Stainless steel skids for food process integration
Optimize your production process with compact stainless steel skids that seamlessly integrate key equipment like cookers and heat exchangers into a plug-and-play system, minimizing installation hassle and ensuring consistent operational quality across diverse applications.

Integrates and Optimizes Food and Cosmetic Processes
Stainless Steel Skids from Gpi De Gouwe are designed for the seamless integration of essential processes like heating, cooling, mixing, and more within food, chocolate, and cosmetic production lines. These skids feature a compact, plug-and-play design, allowing minimal disruption to your operations. They incorporate advanced components like surface heat exchangers and custom-configured agitators, ensuring optimal blending and thermal management for products such as sauces, chocolate truffles, and moisturizing lotions. With capacities tailored to your needs, these systems facilitate continuous and efficient production. Constructed from high-grade stainless steel, they deliver remarkable corrosion resistance, making them ideal for handling a diverse range of materials, from liquids to powders. Full compliance with industry standards guarantees hygienic operation and ease of cleaning, ensuring consistent product quality. Customization options, including integrated control panels and specific component selections, ensure the skids are perfectly aligned with your production requirements.
Benefits
- Enhances production efficiency with seamless integration and minimal installation time.
- Versatile design accommodates custom process configurations, ensuring optimal product quality.
- Reduces operational disruptions with plug-and-play setup and compact form factor.
- Delivers outstanding corrosion resistance with stainless steel construction for reliable, long-term use.
- Adheres to industry hygiene standards, supporting safe and contamination-free production environments.
- Applications
- Food,Sauces,Confectionery,Cosmetics,Pharma,Chocolate,Creams,Dairy,Fruit
- End products
- Chocolate truffles,Strawberry jam,Yogurt drink,Vitamin supplements,Hot sauce,Gummy candies,Moisturizing lotion,Face cream,Tomato ketchup
- Steps before
- Ingredient preparation,Pre-mixing,Pre-heating,Pre-melting
- Steps after
- Cooling,Filling,Packaging,Quality control
- Input ingredients
- soups,sauces,chocolate,fruit,confectionery,cream,lotions,juices,mashed potato,piefilling,mechanically deboned meat,dressings,fruitpuree,ready-to-eat fillings,salsa,jam,egg,hummus,marmelade,jelly,soups,fruitsauce,peanut butter,starch slurry,applepulp,milkconcentrate,fat cream,cheese sauce,wax,toothpaste,caramel
- Output ingredients
- prepared soups,finished sauces,processed chocolate,mixed fruit fillings,final confectionery products,processed creams,finished lotions,blended juices,ready mashed potato,completed piefilling,processed dressings,finished fruitpuree,completed ready-to-eat fillings,finished salsa,ready jam,processed egg products,completed hummus,finished marmelade,ready jelly,processed fruitsauce,ready peanut butter,blended applepulp,processed milkconcentrate,finished fat cream,completed cheese sauce,ready caramel
- Market info
- GPI De Gouwe is known for manufacturing bespoke stainless steel tanks and processing equipment, specializing in the food, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries, with a reputation for delivering high-quality, custom-engineered solutions.
- Size
- 50L to 50m³
- Capacity
- Up to 6000kg/hour
- Heating/Cooling Capability
- Inline cooling and heating
- Material Type
- Standard or custom stainless steel
- Automation
- Plug-and-play
- Agitation
- Inhouse designed agitators
- Mixing Capacity
- 50L up to 12.5m³
- Load Cells
- Loadcells available
- Heating/Cooling Options
- Dimple,Halfpipe
- Valve Train Configuration
- Included
- Frame Type
- Diamond frame available
- Automation level
- Manual / PLC / SCADA
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Batch / Inline Continuous
- CIP/SIP
- CIP 121°C / SIP 135°C
- Cleaning method
- CIP / Manual
- Energy efficiency
- 0.5–2 kWh/kg moisture
- Chemical resistance
- Yes
- Corrosive resistance (e.g. acids)
- Yes
- Biological compatibility
- Yes
- Cleanability
- High
- Durability
- High
- Viscosity
- Low to high (varied)
- Heat sensitivity
- Temperature controlled (Heating/Cooling)
- Storage capacity
- 50L to 250m³
- Container size and shape
- 50L up to 25,000L (varied)
- Product type
- Food,Chocolate,Cosmetics
- Abrasion resistance
- Depends on material (stainless steel)
- Foaming
- Controlled by agitators
- Agitation type
- Agitators/Ribbon Blenders
- Machine footprint
- Compact,plug-and-play
- Tank size
- 50L up to 12.5m³
- Tank shape
- Various shapes depending on application
- Control panel type
- Integrated control panel
- Frame type
- Diamond frame
- Material type
- Stainless Steel (304,316L)
- Piping and valves
- Customizable options
- Control panel type
- Integrated / Customizable
- Compact footprint
- Yes
- Heating/Cooling options
- Dimple,Halfpipe
- Material types
- 304,316L Stainless Steel
- Cleaning connections
- Available