beverages Efficiently
The Krones Contiflow Mixer is an essential asset for beverage manufacturers seeking superior precision in mixing, carbonation, and homogenization. Designed to cater to the evolving needs of non-alcoholic refreshments, plant-based milk, and spirits industries, this mixer delivers exceptional performance with its integration of advanced processing steps such as deaeration and dosing.
Utilizing a modular design, the Contiflow consists of three key modules—deaeration, dosing, and carbonation—that function seamlessly to process various liquid and gaseous ingredients. Offering production outputs ranging from 15 to 90 m³/h across six adjustable sizes, it provides flexibility to fit your production requirements.
High precision in syrup and CO2 dosing leads to a lowered syrup consumption by up to 0.2 percent, ensuring cost-effective operations. The equipment’s capability to handle up to eight liquid ingredients and two gaseous ingredients underlines its versatility.
Engineered for continuous, automated, and high-speed operations, the Contiflow integrates effortlessly into your existing line. Its design facilitates easy maintenance, featuring a stainless steel frame and moveable pump slides for quick mechanical seal replacement. Energy efficiency is a priority, with optimized motors and reduced CO2 consumption through minimized head space and short mixing phases.
Whether producing cola, almond milk, or whiskey soda, the Krones Contiflow Mixer ensures your product quality remains consistently high, supported by sophisticated process monitoring and precise control systems.
Benefits
- Enhances product consistency through precise syrup and CO2 dosing, resulting in significant cost savings.
- Increases operational flexibility with customizable output from 33% to 100% of rated capacity.
- Reduces energy consumption with optimized motor and gravity-assisted design.
- Minimizes product loss during change-overs and emptying, improving efficiency.
- Simplifies maintenance with easy-access components and compact design.
- Applications
- Water,Milk and milk-based drinks,Non-alcoholic refreshment drinks,Spirits,Plant-based milk alternatives,Juice,Soft drinks
- End products
- Lemonade,Tonic water,Flavored mineral water,Gin,Apple juice,Oat milk,Almond milk,Iced tea,Soy milk,Skim milk,Orange juice,Sparkling water,Energy drinks,Whiskey soda,Cola,Tonic,Chocolate milk,Mixed fruit cocktails
- Steps before
- Water purification,Ingredient preparation,Syrup mixing
- Steps after
- Filling,Packaging,Quality inspection
- Input ingredients
- water,syrup,CO2,liquid ingredients,stripping gas
- Output ingredients
- carbonated beverages,mixed drinks,non-alcoholic refreshment drinks
- Market info
- Krones is renowned for its expertise in manufacturing beverage and liquid food processing and packaging equipment, offering comprehensive solutions that include filling, packaging technology, and processing systems, and is reputed for innovation and quality in the industry.
- Mixing output capacity
- 15,30,45,60,75,90 m³/h
- Syrup dosing accuracy
- ±0.03°Bx to ±0.01°Bx
- Deaeration residual oxygen content
- ≦0.5 ppm
- Carbonation CO2 dosing accuracy
- ≦0.08 g/l to ≦0.04 g/l
- High-pressure carbonation
- > 8 bar
- Production flexibility
- 33% to 100% of nominal output
- Power consumption
- 1.1 kW (recirculation pump)
- CO2 consumption
- Reduced due to small head space
- Change-over time
- < 10 minutes
- Automated processes
- Water or syrup supply rinsing function starts automatically
- Brix value control
- Brix-controlled syrup feeding
- Temperature for stripping gas
- 15 °C (for 10 ppm initial oxygen)
- Mixing mechanism
- Deaeration,Dosing,Carbonation
- Output variability
- 33 to 100 percent
- Product flow type
- Continuous inline
- Automation level
- PLC controlled
- Changeover time
- Less than 10 minutes
- Energy efficiency
- Use of gravity and optimized pumps
- High-pressure carbonation
- > 8 bar
- Automated rinsing function
- Water or syrup supply
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Carbonation Level
- Variable CO2 dosing
- Compact footprint
- Easily accessible mixing station design with a stainless steel circular tube frame
- Tank shape and size
- Integrated product tank,horizontal deaeration tank
- Control panel type
- Central HMI
- Footprint
- Reduced construction height,integrated mixer with Modulfill VFS-M reduces space requirements
- Control panel location
- Shared central HMI with the filler
- Discharge method
- Direct connection to Modulfill VFS-M,gravity-assisted discharge
- Modular design
- Comprising three modules
- Control panel type
- Central HMI
- Integration possibilities
- Direct connection with Modulfill VFS-M
- Compact footprint
- Optimised design with reduced space requirements