Sourdough fermenter for artisanal bakeries
Streamline sourdough production with a solution that automates key processes like mixing, fermentation, and preservation, ensuring consistent quality and freeing you from daily constraints. Ideal for producing liquid to semi-pasty sourdough, this system maintains recipe integrity, optimizing workflow efficiency and product consistency.
Processes and Ferments Sourdough Consistently
The AF 300 and AF 100 Digy fermenters from VMI are engineered to enhance artisanal and bakery industry operations by automating and optimizing sourdough production. Designed for consistency and quality, these fermenters enable precise control over the mixing, fermentation, maturation, and preservation processes. Capable of handling liquid to semi-pasty sourdough, they accommodate production needs with capacities up to 300 liters. The equipment integrates a Digy touch interface for customizable recipe management, ensuring repeatability and reducing manual intervention. With robust stainless steel construction, removable tools, and a seamless drain valve, they promise easy cleaning and minimal maintenance. These fermenters not only support diverse bakery applications—from sourdough baguettes to artisan bread—but are also portable, featuring self-braking wheels for operational flexibility. Certified for “Origine France Garantie,” they align with high industry standards, offering a reliable solution for artisanal bakers and industrial bakery operations alike.
Benefits
- Enhances sourdough quality consistency with customizable recipe management.
- Streamlines operations, reducing manual labor with automated cycle management.
- Facilitates flexible production processes due to its mobile and compact design.
- Ensures easy and thorough cleaning, minimizing contamination risks.
- Optimizes thermal exchange and homogenization, improving dough quality.
- Applications
- Artisanal bakery items,Breads,Traditional baguettes,Sourdough,Croissants,Pies,Bakery products
- End products
- Sourdough bread loaf,Sourdough pie crust,Sourdough artisan bread,Semi-pasty sourdough,Sourdough baguette,Sourdough croissants,Liquid sourdough starter
- Steps before
- Ingredient Preparation,Mixing Water and Flour,Initial Dough Mixing
- Steps after
- Dough Shaping,Proofing,Baking,Cooling,Packaging
- Input ingredients
- sourdough ingredients,poolish ingredients,semi-pasty dough ingredients
- Output ingredients
- sourdough,liquid sourdough,semi-pasty sourdough
- Market info
- VMI Mixing is known for its expertise in designing and manufacturing industrial mixing solutions, specializing in engineered-to-order equipment for diverse industries. They have a reputation for innovation and delivering high-quality, customized mixing systems.
- Capacity
- 100 to 300 liters
- Semi-pasty sourdough capacity
- 20 kg to 200 kg
- Automation
- Automated cycle management
- Recipe repeatability
- 3 sourdough recipes programmability
- Hygiene and cleaning
- Stainless steel design
- Tool removal
- Easily dismantled and cleaned
- Interface type
- Digy touch interface
- Temperature control
- Adjustable
- Rotation speed
- Adjustable for tool and bowl
- Thermal exchange
- Optimized
- Gluten network development
- High-performance tools without shearing
- Heating plates
- Silicon-coated
- Cooling system
- Embossed bowl for positive cold storage
- Storage time
- Up to 48 hours
- Recipe phases
- Mixing,fermentation,maturation,preservation
- Mobility
- Machine on self-braking wheels
- Overflow sensor
- Production safety guaranteed
- Shock-resistance
- IP 65 interface
- Origin
- France
- Mixing,Fermentation,Maturation,Preservation Phases
- Customized and saved for 3 recipes
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Batch
- Automation level
- PLC with Digy Touch Interface
- Cleaning method
- Manual with removable tools
- Temperature control
- Customizable for each phase
- Mobility
- Mobile machine on wheels
- Cleanability
- Stainless steel,easily removable tools
- Corrosive resistance (e.g. acids)
- Stainless steel construction
- Biological compatibility
- Suitable for food-grade applications
- Origine France Garantie
- Yes
- International Electro-technical Standard IP 65
- Yes
- Volume capacity
- 100 to 300 liters / 20 kg to 200 kg
- Bowl size
- 300 liters
- Design material
- Stainless steel
- Mobility
- Mobile machine on wheels
- Control panel type
- Digy touch interface
- Heating element design
- Silicon-coated heating plates
- Cooling system
- Embossed bowl cooling
- Drain valve design
- Flush-mounted drain valve
- Control panel type
- Digy touch interface
- Integration possibilities
- Recipe programming with customization of mixing,fermentation,maturation,and preservation phases
- Adjustable settings
- Duration,rotation speed,temperature