Spiral oven for cooking and browning products with steam and hot air
Optimize your cooking line with a compact spiral oven that ensures even browning and consistent quality using advanced steam and air circulation, perfect for high-volume production.
Continuously Cooks and Browns Food Products
The alco Spiral Oven ASH PRO from JBT is a state-of-the-art spiral oven designed to streamline cooking and browning in food production. Utilizing a spiral conveyor system, it provides even heat distribution and optimal space utilization in your processing line. This equipment is ideal for producing items such as plant-based burger patties, chicken breasts, and lasagna trays. With adjustable belt levels and varying production speeds, it caters to high-speed, continuous operations. The oven integrates seamlessly into automated production lines, featuring a PLC control system for precise recipe management and process monitoring. Energy efficiency is enhanced through high-performance heating elements available in electrical, thermal oil, or steam-powered options. The oven’s highly insulated housing minimizes energy loss, while its CIP-capable belt wash system ensures easy maintenance and hygiene. For customization, the ASH PRO offers multiple belt widths and levels, allowing tailored configurations to meet specific processing needs.
Benefits
- Maximizes production capacity with a minimal footprint through its space-efficient spiral design.
- Enhances product quality with uniform cooking and browning via optimized air circulation and steam injection.
- Reduces energy costs with efficient heating elements and an insulated housing that minimizes heat loss.
- Supports high-speed, automated operations with customizable belt levels and PLC-controlled systems.
- Simplifies cleaning and maintenance with an integrated continuous belt wash and CIP setup.
- Applications
- Seafood, Ready meals, Potatoes, Pet food, Meat, Plant-based protein, Vegetables, Poultry
- End products
- Chicken breasts, Dog kibble, Bacon strips, Vegetable medleys, Lasagna trays, Potato wedges, Plant-based burger patties, Meatless nuggets, Tofu steaks, Cat treats, Fish fillets, Beef meatloaf
- Steps before
- Portioning, Seasoning, Marination, Injection
- Steps after
- Cooling, Freezing, Slicing, Packaging
- Input ingredients
- raw meatloaf, whole chicken, raw burgers, nuggets, raw bacon, raw lasagna, raw pretzels, poultry, meat, plant-based proteins, vegetables
- Output ingredients
- cooked meatloaf, browned whole chicken, cooked burgers, cooked nuggets, browned bacon, cooked lasagna, cooked pretzels, cooked poultry, browned meat, cooked plant-based proteins, cooked vegetables
- Market info
- JBT is known for manufacturing innovative industrial machinery and solutions, particularly in the food processing and air transportation sectors, renowned for their advanced technology, reliability, and customer-focused engineered-to-order solutions tailored to specific industry needs.
- Heating temperature
- Up to 230°C
- Belt width
- 400, 600, 700, 1000 mm
- Belt levels
- 5 to 10 levels
- Heating method
- Electrical, thermal oil, steam-powered
- Production speed
- Continuously adjustable
- Humidity control
- Steam injection bars
- Process control
- PLC-controlled, touch panel
- Energy efficiency
- Highly insulated housing
- Cleaning system
- Automatic, continuous belt wash with CIP nozzles
- Steam nozzles
- Optional for direct steam injection
- Dew point control
- Optional
- Automation level
- User-friendly PLC with recipe management
- Automation level
- Manual / PLC
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Continuous
- Cleaning method
- CIP
- Process temperature control
- Continuously adjustable up to max. 230 °C
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Footprint
- Compact, spiral design
- Product height
- Variable, depending on the number of levels
- Heating element type
- Electrical, thermal oil, or steam-powered
- Housing design
- Highly insulated
- Control panel type
- PLC control system with touch panel
- Stage belt system
- 5 to 10 levels
- Belt width options
- 400, 600, 700, and 1, 000 mm
- Heating element type
- Electrical, thermal oil, or steam-powered
- Steam injection
- Optional dew point control
- Cleaning system
- CIP nozzles and belt wash system