Rotary drum blancher for high volume food processing
Optimize your food production line with a versatile rotary drum blancher that efficiently blanches, cooks, and cools while minimizing energy and water usage, achieving high-quality results with consistent temperature control.
Blanches, Cooks, and Cools High-Volume Food Products
The Rotary Drum Blancher from Lyco Manufacturing streamlines the blanching, cooking, and cooling processes for diverse food applications, ensuring uniform results and energy efficiency. Utilizing a trunnion design, it eliminates shaft breakage and reduces maintenance costs. Ideal for high-volume operations, it processes solids and slurries with precisely controlled retention times of 2 to 60 minutes. The machine’s robust construction and gentle agitation ensure superior product quality, reducing losses from clumping, particularly in pasta by 10% to 15%. Compatible with various materials, it supports food processing of dry beans, vegetables, rice, pasta, and more, efficiently handling processes with a throughput 50% higher than competitors. Available in multiple diameters and lengths, it integrates seamlessly into existing production lines and features easy-to-clean sanitary construction, PLC-based controls, and remote monitoring capabilities for hassle-free operation and maintenance.
Benefits
- Increases capacity and reduces process times, enhancing production efficiency.
- Minimizes operational costs with energy-efficient design, reducing energy use.
- Ensures consistent product quality with precise temperature and retention control.
- Lowers maintenance expenses through durable trunnion-supported construction.
- Facilitates quick changeovers with easy-to-clean sanitary design.
- Applications
- Sous vide,Meat/poultry/seafood,Pasta,Pet food,Plant-based proteins,Green beans,Rice,Vegetables,Dry beans,Pouches
- End products
- Canned beans,Canned dog food,Steamed carrots,Plant-based burger patties,Vacuum-sealed salmon filet,Canned green beans,Ready-to-eat pasta,Cooked rice,Sous vide chicken breast
- Steps before
- Preparation,Loading via gravity chute or water-cushioned in-feed flume
- Steps after
- Discharging,Further processing,Cooling,Packing
- Input ingredients
- dry beans,vegetables,rice,pasta,green beans,sous vide products
- Output ingredients
- blanched dry beans,blanched vegetables,cooked rice,cooked pasta,blanched green beans,processed sous vide products
- Market info
- Lyco Manufacturing is known for designing and producing innovative cooking, cooling, and liquid-solid separation equipment, primarily for the food processing industry, with a strong reputation for reliability, efficiency, and cutting-edge solutions.
- Diameter Size
- 36 in.,48 in.,60 in.,72 in.
- Length Range
- 4 ft. to 28 ft.
- Throughput
- 50% higher than competition
- Retention Time
- 2 to 60 minutes
- Cooling Time Reduction
- 40% reduction
- Capacity
- Higher capacity in a smaller footprint
- Construction Type
- Easy-to-clean sanitary construction
- Working mechanism
- Rotary drum with direct steam
- Integrated steps
- Blanching,cooking,cooling
- Batch vs. inline flow
- Continuous operation
- Automation level
- PLC-controlled
- Energy efficiency
- Uses less energy
- Changeover time
- Easy-to-clean for faster changeovers
- Cleaning method
- Sanitary construction
- Capacity in a smaller footprint
- High capacity
- Uniform heating and cooling
- Precisely controlled retention time
- Abrasion resistance
- High
- Biological compatibility
- Food-grade
- Cleanability
- Easy-to-clean
- Corrosive resistance
- Stainless steel for food processing
- Density/particle size
- Applicable for various densities
- Compact footprint
- Yes
- Drum Size
- 36-72 inches diameter
- Drum Length
- 4-28 feet
- Discharge method
- Gravity chute or water-cushioned in-feed flume
- Construction Material
- Sanitary
- Control panel type
- Not specified
- Machine type
- Rotary Drum Blancher
- Agitation method
- Gentle agitation
- Size options
- 36 in to 72 in diameter,4 ft to 28 ft length
- Steam type
- Direct steam
- Retention time control
- 2 to 60 minutes