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<span style="font-weight: 400">The heating process is a step of raising the temperature of food, pharma, cosmetics, and many other types of products. You may employ different heating solutions for this process, depending on the type of product you intend to manufacture. Selecting the appropriate heater machine for your product is quite important since various products require different ranges of temperatures and different ways of heat transfer using exchangers. Industrial heating equipment varies in two ways - the type of material it can process and the reaction you want to achieve.</span>

Heating

Whether it is marmalade or pizza, sauce or hummus, chocolate or fruit puree, most food products undergo a cooking step during their production process. Cooking is nothing more than applying heat to food, but there are different methods to do it. For instance, baking, frying, and roasting involve cooking food without using water, unlike boiling or steaming. Industrial cookers such as vacuum and pressure cookers, industrial fryers, industrial ovens, and industrial roasters focus on specialized applications that meet the different needs of the food industry by helping producers achieve a homogeneous cooking process.

Cooking

Cereals are also defined as breakfast food made from roasted grain and typically eaten with milk or yogurt. Cereal grain is a small, hard, and dry seed, which mainly harvests for human or animal consumption, like wheat, maize, or rye. Processed from the edible components of the grains, breakfast cereals contain rich nutrients and usually serve as the main course during breakfast meals. Different cereal manufacturing equipment allow various options to appear on the market, ranging from cereals, granola, and muesli. Granola and muesli can be converted into cereal bars. The healthy, on-the-go snack bar shows a growing trend due to its nutrient content and convenience.

Breakfast cereal

Industrial

In high-temperature processes, managing the cooling phase efficiently is crucial to protect the integrity of both the samples and the equipment. Without rapid cooling, extended downtime and potential thermal damage can occur, affecting productivity and operational costs.
<h2>Achieve rapid cooling without damaging samples</h2>
The fast cooling options by Carbolite Gero are tailored solutions for high-temperature furnaces, designed to ensure rapid cooling of samples while maintaining their integrity. Techniques include moving the sample into a cool area, using movable insulation panels, and blowing ambient air into the furnace chamber. These methods provide a variety of configurations to suit different applications. For instance, in the BLF bottom loading furnace, the sample can be lowered into ambient air for cooling, protected by a safety hearth cage. For more extreme cooling, the LHT vacuum chamber furnaces offer a water-cooled chamber with an inert gas blaster. Additionally, automatic flaps and fans are available in industrial ovens like the HT and LGP ranges for ambient air cooling. These methods are designed to minimize thermal shock and stress, extending equipment lifespan and enhancing productivity.

Fast cooling system for high-temperature furnaces

Industrial cooling equipment varies according to the consistency and temperature conversion demands the material you are handling, but the process typically involves heat exchange treatment as your products are conveyed through a cooling chamber equipped with extraction fans or circulating water. Temperature control is a crucial aspect of your commercial production and cooling systems are applied to a range of industries.

Cooling

liquid

solid

Continuous

In small to medium-sized coffee roasteries, achieving high-quality roasted beans consistently can be challenging due to space constraints and the need for various integrated technologies. Balancing emission control, energy efficiency, and production quality is critical without requiring large-scale industrial systems.
<h2>Automate roasting with integrated afterburner and Plc control</h2>
The RM15 by IMF Italy is an advanced automatic shop roaster designed for small and medium-sized roasteries. It combines the technological components of industrial roasters within compact dimensions, ensuring high-quality coffee roasting. Featuring an integrated afterburner, it reduces emissions significantly while the full automatic control PLC allows for precise adjustments and consistency. The included cooling tank and chaff extractor system streamline post-roasting processes with easy-to-collect bins. Optional additions such as a green coffee loader, destoner, and continuous chaff extractor offer further customization. The IMF roasting technology includes indirect flame, forced hot air, perforated drum, and a recycling air system for efficient energy use. The touchscreen display and the capability to store up to 1000 roasting profiles make it user-friendly. The unit has a capacity of 15 kg per cycle, with an output of 60 kg/h, making it effective for small-scale operations.

Automatic shop roaster for small and medium roasteries

Roasting involves extended exposure to heat in an oven or over a fire. Depending on your end product, roasting equipment makes sure that the raw materials you put in undergo even roast intensity before they are transferred for further processing. Some roasting technologies may also be used for other cooking requirements, including toasting and drying. When thinking about roasting, the idea of roasted coffee comes to mind. However, there are a wide array of food products that go through a roasting process. For example, nuts such as almonds and cashews go through a roasting machine

Roasting

In large-scale coffee production facilities, achieving consistent roast quality while managing emissions and energy consumption can be challenging. Efficient roasting requires precise control over temperature, airflow, and roasting profiles to produce high-quality coffee in large quantities.
<h2>Achieves consistent, high-quality coffee roasting</h2>
The RM120 by IMF Italy is a high-capacity coffee roaster designed for industrial use. It features an indirect flame and forced hot air system with a perforated drum and recycling air mechanism, ensuring uniform roasting. The integrated afterburner for emission abatement and low NOX burner minimize environmental impact. The automatic control panel with PLC allows for the management of up to 1000 roasting profiles, providing precise and repeatable results. The compact structure includes a cooling tray and continuous chaff extractor, reducing downtime between batches. With an output capacity of 480 kg/hr and a cycle time between 12 to 18 minutes, the RM120 is ideal for large-scale coffee production.

Industrial coffee roaster for high-capacity coffee production

Industrial extraction equipment unlocks the valuable compounds hidden away in natural materials. Automated extraction equipment is applied in the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries to extract active compounds from medicinal plants or herbs. For example, extracting cannabinoids from cannabis plants. But the process is also fundamental to the food industry, recovering various components like aromas, oleoresins, and proteins.  Considerations for selecting suitable extraction technology include the type of plant material to be processed, the extract's heat sensitivity, and the production volume.

Extraction

In pharmaceutical manufacturing, precise and uniform coating of tablets, pellets, and microgranules is essential for product effectiveness and stability. Ensuring operator safety, especially when working with high potent products, is also crucial.
<h2>Automates and optimizes coating processes</h2>
The GS EVOLUTION is a highly automated solid-wall pan developed by IMA Group, designed for film and sugar coating of tablets, and powder layering to produce pellets and microgranules. This coating pan features a patented drying system and offers excellent mixing and uniform distribution of coating material thanks to the pan's shape and surface smoothness. With options for different paddle sizes and two pan types (standard or spiralled), this system provides flexibility in terms of working capacities and discharge methods. The GS EVOLUTION ensures complete isolation of the processing area with inflatable seals on front and rear doors, making it suitable for the safe processing of high potent products. The coating pan is available in multiple models to handle varied capacities, from as little as 0.5 liters to as much as 850 liters. It also supports automatic and easy-to-validate cleaning cycles, reducing downtime.

Tablet film and sugar coating pan

Blending

To coat your consumer products with color or taste-enhancing substances, specialized technologies are available that ensure all the contents are individually and evenly covered. The process starts with loading your goods onto rotating drums, exposing the products to spray nozzles that treat them with your prescribed coating formula.

Coating

Industrial drying machines are designed to remove moisture from your product. But the drying process must cater to variations in the state of matter and molecular structure of the input material. Industrial dryer technology exploits the modes of heat transfer (convection, conduction, radiation, evaporative cooling) to control the moisture content.

Drying

Industrial mixing equipment is used to combine two or more solid, liquid or gaseous segregated ingredients into a homogenous single product. The choice of mixing technology depends largely on the physical state of the ingredients and the desired final product. But the sensitivity of the ingredients, the process temperature, and pressure requirements are also critical factors. All these parameters result in a wide range of industrial mixers.

Mixing

Powder

For small-scale industrial coffee roasters aiming to maintain the artisan quality of their coffee, managing the complex variables of the roasting process while ensuring high manufacturing quality and efficiency is a persistent challenge.
<h2>Control coffee temperature, drum speed, and air-to-bean ratio</h2>
The Petroncini TTG 60 by IMA Group is designed for small-scale industrial roasters who desire artisan control over their coffee roasting process. With a capacity of about 240 kg per hour, the TTG 60 allows precise management of the roasting variables, including coffee temperature, drum rotation speed, and air-to-bean ratio. This machine ensures an optimal balance between convection and conduction heat transfer, thanks to its insulated drum surface and powerful heating convection. The robust heating chamber ensures consistent and uniform roasting, enabling the development of a wide range of sensory profiles from light to dark roast. The system includes features like independent roasting and cooling fans, effective chaff separation, and customizable roasting profiles through the MAESTRO software, which can store up to 99 roasting recipes. These capabilities make the TTG 60 both reliable and versatile for a variety of roasting needs.

Coffee roasting solution for small-scale industrial applications

Industrial separation equipment encapsulates the separation process which is to separate components of a liquid mixture, for recovering dissolved solids from liquids. The choice of a suitable technology depends on the identification of the key physical or chemical property, such as size, mass, density, or boiling point, which sets the product of interest apart from the rest of the components. Separation technology is widely used in the pharmaceutical and chemical industries for the isolation of active ingredients and high-purity chemicals. As well as in waste management and recycling industries.

Separation

Batch

Manual

In the specialty coffee industry, creating unique and diverse flavor profiles requires precise control over the roasting process. Achieving these profiles often presents challenges, such as maintaining consistent heat transfer and managing roasting variables to develop the desired aromas and textures.
<h2>Control heat and airflow for optimal roasting</h2>
The Petroncini Specialty Roasters by IMA are designed for small batch specialty coffee roasting, enabling roast masters to experiment with and achieve various sensory profiles. Equipped with advanced features like modulating burner capabilities (0-100%) and independent roasting and cooling fans, these roasters allow for meticulous control over heat transfer through convection and conduction. The thermal energy cycle ensures gentle and even roasting, avoiding direct contact with the roasting chamber, which reduces thermal inertia and enhances quality. These roasters come in either Classic or Avantgarde control versions, offering flexibility in operation. With a batch capacity ranging from 3 to 20 kg and a production capacity of up to 70 kg/h, they are ideal for micro-roasteries aiming to produce high-quality coffee with diverse aromatic profiles.

Specialty coffee roaster for small batch production

In the food processing industry, producing cheese slices efficiently while maintaining high quality can be a complex task. Issues like product recontamination and cumbersome cleaning procedures are common challenges faced by manufacturers.
<h2>Produce and form processed cheese slices</h2>
The FreeSlice® 1500 from Hochland Natec is designed for producing Slice-On-Slice (SOS) cheese products, as well as cubes, shreds, and sticks from processed, analogue, or hybrid cheese. The system uses an integrated laminar flow system to prevent recontamination, ensuring safe and trouble-free production. Additionally, the integrated CIP (Clean-In-Place) system simplifies cleaning and reduces the manpower required for operations to a minimum. The vertical belt design offers high flexibility in adjusting slice thickness and formats. The system’s dimensions are 3,000 x 3,000 x 4,100 mm, and it operates on 400 V, 50 Hz, 3 phase / 46 kVA power. It can process up to 1,800 kg/h (2,100 slices/min) with slices weighing 14 g and can handle cheese ribbons up to 1,100 mm wide with infinitely adjustable thickness ranging from 1.5 mm to 12 mm.

Processed cheese slice production system

Cutting

The process of forming allows you to shape your products homogeneously. Forming machines are fed the manufactured material in bulk and cut it down to specification, so the process takes place between formulation of the mass and the packaging of the final item.

A special class of this equipment – Form, Fill, and Seal Machines (FFS) – creates bags and pouches from flat material such as plastic sheets, fills them with your designated product, and seals them.

Forming

In the food production industry, achieving consistent and high-quality results across various product types is crucial. Producers of processed cheese, sauces, baby food, and other specialized foods require reliable systems for blending, heating, and de-aeration to maintain product integrity.
<h2>Blend, cook, and de-aerate diverse food products</h2>
The FreeTherm 150 by Hochland Natec Network is a batch processing system designed to handle a wide variety of product types and viscosities, including processed cheese, pasta filata, sauces, purees, baby food, meat, and pet food. The system features two independently controlled augers that gently mix ingredients, while unique direct steam injectors provide effective heating without creating hotspots. An integrated vacuum system de-aerates the product, ensuring density control and color stability. The temperature is monitored by self-cleaning probes, and the processed product is held in an insulated buffer tank with an agitator before being delivered to downstream systems. Options for additional functions include a bin lifter for ingredient addition, level measurement for dosage accuracy, and a shear pump for spreadable cheese. The FreeTherm 150 supports a production capacity of up to five 150 kg batches per hour, translating to 750 kg per hour.

Batch processing system for processed cheese and various food products

Deaeration

Complex processes call for continuous tracking and monitoring systems that help you to keep the manufacturing operation under control. The technology analyzes the components in the production phase for divergence in behavior or changes in conditions. Based on advanced software applications, monitoring platforms make sure that your products satisfy the quality criteria while they are being developed.

Monitoring

In high-volume cheese production, the need to efficiently mix different cheese types into a single package arises frequently. Traditional manual handling methods are not only time-consuming but also prone to errors, impacting overall productivity and consistency.
<h2>Automates stacking and overwrapping processes</h2>
The IWS Mixstacker by Hochland Natec is designed to automatically mix two different individually wrapped cheese types into one stack, which is then overwrapped. This system works seamlessly with the FreePack® 2000, a double-lane version capable of producing two different cheese types simultaneously. With the IWS Mixstacker, stacks from both lanes are merged into one, allowing for the creation of innovative mixed cheese products. The machine requires no manual handling, reducing labor costs and improving consistency. It can handle a maximum of 140 stacks per minute and is adaptable to CE guidelines. It supports all types of IWS cheese products and allows for stack configuration of 3–10 slices before mixing, with a maximum stacking height of 30 mm.

Cheese packaging system for mixed cheese types

Filling lines are used extensively in all industries, such as food, pharmaceutical, chemical, and cosmetics, to accurately package different products into a container suitable for that product. Although the filling process is at the very end of the production line, it is no less important than the earlier steps. Last but not least, the idiom that dates back to 1382 when John Wyclif wrote the firste the laste, and the laste the firste, indicates just that the last things on a list are just as valuable as the previous ones. In this case, this idiom fits perfectly.

Filling

<span style="font-weight: 400">At last, you reached the final stage of processing your product - welcome to the packing world! Packing preserves and protects a product from damage, spoilage, and contamination while it makes its way from the production line to the consumer or further production. Depending on which industry your products belong to, the type of primary packaging equipment can change drastically. You need to pay careful attention to products with </span><span style="font-weight: 400">chemicals or hazardous substances since they can be potentially dangerous to human health. </span>

Packing

Stacking

In the production of hollow wafers, ensuring consistent spreading of cream or other fillings is critical to maintain product quality and uniformity. Achieving this can be challenging with manual or less advanced spreading technologies, which can lead to irregular distribution and increased waste.
<h2>Achieve consistent filling in hollow wafers</h2>
The Hollow Wafer Spreading Machine WZH from Hebenstreit is designed for precise and efficient spreading of cream and other fillings into hollow wafer sheets. Utilizing a film or depositor spreading method, the machine ensures that fillings are evenly distributed across the concavities of the wafer sheets. It operates continuously, handling up to 40 wafer sheets per minute, with a spreading width of up to 730 mm. Additional features include a nut depositing device for fully automatic inclusion of whole hazelnuts or similar ingredients, and a doubling device that combines two cream-filled wafer sheets into a sandwich with precise alignment. This machine, ideal for industrial wafer production, minimizes waste and maximizes product consistency.

Hollow wafer spreading machine for consistent coating

Conveyor systems are used for moving materials from one location to another. Considerations for choosing a suitable industrial conveying system include the nature of the product, its physical state, the desired conveying rate, and sensitivity of the product to heat and mechanical shock. Conveying equipment is used in the food, pharmaceutical, chemical, biomass, and mineral industries to move materials around a warehouse as well as to transport bulk powders, granules, and grains for processing and filling. These types of systems are usually automated and there is a wide variety of solutions to choose when it comes to the type of conveyor. Types include screw, gravity, chain, roller and belt conveyors.

Conveying

Depositing equipment is a very common production line process in the food industry. Whether you want to make muffins or jellies or garnish and decorate cakes, all of this is impossible without the depositing step. Depositing is a form of extrusion used primarily to produce pieces of dough that will be further processed to create several food products. The dough is passed through a depositing machine and poured in equal parts from holes in a die plate with nozzles or a conveyor belt. But that’s not all. Depositors are also used to fill, layer, or cover your food items with other ingredients before proceeding to the next step of the production process which is usually packaging.

Depositing

When producing kettle-style potato chips, uniform heating and consistent quality are crucial. Traditional frying systems can struggle with maintaining these standards, leading to issues like chip clusters and uneven frying.
<h2>Ensures uniform frying and reduces chip clusters</h2>
The MasterTherm Kettle Fryer from Heat and Control is designed for batch frying kettle-style potato chips with high accuracy and consistency. This thermal fluid heated kettle frying system features unique thermal fluid heat transfer tubes immersed in the oil, delivering uniform heating with fast heat response and no burning of chips. It reduces thermal stress by allowing the heat exchanger tubes to move independently. The Chip-Stirr system automatically stirs slices during cooking to eliminate clusters, ensuring consistent chip quality. The full-length hood improves safety, energy efficiency, and oil quality by reducing heat loss and purging oxygen.

Kettle fryer for batch potato chips

Frying was an early method for preserving food. The most common technique, immersing foods in boiling oils, dehydrates the items and decreases microbial growth. But even with alternative decontamination and preservation methods, frying remains a popular cooking technique. The oils add complexity to the natural flavors and textures of foodstuffs. One of the main challenges of fried products is maintaining oil freshness. Industrial frying equipment processes large volumes of food homogeneously by strictly controlling the temperatures in the frying chamber. However, oil efficiency is also crucial, and temperature control must balance oil levels in the line.

Frying

Stirring

For small to medium-sized snack producers, creating kettle-style potato chips with a consistent, high-quality finish can be a challenge. Traditional fryers often lead to issues like uneven cooking and chip clusters, impacting the final product's texture and taste.
<h2>Produce uniformly fried kettle chips</h2>
The Mastermatic Batch Fryer by Heat and Control is designed to meet the needs of start-up and market entry lines producing kettle-style potato chips. This fryer features all stainless steel construction, including a heavy-gauge oil kettle, ensuring durability and ease of cleaning. It offers production capacities of 150lbs / 68kg, 200lbs / 91kg, and 350lbs / 159kg of finished products per hour, making it suitable for different levels of production. The Mastermatic Batch Fryer's fully-enclosed combustion system promotes sanitary operation, and large removable panels provide complete access for maintenance. An optional Chip-Stirr system automates the stirring process, eliminating chip clusters by continuously stirring the slices during cooking and directing finished chips to the discharge/drain conveyor. This ensures consistent chip quality batch after batch.

Kettle chip fryer

In snack production, frying high-sugar products like apple chips and sweet potato snacks often results in browning due to high temperatures. This presents a challenge for maintaining product quality and consistency.
<h2>Produces chips without browning</h2>
The Unitized Vacuum Fryer from Heat and Control uses an integrated vacuum to eliminate the need for an external vacuum chamber, saving floor space and labor. It boils off moisture at lower temperatures, resulting in crisp, tasy snacks without browning. An integrated centrifuge minimizes finished oil content, enhancing the texture and shelf life of products. Ideal for high-sugar snacks, it also controls acrylamide formation by keeping frying oil temperatures below 248°F. The unit is designed for easy access, cleaning, and maintenance.

Vacuum fryer for high-sugar snacks

Vacuum

When producing large quantities of taco shells, maintaining consistency and efficiency is crucial. Traditional methods often lead to inconsistent shapes and colors, which can affect the product's quality.
<h2>Automates forming and frying of taco shells</h2>
The Taco-Form Frying System by Heat and Control uses a patented concave/convex continuous motion mold process to form and fry taco shells efficiently. Its gas-fired burner system offers precise temperature control, resulting in uniform color and moisture. The system is fully automated with stainless steel construction, featuring an automatic fryer loading system and pre-wired control panel. It can produce up to 2,000 dozen taco shells per hour, making it suitable for high-volume production. The Taco-Form is ideal for applications that require consistent, crispy taco shells and reduces operating costs thanks to its efficient burner system.

Taco shell frying system

In industrial food processing, achieving uniform drying and roasting for large volumes of products like nuts, seeds, and meat snacks can be challenging. Ensuring consistent heat distribution while minimizing energy loss is crucial to maintaining product quality and efficiency.
<h2>Optimizes drying and roasting efficiency</h2>
The Rotary Dryer Roaster by Heat and Control is a continuous multi-zone convection system designed for optimal drying and roasting. Its smart, step-spiral, and flighted drum design ensures first-in, first-out production and even heating. The system focuses heated air only into the product bed, minimizing heat loss and maximizing heat transfer. This precision temperature control leads to uniform product quality. Constructed from stainless steel with an optional clean-in-place system, it meets stringent food safety standards while offering hassle-free sanitation with full 360° interior access. Ideal applications include nuts, seeds, jerky, meat chips, and pet treats. It features multiple processing zones that independently manage temperature and airflow to accommodate diverse product characteristics.

High volume rotary dryer roaster for continuous drying

When producing crisp, high-quality plantain and banana chips, accurate temperature control and efficient oil management are critical to achieving consistent, high-capacity output and maintaining product quality.
<h2>Ensure consistent frying and quality control</h2>
The Plantain & Banana Chip Fryer from Heat and Control offers a solution for producing uniform plantain and banana chips. This fryer features an externally-heated, continuous oil circulation system that maintains precise temperature control. With low oil volume and efficient fines removal, the fryer ensures rapid oil turnover rates, extending oil life and enhancing chip quality. These features make it an optimal choice for high-capacity production while minimizing production costs. Ideal applications include plantain chips, banana chips, and green banana chips.

Plantain and banana chip fryer

Industrial measurement equipment is used as a crucial step before products leave the production line. These measuring instruments check for correct dosage and standards. Equipment for measurement and control employs a wide range of technologies to detect inconsistencies in volumes, sizes, weights, and fill levels as well as to inspect goods for quality against a set of criteria. Specialized measuring tools allow you to minimize the probability for error to its lowest possible, ensuring that both products and packaging meet your benchmarks.

Measurement &amp; Control

When producing a variety of prepared foods, maintaining consistent quality while reducing moisture loss can be challenging. Industrial applications often require precise control over cooking temperature and moisture to ensure optimal results without sacrificing flavor or texture.
<h2>Control temperature and moisture for diverse cooking</h2>
The MPO Cooking System by Heat and Control is a versatile multi-purpose oven designed to address the challenges of cooking various prepared foods efficiently. This system preserves the food's original moisture and flavor by precisely controlling the interaction between cooking temperature and moisture. It achieves rapid heat transfer without dehydration, resulting in the ideal surface texture and maintaining valuable yield. The oven features an optional menu-driven PLC control system that allows operators to recall and switch between different product parameters quickly, facilitating efficient changeover between various foods. The water-cooled pan and continuously cleaned conveyor belt minimize sticking or burning, simplifying the cleaning process. Ideal applications include meat, poultry, seafood, vegetables, baked foods, and wide-ranging prepared foods, including alternative meat products.

Multi-purpose oven for prepared foods

In industrial food production, achieving consistent frying results is critical when preparing various products like meat, poultry, seafood, and coated foods. Traditional frying methods often struggle with uniform heating and sanitation, leading to uneven cooking and difficulties in maintaining product quality.
<h2>Ensures uniform heating for consistent frying results</h2>
The MasterTherm Prepared Foods Fryer by Heat and Control is designed to deliver consistently uniform color and texture in fried products using thermal fluid heating technology. Its tube-in-tube heat exchanger design circulates cooking oil rapidly, allowing for quick adjustments to changes in product load and minimizing thermal stress. The spacious heating tube configuration facilitates easy cleaning and prevents buildup of food particles. This fryer is ideal for applications including meat, poultry, seafood, onion rings, meatballs, French fries, pizza rolls, pot stickers, tempura products, and meat alternatives. Its robust construction ensures durability and improved sanitation, making it suitable for a wide range of prepared food products.

Thermal fluid heated fryer for prepared foods

In the food manufacturing industry, achieving a ‘fried-like’ texture and taste without the use of traditional submersion frying methods is challenging. Producers strive for uniform oil application and consistent cooking results while maintaining product quality and reducing oil usage.
<h2>Achieve uniform air frying with precise oil application</h2>
The AirFry System from Heat and Control is a high-performance linear air frying system designed to continuously produce ‘fried-like’ products using a controlled application of topical oil followed by uniform, high-velocity airflow from an impingement oven. This system utilizes the AirForce® impingement oven for the most uniform and fastest air frying time, providing independently adjustable temperature, humidity, and air velocity. The Spray Dynamics® oil application ensures complete coverage with a metered airless oil spray that reduces oil usage and minimizes overspray. Ideal for various breaded products such as chicken nuggets and onion rings, as well as non-breaded items like baked taquitos and egg rolls, the system can be integrated with standard or existing breading and cooking systems. Heat and Control ensures that this air frying system offers consistent results suitable for a range of applications including meat, poultry, seafood, and prepared foods.

Industrial air fry system for breaded and non-breaded products

Spraying

Pilot

In food service kitchens, restaurants, and small-scale processing plants, achieving uniform cooking across various food products can be challenging. Maintaining consistency, especially with different food types, from sausages to vegetables, requires an efficient cooking solution.
<h2>Ensure uniform cooking with high-speed hot air</h2>
The AirForce® Impingement Oven Jr., by Heat and Control, delivers consistent and rapid cooking through its patented impingement process. This oven directs high-speed hot air onto both sides of food products, ensuring even cooking across the conveyor width. With variable air velocities from nozzles above and below the product belt, it meets the versatile and continuous cooking needs of food service kitchens, restaurants, pilot plants, and low-capacity processors. Compact in design, this oven saves space without compromising on performance. It supports a wide range of applications including pot stickers, sausages, seafood, chicken, meatballs, vegetables, snacks, baked foods, and meat alternatives. Easy to disassemble and clean, the AirForce® Impingement Oven Jr. can be moved away from the production area for thorough cleaning, ensuring minimal downtime.

High-speed hot air oven for small-scale continuous cooking

In industrial kitchens and large-scale food production, achieving consistent and rapid cooking for various products can be challenging. When handling meat, poultry, seafood, or baked goods, quality and uniformity are crucial to ensure product safety and customer satisfaction.
<h2>Cook faster with uniform results</h2>
The AirForce® Impingement Oven from Heat and Control is designed for faster cooking and greater uniformity compared to other impingement ovens. This oven is equipped with either a compact gas-fired burner or thermal fluid heating system, allowing for precise cooking of meat, poultry, seafood, and baked products to specified standards. The unique airflow system uniformly exposes products on the conveyor, ensuring even cooking. The oven’s design includes easily separable conveyors and air nozzles for thorough cleaning, with dual rotary brushes that clean the conveyor during operation. An optional computer-controlled clean-in-place system manages cleaning time and chemical usage for different foods.

Impingement oven for meat and baked products

In industrial settings, ensuring consistent and thorough drying of various products like food, pharmaceuticals, and packaging can be challenging. The need for uniform drying while maintaining product quality and efficiency makes using advanced drying systems essential.
<h2>Ensures uniform and gentle product drying</h2>
The continuous tunnel dryer by HARTER Drying Solutions is engineered to address a range of industrial drying needs. This dryer operates automatically or semi-automatically, where products are placed in baskets or trays on trolleys or pallets. These carriers are then manually or automatically moved into the drying tunnel equipped with a conveyor system. The product speed is adapted specifically to match its drying requirements. Products undergo a complete, homogeneous, and gentle drying process within a defined temperature and time frame, and can also be cooled if necessary. HARTER evaluates critical parameters such as temperature, humidity, time, air speed, and air volume flow in pilot trials to ensure optimal drying. Capacities are customizable and scalable to suit different production demands, generally based on the dimensions of Euro pallets.

Industrial tunnel dryer

In industrial settings, the drying of endless products like metal bands, plastic films, and thin liquid films on surfaces can be challenging. Ensuring efficient and safe drying while maintaining high productivity rates requires advanced solutions.
<h2>Dry endless products with precision and speed.</h2>
The Belt Dryer by HARTER Drying Solutions is designed for continuous drying of endless products. Utilizing the Airgenex® condensation drying technology with a heat pump, it ensures quick and safe drying of materials like metal bands and plastic films. The system adapts to your product and throughput with a perfectly coordinated air circulation. The closed-loop air system minimizes unnecessary air loss and retains valuable heat, despite necessary openings at the conveyor’s entry and exit points. The belt dryer is suitable for large production volumes, offering full automation and precise drying of your products within minutes or seconds. Additional features include extremely dry air, precise air guidance, and a pneumatic-free air blasting technique when necessary. Specific parameters like belt length, belt speed, and air guidance are determined through drying tests conducted at HARTER's in-house technical center.

Continuous conveyor belt dryer for endless products

Handling

In large-scale confectionery manufacturing, achieving a consistent and homogeneous caramelization process is essential. Challenges include controlling temperature and residence time to avoid burning while ensuring high-quality caramel products.
<h2>Ensures uniform caramelization without burning</h2>
The Caramaster® caramelization system from Hänsel Processing employs a double-jacketed, warm-water-heated container to ensure continuous caramelization of the confectionery mass. The process parameters—residence time and temperature—can be individually adjusted, allowing for precise control over the caramelization process. The fill level and residence time are reproducible at any time, guaranteeing consistency. Temperature adjustments are managed via a separate pressurized water circuit. Additionally, the agitator features Teflon scrapers to promote uniform caramelization without burning. Dynamic spray nozzles in the dome cover facilitate quick cleaning, ensuring the system's high availability.

Caramelization system for industrial confectionery production

Managing large-scale production of gummies requires a system that ensures speed, consistency, and reliability. Meeting high demand typically involves extensive operational hours and significant machine output, posing challenges to mid-size and large manufacturers.
<h2>Produce up to 240,000 gummies per hour</h2>
The GT2400 Automatic Gummy Production System by Gummy Technologies is a starchless, stand-alone system designed for full-scale gummy production. This production system is capable of depositor speeds up to 240,000 gummies per hour, making it ideal for high volume production runs. The GT2400 operates with a power configuration of 480/3PH/60HZ and has system dimensions of 89'L x 19'W x 11'H. With a gross weight of 5000 kg, it is built to handle continuous operation. Its stand-alone design allows for ease of integration into existing production lines and simplifies maintenance. This system is particularly suitable for facilities prioritizing high productivity without compromising on quality and consistency.

High-capacity gummy production system

In large-scale ice cream production, a need for high efficiency, energy savings, and quick product change-overs is critical. Ensuring that the equipment delivers consistent quality while handling various types of novelty molded stick products can be challenging without suitable technology.
<h2>Manufactures novelty ice cream sticks efficiently</h2>
The RIA 8 by Gram Equipment is a high-capacity molding line designed for the production of ice cream sticks, water ice, and similar products. With an output of up to 27,000 pieces per hour, the RIA 8 is a self-contained unit with an integrated brine plant that uses servo drives for energy efficiency and fast production change-overs. The system features an internal coil evaporator for optimal brine contact, minimizing energy loss and reducing maintenance needs. Key stages such as the mold table, stick inserter, and extractor are designed for precise, low-noise operation and easy handling. The system is also equipped with options for CO2 cooling and multi-dipping applications.

High capacity molding line for ice cream sticks

<span style="font-weight: 400">The molding process is often included in bakery products. Utilizing molding equipment guarantees a uniform shape, weight, and size. The molding machine first gently flattens the dough mix by going through a sheeter, where a series of rollers press the thin piece of dough. The sheet is then cut into the specified shape and, depending on your final product, may be rolled by using a curling chain. After the molding, other ingredients may be added before the products are conveyed for baking or freezing.</span>

Moulding

Producing high volumes of diverse ice cream products quickly and efficiently is a significant challenge in modern ice cream manufacturing. Ensuring consistency in texture and shape while maintaining high hygiene standards and minimizing energy consumption are critical for success.
<h2>Maximize production efficiency with advanced extrusion technology</h2>
The BT extrusion and hardening lines from Gram Equipment offer high-speed production for a variety of ice cream products including sticks, sandwiches, ball top cones, bars, logs, and cakes. This system features a tunnel design that optimizes airflow for increased hardening efficiency, minimizing energy consumption and ensuring high product quality. The integrated worktable layout and anti-freeze chain system facilitate easy maintenance and cleaning, reducing downtime. Advanced electronic synchronization and performance monitoring enhance production control and flexibility. Designed with exceptional hygienic standards, the BT extrusion lines support safe and high-quality ice cream production.

High-speed ice cream extrusion line

The extruder was first developed to make lead pipes in the late 18th century. But the extrusion process technique quickly spread to other manufacturing sectors, including food, feed, and biomass products. An extruder machine presses a fluid or solid material through a die. Depending on your use case, extruders adopt single- or twin-screw systems to push the premixed feed material through a barrel. Thermal pressure applied in this step can chemically modify the mixture, so the screw system must be precisely calibrated to achieve the desired result. Finally, a knife head cuts the extruded material into your designed dimensions. Extrusion machinery produces items of a uniform size, shape, and consistency.

Extrusion

In industries like food, pharma, and cosmetics, preparation processes often involve precise heating, mixing, and blending. Maintaining exact temperatures and homogenous mixing is crucial to ensure product quality, especially in batch cooking scenarios.
<h2>Efficiently cook and blend various materials</h2>
The stainless steel cooking kettle by GPI De Gouwe is designed for applications that require rigorous control over cooking and blending. Ranging from 50 liters to 12.5m³, these kettles are suitable for preparing soups, sauces, creams, and lotions. Efficient heating is achieved through dimple, double wall, or half pipe designs, providing flexibility in heating capabilities. The kettles can integrate various agitators, including gate, anchor, and turbo mixers, ensuring uniform mixing. Options such as tiltable design, integrated control panels, and CIP (clean-in-place) systems enhance operational ease and maintenance efficiency. These kettles are tailored to match specific process and product requirements, making them ideal for diverse applications in the food, pharmaceutical, and cosmetic industries.

Stainless steel cooking kettle for food, pharma, and cosmetics

In the chocolate production industry, maintaining the quality and consistency of chocolate during storage and processing is a significant challenge. Proper temperature control, homogeneous mixing, and specific hygienic standards are required to ensure the end product meets the desired quality.
<h2>Ensures homogeneous storage and precise temperature control</h2>
The stainless steel chocolate tank by GPI De Gouwe is designed for the homogeneous storage and processing of chocolate. Available in sizes ranging from 50 liters to 50 cubic meters, these tanks are equipped with double jackets for precise temperature control, essential for maintaining the quality of chocolate. Each tank can be customized with various types of agitators, such as anchor, gate, or scraping agitators, to ensure uniform mixing. Further options include integrated heating systems like dimple, half-pipe, electric tracing, or au-bain-marie. These tanks meet the highest hygiene standards with an internal roughness of Ra 0.8 and can be tailored to specific requirements, ensuring they meet the demands of different chocolate processing stages.

Stainless steel chocolate tank for storage and processing

Almost all manufacturers will require industrial storage systems and solutions at some point during their production process. The raw materials that go into your products need dedicated storage solutions to protect them from spoilage and contamination before they enter the manufacturing cycle. Storage usually refers to particular storage space. For example, having enough warehouse storage. Or clearing out a production facility for more floor space.  However, in this case, we are referring to the equipment and solutions that make storage manageable and easier. Such equipment includes solutions such as storage racks, pallet racks and shelving systems. These are just some of many storage options available to manufacturers. Advanced technology facilitates the management of heavy duty and high density tank and silo systems by automating the delivery system and linking it with the rest of the production line.

Storage

Industrial production of high-quality powder materials often requires precise control over particle size and composition. Challenges include maintaining consistent quality in mass production and achieving specific material characteristics tailored to end-use applications.
<h2>Optimizes powder synthesis and particle coating</h2>
The Glatt ProAPP® series reactors are advanced synthesis reactors designed to meet the diverse requirements of producing, modifying, or coating powder particles in the nanometer and micrometer range. Utilizing pulsating gas flow in a continuous vertical reaction tube, these reactors allow for tailored adjustments to raw material feed rates and process temperatures. Reactor options range in diameter from 80 mm for small-scale production to 500 mm for larger quantities. The reactors can achieve process temperatures up to 1300°C with electric or gas heating options, and allow for precise product separation via filters and samplers. Suitable for various materials such as battery powders, ceramic powders, catalytic powders, and pigments, the ProAPP® reactors are customizable to fit specific industrial applications. Glatt’s facilities offer lab-scale options for research and pilot-scale reactors for scaling-up production, ensuring flexibility for both small and large campaigns.

Powder synthesis reactors for nanometer and micrometer particles

Classifying

Purification is the removal of contaminating substances and by-products to increase the level of purity of the desired substance. Considerations for choosing a suitable purification system in the industry, include the physical state of the mixture, the desired product, required level of purity, the type of mixture, heat sensitivity of the product, number of purification steps needed, and the production volume. Industrial purification systems are used for the production of pure water in the food pharmaceutical and biotech industries.

Purification

In the food processing industry, achieving consistent quality while managing large-scale production is a significant challenge. Manufacturers often struggle with integrating various stages of production into a seamless process, which can lead to inefficiencies and inconsistencies in the final product.
<h2>Automate and integrate your food production processes</h2>
The PRO³ by GLASS Maschinen is a comprehensive production system designed to streamline and automate food processing workflows. It offers fully automatic production processes with interconnecting systems that enable the integration of multiple machines into a cohesive process plant. Capable of handling capacities from 15 to 2700 liters, this system includes advanced features like temperature control systems, automatic dosages, and integrated vacuum systems for vacuum cooling and fine crushing. The process control via touchscreen allows for precise process data acquisition and trend charting, ensuring optimal operation. The system supports remote control and operator data acquisition, making it versatile across various food production applications including convenience food, delicatessen & cheese, vegetarian & vegan products, meat production, and confectionery. GLASS Maschinen, a member of the EHEDG (European Hygienic Engineering and Design Group), guarantees that its equipment meets stringent hygiene and quality standards.

Integrated production system for food processing

Crushing is the process of applying an amplified force to a material to break it down into smaller pieces. A crusher is a machine designed to crush large chunks of material into smaller bits or a powder. They are used to reduce mineral rocks to smaller rocks, gravel, or dust. They are also used to reduce the size of waste materials for easier disposal/recycling or to reduce the size of a solid mix of raw materials. Crusher equipment selection depends on the physical properties of the material to be processed, the in-feed size, and the desired output particle size.

Crushing

Dosing systems are a line of hoppers, feeders, filling machines, and checkweighers that operate in sync to dispense materials accurately. Dosing is an essential feature of the packaging process, whether you’re filling shampoo bottles or tea bags. But dosing equipment is critical for formulations, too, particularly in the pharmaceutical and chemical industries. Imprecise dosing may cause quality degradation in the best-case scenario. In the worst scenario, it creates serious health risks.

Dosing

When producing specialty coffee on a wholesale level, maintaining consistent quality and efficiency is crucial. Challenges include managing batch sizes, maintaining precise temperature controls, and ensuring a uniform roast profile across large quantities.
<h2>Automates roasting process for high-quality results</h2>
The W60A by Giesen is a fully automatic coffee roaster designed for specialty coffee production at an industrial scale. It offers batch sizes between 30-60 kg, with a capacity of up to 240 kg per hour. The integrated Roast Profile System allows you to create, repeat, and save precise roasting profiles. Green beans are automatically poured into the hopper and released into the roasting drum, ensuring a continuous operation. The cooling fan cools down each 60 kg batch in just 3 minutes. This roaster also supports additional equipment like the External Cyclone and Green Coffee Conveyor for enhanced efficiency and emission control. Certified with CE standards and capable of operating on natural, propane, or butane gas, it is suitable for large coffee roasteries aiming for high-quality and consistent results.

Large-scale coffee roaster for specialty coffee production

For coffee roasters requiring the capability to produce high-quality coffee in small batches, finding a compact and versatile roasting solution is essential. Ensuring precise control over various roasting parameters is critical in crafting optimal coffee flavors and profiles.
<h2>Achieve precise, high-quality coffee roasting</h2>
The W1 Series from Giesen is designed specifically for small-scale coffee roasting needs, offering both gas (W1A) and electric (W1E) options. These roasters feature drum speed control, adjustable air pressure, and precise power regulation, enabling thorough management of the roasting process. The compact design doesn't compromise on quality, letting you roast batches from 100 to 1500 grams with consistent flavor results. The electric model promotes an eco-friendly approach with no gas emissions, while both models come with a CE and AGA certification. This equipment is particularly suited for small roasteries or R&D teams requiring flexibility and detailed process control.

Small batch coffee roaster

In large coffee production facilities, maintaining consistency, precision, and efficiency is crucial. Traditional roasting methods can struggle to meet increasing demands and stringent quality standards, creating a need for advanced, automated solutions able to handle significant quantities while ensuring optimal roast profiles.
<h2>Automate coffee roasting with precision and control</h2>
The W140A by Giesen is a high-capacity coffee roaster designed for industrial use. Known for its advanced automation and precision, the W140A can roast up to 140 kilograms per batch, reaching a throughput of 560 kilograms per hour. Equipped with a partially cast-iron drum and high-performance bearings, it guarantees durability and consistent performance. The W140A features a low stationary burner, airflow control, low noise fans, and drum speed control, allowing precise adjustments to the roast profile. The Giesen Profiler software provides extensive monitoring capabilities, enabling the storage and replay of roast profiles for consistent results. Customization options for body paint, handles, and accent colors allow the roaster to meet specific branding requirements while maintaining CE certification for safety standards.

Industrial coffee roaster for large-scale production

In large-scale bread manufacturing, efficient and precise slicing is crucial for maintaining production flow and meeting high demand. Inefficient slicing methods can lead to product waste, inconsistent slice thickness, and longer processing times, affecting overall productivity and quality.
<h2>Achieves precise and efficient bread slicing</h2>
The Brevetti Gasparin Mod.2000 is an industrial continuous band blade slicer, specifically designed for high-speed slicing of bread loaves in a continuous cycle. It features a cutting head with continuous blades mounted on two rectified and balanced rollers, ensuring perfect adherence to the bread surface. The blade guides are made from hard metal covered with Widia, offering durability and precision. Blade pitch is customizable and interchangeable, with a minimum of 8 mm. Adjustable entry loading conveyors with upper and lower guides push the bread towards the blades, optimizing slicing consistency. The advancement speed of the conveyors can be controlled through an inverter, ensuring flexibility and control over the process. The unit is constructed from heavy-duty painted steel and includes an electric panel with centralized controls and emergency power systems in accordance with regulations.

High-speed industrial bread slicer

A loading system feeds your continuous or batch processing machine with the specified material or item in line with the flow of production. Loaders transfer the articles from one stage of preparation to the next with uniformity and accuracy.

Loading

Precision analysis of various elements in organic and inorganic samples necessitates reliable and high-performance consumables. Laboratories often face challenges with inconsistent results due to substandard or incompatible consumables which can affect the accuracy and efficiency of elemental analysis processes.
<h2>Enhance accuracy and efficiency in elemental analysis</h2>
ELTRA offers an extensive range of high-quality consumables designed for elemental analyzers. These consumables are suitable not only for ELTRA's own analyzers but also for devices from other manufacturers. This broad compatibility ensures that laboratories can achieve reliable and precise results regardless of the equipment brand. The offering includes general chemicals, wools and fillings, calibration materials for induction furnaces, and specialized components such as crucibles and accelerators. ELTRA consumables are crafted to support high accuracy in Carbon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, and Sulfur analysis, among other elements. Notable items include premium ceramic crucibles, nickel capsules, and high-purity iron accelerators. These consumables are crucial for maintaining sample integrity and achieving consistent and repeatable analysis results across various industries, including metallurgy, environmental testing, and materials science.

Consumables for elemental analyzers

Drawing samples and testing them for conformity with preset quality standards allows manufacturing units to produce a consistent quality of the product. In a batch process, sample testing systems ensures that each batch meets the specified standards. In a continuous process, product and materials testing helps in the early identification of quality issues, saving significant time and resources, and preventing a sub-standard product from reaching the market. The selection of industrial testing equipment depends on the identification of key quality parameters. These parameters may include volume, weight, viscosity, hardness, particle size distribution, sterility, gauge and containment, among other parameters. Testing machinery need regular calibration to ensure that the parameters being tested are accurate. Some of the more common testing solutions include thermal imagers, scratch testers, optical inspectors and texture analyzers.

Testing

Producing high-quality fruit-based products such as jams, marmalades, and chutneys demands precision in dissolving pectin, vacuum cooking, and maintaining hygiene standards. Ensuring gentle mixing and controlled heat transfer is essential to preserve the quality of fruit particulates.
<h2>Efficiently produce delicate fruit-based products</h2>
The fruit processing system from Dutch Process Technology is designed for the efficient production of a wide range of fruit-based products. It specializes in hygienic, easy-to-clean processes including pectin dissolving, vacuum cooking, and aseptic production. The system features gentle mixing and controlled heat transfer, critical for processing delicate particulates without damage. Suitable for products such as jam, marmalade, chutney, aseptic fruit for yogurt, high brix fruit concentrates, pie fillings, and apple sauces or compotes. The technology allows flexibility and precision, making it ideal for diverse applications in fruit-based product production.

Fruit processing system for jams and marmalades

In today's fast-paced world, the demand for healthy, prepared meals is on the rise. Industrial kitchens need efficient, versatile systems to create artisanal meal components like mashed potatoes or chicken noodle soup while ensuring each batch retains the quality and taste of a homemade dish.
<h2>Design, build, and commission your production process</h2>
Dutch Process Technology (DPT) specializes in offering comprehensive solutions for the production of convenience foods. Starting with your recipe or idea, DPT designs, builds, and commissions production processes tailored to meet your specific needs. Whether you aim to produce homestyle mashed potatoes, grandma’s chicken noodle soup, or complex dishes like chili and gumbo, DPT has the expertise and facilities to support your project. Their state-of-the-art pilot plant allows for rigorous testing and optimization before full-scale production, ensuring consistency and quality in every batch. DPT's solutions are ideal for various food categories, including soups, baby food, meat dishes, and sauces, making them a versatile partner in the convenience food industry.

Production solutions for convenience foods

Producing high-quality caramel requires precise cooking techniques and maintaining consistent temperatures. Traditional methods often result in uneven textures and burnt flavors, posing a challenge for confectionery manufacturers.
<h2>Cook caramel with controlled heat transfer.</h2>
The caramel cooking solution by Dutch Process Technology is designed for the precise preparation of caramel in confectionery production. This solution incorporates advanced heat transfer mechanisms to ensure even cooking and prevent burning. The system is built with hygienic, easy-to-clean materials that meet industry standards, making it suitable for a wide range of sugary products such as caramel, dulce de leche, and other confectionery creams. The unit supports powder dissolving and inline cooling of viscous fillings, providing flexibility and efficiency in production. The integrated design allows for seamless integration into existing production lines, minimizing downtime and enhancing overall productivity.

Caramel cooking solution

In the coating and substrate processing industries, achieving precise drying and curing conditions is vital to maintain product quality. Traditional methods often struggle to meet diverse application requirements, necessitating advanced solutions for complete drying, preheating, tempering, and fusing processes.
<h2>Enhance product quality with precise infrared technology</h2>
Dürr's Infrared (IR) Dryers and Ovens offer a wide array of configurations to meet various drying and curing needs efficiently. Utilizing a combination of optimal infrared wavelengths and advanced control systems, these units provide precise process conditions that enhance product quality. Dürr's IR systems are suitable for complete drying, preheating, tempering, fusing, curing, and profiling applications. They can be customized in horizontal, vertical, or arched layouts to fit specific product and spatial requirements. Additionally, these IR dryers can be integrated with flotation and/or impingement drying systems to improve overall effectiveness. Available in both gas-fired and electric configurations, they cater to diverse industrial needs, particularly in the automotive, mechanical engineering, chemical, pharmaceutical, and woodworking sectors.

Infrared dryers and ovens for coating and substrate processing

Preheating

Tempering equipment is most commonly used in manufacturing chocolate products as well as bakery products. However, tempering can also be found in the metals industry for processing alloys. The idea behind the tempering process is to heat two or more items to a certain temperature so that they can be blended together easier. Chocolatiers pass the chocolate through a heating cycle and then a cooling tunnel to give their final products a smooth and glossy finish. Tempering machines automate this process, evenly distributing the crystal structure in melted chocolate across the entire production line. Besides enhancing the look and texture of coatings, denser and consistent crystallization also has the benefit of slowing down fat migration in your chocolate-filled products. A vibrating table is an important component for tempering chocolate. First the chocolate mixture goes through a dispenser into the chocolate mould. After which the vibrating table is used to evenly distribute the mixture in the mould so that there are no air bubbles. Thus, creating a smooth and consistent final product.

Tempering

In large-scale commercial freeze drying, managing significant moisture content and large batches efficiently can be challenging. Ensuring uniform drying while maintaining product integrity in sectors like pharmaceuticals or food industry is essential for success.
<h2>Handle large volumes with precision drying</h2>
The FD1800GPC Freeze Dryer from Cuddon Freeze Dry is designed to tackle substantial freeze drying requirements. With an ice capacity of 1,800 kg and a shelf area of 170.5 m², it suits large-scale commercial applications. It features doors at both ends, each with observation ports for easy monitoring. The system’s performance is shown by its ability to sublimate 1,800 kg of ice in 18 hours, yielding an average of 360 kg of dry product per cycle with 80% moisture content. The shelf temperature ranges from -35°C to 70°C, supporting various product needs. The FD1800GPC also allows heat energy recovery up to 140 kW, making it an energy-efficient choice in its category. The entire system is built with food-grade anodised aluminium trays and includes a separate plant skid for convenience and efficiency.

Large-scale industrial freeze dryer

Freezing

Drying various industrial materials, such as fibers, fish meals, clays, metallic powders, and grains, often requires precise, efficient, and controlled drying processes to prevent product degradation and ensure uniform quality.
<h2>Efficient drying with controlled residence time</h2>
The Vertical Flash Dryer from Crown Iron Works is designed for the efficient drying of a wide range of fine and coarse materials. It utilizes a combination of hot air and static classification to evenly disperse the material into the drying column. The dryer features adjustable residence times, allowing for efficient moisture removal without particle breakage. This flexibility makes it suitable for drying temperature-sensitive materials. The vertical construction minimizes floor space requirements, while custom-engineered systems enhance energy efficiency. The dryer supports both direct and indirect heating systems, using various heat sources. Crown Iron Works offers this solution primarily for sectors like oilseed processing, specialty chemicals, and plant-based proteins.

Vertical flash dryer for industrial drying applications

In cell and gene therapy applications, managing high throughput while maintaining strict aseptic conditions is crucial. Incubation steps often become the production bottleneck, limiting your capability to scale operations effectively.
<h2>Enhance cell culture handling with integrated flexycult incubation</h2>
The ValueCell FLEXY by Comecer is a versatile isolator designed specifically for cell and gene therapy applications. It tackles the common bottleneck associated with incubation steps by integrating with the FlexyCult system. This configuration allows for efficient, aseptic handling of cell cultures and ensures a scalable solution for high-throughput environments. The isolator features laminar airflow and a fully PLC-controlled system with GAMP 5 compliant software. It includes essential laboratory instruments such as centrifuges, refrigerators, and culture ovens. Made from high-grade stainless steel (AISI 316L internally and AISI 304 externally), the isolator also includes an integrated decontamination system using Vapor Phase Hydrogen Peroxide (VPHP). Its modular design provides the flexibility to expand and tailor the system to specific needs, making it ideal for ATMP manufacturers.

Cell & gene therapy isolator with integrated incubation

Industrial centrifuges are widely used for mechanical solid-liquid separation of components in the pharmaceutical and chemical industries. This is achieved by rapidly rotating the contents within a container to separate fluid of different densities or to remove liquids from solids.

Centrifuging

In the production of caramel products, achieving consistent caramelization with precise control over color and quality can be a significant challenge. Issues like burn-on and uneven cooking can impact the final product's appearance and taste.
<h2>Achieve precise caramelization with automated control</h2>
The CARAFLEX® by CHOCOTECH is a continuous caramelization system designed for cooking sugar masses containing protein. The system allows for individual degrees of caramelization, ranging from milky white to dark brown. A jacketed vessel with hermetically sealed insulation heats the caramel mass evenly. The hygienically designed agitator, equipped with scrapers and a frequency-controlled drive, minimizes the risk of burn-on. Furthermore, the vessel includes load cells and a high-pressure dynamic spray unit for CIP (Clean-In-Place), ensuring thorough cleaning and maintaining hygiene standards. Ideal for candy and caramel production, the CARAFLEX® ensures consistent quality and reliable operation.

Continuous caramelization system for protein-containing sugar masses

In the industrial production of tomato products, conventional evaporators often struggle with high energy consumption and frequent downtime for cleaning, leading to increased operational costs and inefficiency.
<h2>Maximize energy savings and minimize downtime</h2>
The ART3MIS Longrun MVR™ by CFT Group is a state-of-the-art evaporation solution designed specifically for high-quality HB tomato mid-concentration products. Utilizing the most advanced MVR (Mechanical Vapor Recompression) technology along with a descending circulation design, this evaporator achieves virtually zero steam consumption by using 99% electrical energy, significantly reducing CO2 emissions. It operates continuously for up to 90 days without requiring cleaning at a concentration of up to 14 Bx and for 30 days at up to 16 Bx, making it highly efficient for long production cycles. With water removal capacity up to 70 tons/hour and a 25% higher heat transfer coefficient compared to traditional rising/descending evaporation systems, it ensures superior product quality with improved heat transfer efficiency and reduced residence time.

Energy efficient tomato evaporator

Evaporation technology is used to reduce or remove the moisture content of a mixture. Considerations for choosing suitable evaporation equipment include the moisture content in the mixture, the boiling point of the solvent, heat sensitivity of the product, and the amount of material to be processed. Evaporators are used for applications such as obtaining fruit and vegetable concentrates in the food industry, concentrating aromas and herbal extracts in the cosmetics industry, and isolating active ingredients in the pharmaceutical industry.

Evaporation

In breakfast cereals production, achieving uniform heating of raw grain products is crucial for ensuring consistent quality. Conventional systems often struggle with uneven heat distribution, resulting in variable product quality and lower efficiency.
<h2>Uniform steam heating with maximized productivity</h2>
The rotary cookers by CEREX use the unique Bichsel system to uniformly heat products with steam. These cookers have a specialized vessel geometry and steam admission process, allowing them to be loaded with more material without compromising quality. This design leads to higher productivity, as three CEREX cookers can outperform four or more conventional cookers. With a volume of 2700 liters and throughput capacity up to 500 kg/h, these cookers operate under pressures up to 4.5 bar. They feature process-optimized vessel geometry and internal lid design to prevent dead zones, ensuring consistent heating. The cookers can handle various mixing and cooking phases and are easy to clean. They are available with or without insulation and require low maintenance.

Rotary cooker for uniform steam heating in cereals production

In the production of breakfast cereals, ensuring consistent toasting of raw grains is crucial. Traditional toasting methods often face issues like uneven heat distribution and high maintenance requirements, leading to reduced efficiency and increased downtime.
<h2>Ensures consistent toasting and easy maintenance</h2>
The CEREX 1-zone toaster is designed for efficient and reliable toasting of raw grain products into breakfast cereals. Featuring a multi-layer insulation, it offers optimal heat retention and reduces surface heat loss. The unique Tube Sheet Removal System allows easy removal and reinstallation of tube sheets from the outside, simplifying the cleaning process and minimizing downtime. Made of stainless steel, the toaster can handle capacities of up to 500 kg/h at temperatures ranging from 230°C to 300°C. Available in both electrical heating (Model COF-338) and natural gas or LPG heating (Model COF-1038) options, it meets diverse industrial needs with excellent process reliability.

Single-zone toasters for raw grain processing

In advanced materials research and industrial processing, different thermal conditions are often needed along a single tube to achieve optimal results. A gradient tube furnace is essential for applications such as chemical vapor deposition (CVD), where precise temperature control and uniform heating are critical.
<h2>Ensures precise multi-zone temperature control.</h2>
The TG Gradient Tube Furnace range by Carbolite Gero provides a highly versatile and controlled environment for heat treatment processes. Designed for uniform thermal conditions across multiple zones, the furnace features free radiating wire elements embedded in the insulation, ensuring efficient temperature gradients along the heated zones. The split, hinged body allows for easy installation and removal of work tubes, while the independent temperature controllers for each zone provide precise thermal management. With models like the TG2 and TG3 offering various configurations, these furnaces are applicable in processes such as chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and other fields requiring differential thermal zones. The use of high-quality insulation materials minimizes energy consumption, reduces heat loss, and ensures operation longevity. Carbolite Gero integrates technological advancements to deliver a robust product capable of achieving maximum temperatures of up to 1200°C.

Gradient tube furnace for precise thermal processing

In industrial settings where precise heat treatment is critical, standard ovens may fall short in providing the necessary high-temperature capabilities. Efficient heat treatment processes require ovens capable of reaching elevated temperatures while maintaining robust construction and high performance.
<h2>Achieve high temperatures with robust construction</h2>
The HT high-temperature ovens from Carbolite Gero are specifically designed for industrial applications that demand operating temperatures of up to 700°C. Available in four standard chamber sizes with capacities of 28, 95, 220, or 350 liters, these ovens combine durability and reliability with advanced control systems. Constructed with heavy-duty hinges, door catches, and shelving systems, the ovens ensure safe and efficient operation. The stainless steel liner and perforated shelves enhance their longevity and provide stable thermal conditions. These ovens can be customized with sophisticated control systems and data loggers for applications requiring precise temperature regulation, such as AMS 2750F heat treatment under Nadcap standards. Optional features include over-temperature protection, additional shelves, heavy-duty reinforced bases, and stoving and curing options.

High temperature industrial oven for advanced heating processes

In clean room environments, precision and cleanliness are paramount, especially when dealing with high-temperature processes. Achieving consistent and contamination-free performance at elevated temperatures poses significant challenges.
<h2>Maintain high temperatures in a clean room setting</h2>
The High Temperature Clean Room (HTCR) ovens by Carbolite Gero are designed to maintain stringent cleanliness standards while operating at high temperatures. These ovens come in sixteen standard models with chamber volumes ranging from 28 to 1000 litres and maximum temperatures of 400°C, 500°C, or 600°C. The HTCR ovens feature fully sealed low thermal mass insulation to avoid shedding fibers, a fully enclosed brushless fan motor, and a Carbolite Gero 301 controller with a single ramp to set-point and process timer. The smooth, easily cleaned gloss epoxy exterior and polished stainless steel sealed interior ensure that the ovens meet ISO 14644-1 Class 6 standards, and optionally Class 5. Additional features include perforated stainless steel shelves, a particle-free silicone rubber door seal, and membrane control panel with clear bright LED display. The double-skin construction ensures a safe outer case temperature, and over-temperature protection is available to safeguard valuable contents.

High temperature clean room ovens

In controlled environments such as research laboratories and semiconductor manufacturing, minimizing particulate contamination is crucial. The challenge lies in maintaining cleanliness standards while achieving reliable thermal processes.
<h2>Operate within class 100 clean room environments</h2>
The CR Series Clean Room Ovens by Carbolite Gero are designed for controlled environments requiring ISO 14644-1 Class 5 (Federal Standard 209E Class 100) conditions. These ovens feature a maximum operating temperature of 250°C and are available in various chamber volumes ranging from 30 to 1810 liters. They are built with fully sealed low thermal mass insulation and an enclosed brushless fan motor to avoid fiber shedding and particulate contamination. The stainless steel interior and gloss white epoxy exterior make cleaning easy while preventing particle shedding. Equipped with the Carbolite Gero 301 controller, the oven offers a single ramp to set-point and a process timer. Customization options include sophisticated digital controllers, data loggers, over-temperature protection, viewing windows, and cable entry ports.

Clean room oven for class 100 environments

In industries where precise temperature control and the reduction of oxygen levels during heat treatment are crucial, traditional ovens may fall short. These situations typically require advanced solutions to achieve the desired atmosphere and maintain product integrity.
<h2>Maintains precise atmosphere control up to 700°c</h2>
The HTMA series by Carbolite Gero is designed for high-temperature operations in controlled atmospheres, up to 700°C. These ovens come with separate flow controls for purge and process gases, ensuring that once the chamber is purged of atmospheric air, process gases can be used at a lower flow rate. Switching between these gases can be done manually or via an optional automatic programmable control system. Oxygen levels can reach as low as 50 ppm, which is essential for processes requiring minimal oxidation. The HTMA series features a rear-mounted fan and side air guides for horizontal air distribution, and a corrosion-resistant stainless steel interior. Capacities range from 28 to 1000 liters, making it suitable for various industrial applications. The Carbolite Gero 301 controller allows for single ramp set-point and process timer, enhancing operational simplicity and accuracy.

Controlled atmosphere oven for high-temperature applications

When handling reactive materials or working in environments requiring strict atmospheric controls, maintaining sample integrity and safety is paramount, particularly in high-temperature conditions. This is crucial in industries like aerospace, nuclear, and advanced materials research where precision and contamination prevention are essential.
<h2>Safeguard reactive materials at high temperatures</h2>
The Glove Box Furnace System from Carbolite Gero is designed to enable controlled atmosphere processing for high-temperature applications up to 3000°C. The system offers various configurations, including tube and chamber furnaces, available with manual, semi-automatic, or fully automated PLC control. Features include inert gas control, high vacuum turbo pumps for use up to 2200°C, and customizable glove box sizes with adjustable air locks and glove placements. Typical atmospheres include nitrogen or argon under slight overpressure, though underpressure for personal safety is also an option. Carbolite Gero's high standards ensure safety packages for reactive gases like H2, CO, CO2, and more. Automated or manual loading concepts cater to diverse operational needs.

Glove box furnace for high-temperature applications

Processing

In laboratory and industrial settings where the use of tall crucibles or heavy components is required, standard furnaces often fail to provide the necessary access and temperature consistency. This can lead to operational inefficiencies and potential damage during processing.
<h2>Handles heavy components with uniform heating</h2>
The Carbolite Gero VCF series is a top loading chamber furnace, designed specifically for tasks involving tall crucibles and heavy components. Featuring heating elements on all four walls, it ensures uniform temperature distribution, reducing the risk of thermal damage. The furnace comes in four chamber volumes: 5, 10, 23, and 100 liters, catering to various operational needs. It operates at a maximum temperature of 1200°C and includes free radiating wire elements, a vented top opening door, and an angled control panel for enhanced visibility and protection. Additional features include the Carbolite Gero 301 controller with a single ramp to set-point and a process timer. Options for sophisticated digital controllers, multisegment programmers, and data loggers are also available. This furnace is ideal for applications needing precise temperature control and reliability in both laboratory and industrial environments.

Top loading chamber furnace for tall crucibles

In industrial heat treatment processes, achieving consistent high temperatures for sintering ceramics can be challenging. Common issues include inadequate temperature uniformity, unreliable heating elements, and high maintenance requirements. These factors necessitate a robust and reliable high-temperature furnace.
<h2>Achieve uniform high-temperature sintering</h2>
The HTF industrial furnace by Carbolite Gero is an optimal solution for high temperature sintering of ceramics, offering maximum operating temperatures of 1600 °C, 1700 °C, or 1800 °C. It is heated by molybdenum disilicide elements and available in usable volumes ranging from 27 to 560 litres. The furnace features independent over-temperature protection for safe, unattended operation. Although primarily designed for use in air, a modified atmosphere can be provided with an additional gas supply, slightly suppressing oxygen levels. HTF's debinding package enhances efficiency for sintering processes requiring pre-treatment. This package includes preheated air inlets and an afterburner, ensuring temperature uniformity and safe combustion of by-products. Suitable for applications like annealing, ceramic injection moulding (CIM), debinding, sintering, and more, the HTF furnace is ideal for the precise and efficient treatment of ceramics.

High temperature chamber furnace for sintering ceramics

In industries handling materials that require precise heat treatment, a reliable furnace capable of reaching high temperatures and providing even heating is essential. Challenges often include uneven heating, limited access for loading, and managing binder gases safely during debinding processes.
<h2>Automates heat treatment and debinding in air</h2>
The HB series from Carbolite Gero features an automatically operated vertically moving hood, providing easy access to samples from three sides. Designed for heat treatment in air, these furnaces can be equipped with CrFeAl heating wires for up to 1300°C or MoSi2 heating elements for up to 1800°C. They come in capacities ranging from 80 to 560 liters, with options for either a top hat design with a movable hood or a bottom loading design with a steady hood and movable hearth. For debinding of technical ceramics, preheated air fans are available to blow hot air through the hearth into the furnace chamber. Safety features, such as active propane gas afterburners or catalytic oxidizers, ensure safe combustion of binder gases. Additional options include programmable EPC3016P1 controllers, gas inlets for modified atmospheres, reinforced base plates for heavier loads, and fast cooling mechanisms.

Top hat industrial furnace for high-temperature applications

When producing beer, wine, and spirits, maintaining optimal temperatures during various stages of production is critical. This often requires a reliable outdoor cooling unit that can accumulate and deliver chilly water or glycol solution to keep operations running smoothly.
<h2>Maintain temperature with air-monobloc cooling</h2>
The Intercooler Air-monobloc C10 by Cadalpe is a specialized cooling unit designed for the accumulation of chilly water or glycol solution. This monobloc unit features air condensation and utilizes environmentally friendly gas, making it an eco-conscious choice. Designed for outdoor installation, it ensures that temperatures remain stable in breweries, wineries, and beverage production facilities. By using air condensation, the unit minimizes energy consumption and reduces greenhouse gas emissions. It is versatile and compatible with a range of beverage production processes, ensuring stable and reliable cooling throughout production.

Industrial cooling unit for beverages and spirits

Meeting modern food safety and quality standards in vegetable processing requires advanced blanching techniques to preserve nutrients and flavor while minimizing energy and water usage.
<h2>Reduce water and steam consumption by up to 50%</h2>
The Cabinplant IBC Blancher, provided by Cabinplant, is designed for efficient, high-quality processing of vegetables and berries. By using a forced steam principle, it significantly lowers steam consumption by 40-50% while guaranteeing uniform blanching. This blancher offers great flexibility, supporting various blanching methods, including water, steam, and forced steam, with capacities from 1 t/h to 30 t/h. The system ensures minimal product contamination and is equipped with multistage counterflow water circulation to reduce water consumption. Integrated with a cooling system, it meets stringent food safety and environmental standards.

Industrial vegetable blanching solution

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In high-speed automated bread lines, achieving complete coverage of dough pieces with dry toppings can be challenging. You need a precise and adaptable solution that can integrate seamlessly into existing production lines and handle varying product changeovers efficiently.
<h2>Ensure thorough, high-speed dry topping application</h2>
The Burford® Enrober is a compact enrobing system designed to provide complete dry topping coverage for dough pieces on high-speed bread lines. Its portable cantilever design allows for easy integration into existing lines and quick offline movement for product changeovers and sanitation. The system offers multiple options, such as extra mandrels for different toppings, side blocks and belts for various dough sizes, a low-level alarm, and automatic filling systems. It operates with a 110 VOLT, 50/60 HZ, 1 PHASE, 5 AMPS electrical requirement and needs 80 PSI air pressure and 40 PSI water pressure. The Burford® Enrober, by Burford (Middleby), allows you to diversify your product line with ease.

Enrober for complete dry topping coverage on dough pieces

Enrobing your food products means coating them with additional ingredients such as chocolate, syrup, or sugar. By automating this process you produced homogeneous results and reduce wastage. Items are fed to the enrobing machine to be fully or partially covered. Following this, a blower and an agitator combine to shake any excess coating off the individual products.

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