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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

The topical route is a convenient route for the self-administration of drugs. But turning a pharmaceutical formulation into an easy-to-use cream involves specialized cream manufacturing equipment. Topical dosage forms are essentially an emulsion of oil and water.  But the ratios can be changed to process it into lotions, ointments, and gels.

Cream

Although not all women use makeup every day, almost all of them own at least one makeup product, be it lipstick or face powder. Most makeup products share the same basic ingredients of waxes, oils, and fillers with pigments like iron oxide used for colors and shades. Makeup manufacturing equipment includes pulverizers, mixers, and mechanical press machines to produce cosmetic products in different forms such as powder, liquid, or mousse.

Makeup

We continuously talk to suppliers of feed processing technologies that have important know-how on how to create the smarter, better, and greener feed products we need to kickstart a better tomorrow. Are you into making animal feed or pet food and looking for ways to improve your production process? Let’s navigate the world of feed production technologies together!

Feed

Our food chain starts in the soil, growing crops and livestock. But between the fields and the stores, there is a line of industrial food processing equipment. Processes may be as minimalistic as cleaning fruit and as complex as homogenizing milk alternatives made from pressed legumes. In each case, processing technology is an important link in the food production chain.

Food

Due to their potential hazardous nature, chemicals are classified for proper identification and safety during production. Chemical classification depends on their properties, structures and functions. In the chemical industry, you can regard them as basic chemicals such as acids, chemical products to produce plastic materials and finished chemicals for use in cosmetology. As a manufacturer or engineer, you want to know their reactivity when using chemical processing equipment.

Chemicals

According to a legend, Cleopatra soaked her sails in her perfume so that Mark Antony could smell her ships before they arrived. This is to say that, from soaps and shampoos to perfumes, conditioners and pomades, cosmetics have always been highly valued and used for their properties of aesthetic enhancement. Cosmetics are a broad class of topical agents applied for various purposes such as cleansing, protecting, beautifying, or otherwise altering your appearance. As a result, a wide array of processing equipment is used in the cosmetics industry.

Cosmetics

Feed ingredients

A vacuum mixer mixes ingredients in an environment devoid of air to avoid incorporation of bubbles into the mix which can lead to foaming, formation of air pockets in the final product, fouling in heat exchangers, and cavitation. Mixing speed, level of vacuum, batch volume, nature and particle size of ingredients, heating or cooling requirements are all important considerations when selecting a vacuum mixer. Vacuum mixers are widely used in the pharmaceutical, chemical, and food industries for mixing ingredients sensitive to air.

Industrial

When working with high viscosity liquids in industrial processes, achieving thorough dispersion, emulsifying, and homogenization is crucial. Common challenges include maintaining uniformity and preventing particle settlement throughout the process.
<h2>Promotes efficient mixing and uniform particle distribution</h2>
The ME 6100 series by INOXPA is a high shear tank bottom mixer designed for demanding industrial applications like food processing, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and fine chemicals. It ensures efficient dispersion, emulsifying, homogenization, and disintegration of solids. The mixer can be used in both open and closed tanks at atmospheric or varying pressures. Its high-speed rotor and precise rotor-stator tolerances create a powerful suction that draws the product to the center of the head, where it is radially thrust and mechanically sheared. This results in particle size reduction to less than 100 microns. The mixer is constructed from high-quality materials, including AISI 316L stainless steel for parts in contact with the product, ensuring durability and ease of cleaning (CIP/SIP). Its design allows for easy maintenance, including stator replacement without disassembling the mixer, and features a sanitary single mechanical seal.

Tank bottom mixer for high viscosity applications

Dispersing systems are used to produce emulsions of two immiscible liquids or dispersions of solid particles in a liquid medium. The mixers generally operate on the rotor/stator principle and apply a high shear force on the suspended particles to break them down. The choice of a dispersion mixer depends on the physical state of the material being dispersed, the continuous or batch nature of the process, desired particle size, and the viscosity of the mixture. Dispersion mixers are widely used in the food industry for the dispersion of solid ingredients in oil or water and in the coatings industry for the dispersion of pigments.

Dispersing

An emulsifier is used to mix two immiscible liquids. Heating or cooling requirements during emulsification, overpressure or vacuum requirements, the need for wall scrapers, design of the mixing head, the viscosity of the liquids, and the desired droplet size are all important considerations when selecting an emulsifying system. Emulsifiers are typically used in the food industry for the production of batters, creams, and sauces, in the pharmaceutical and cosmetics industry for the production of creams and lotions, and in the chemical industry for the production of paint and other emulsions.

Emulsifying

Homogenization is the process of reducing particle size in mixtures to improve the consistency, uniformity, and stability of the product. The choice of a homogenizer depends on the nature of the product, desired particle size, the physical state of the ingredients, and pressure requirements during the process. Homogenization is widely used in the biotech industry for cell lysis and in the pharmaceutical industry for the emulsification of creams and ointments; it also finds applications in the cosmetics and food industries for improving the consistency and uniformity of various products.

Homogenization

liquid

Continuous

In the food processing industry, producing high-quality sauces and condiments often requires managing intricate cooking and concentration processes. Using traditional methods can lead to degradation of flavors, colors, and nutrients, especially when cooking at high temperatures over extended periods.
<h2>Efficient cooking and concentrating at lower temperatures</h2>
The Industrial Vacuum Kettle by Inox-Fer is designed to produce sauces, jams, marmalades, and condiments efficiently by concentrating, cooking, and dehydrating products at lower temperatures. The vacuum system reduces the boiling point, preserving the organoleptic characteristics such as flavor, color, and nutrients. The kettle's vertical cylindrical structure includes scraping paddles and a double bottom for indirect steam heating, preventing product burning. It is equipped with a high-performance vacuum unit, shell, tube condenser, and liquid ring pump. An automated dosing system manages ingredient addition, either through a mixing tank with litre counters or load cells. The kettle features speed-adjustable agitators, automatic condensate drainage, and a product suction and discharge valve. The entire construction is in AISI 304 stainless steel for easy sanitization and durability.

Industrial vacuum kettle for sauce production

Blending

Concentration

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

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

Batch

When dealing with sensitive powders and bulk solids, achieving a homogeneous mix without damaging the materials can be challenging. Traditional mixers often require extra steps to break up lumps, adding complexity and time to the process.
<h2>Achieve homogeneous mixing with reduced cycle times</h2>
The Vitomix ribbon screw mixer by Hosokawa Micron is a mid-shear batch unit designed for efficient and gentle mixing of powders, pastes, and slurries. Featuring a double ribbon screw mounted on an orbital arm, it ensures efficient material transport and homogeneous mixing. The Vitomix can handle up to eight times more transport volume than standard mixers, making it highly efficient. It operates at speeds ranging from 0.4 m/s to 6.0 m/s and is capable of incorporating liquids without the need for lump breakers. Available in sizes ranging from 500 to 10,000 liters, it is suitable for various applications such as coating, granulating, and flavoring. The system includes unique features like a liquid spraying system, ensuring flexibility in nozzle placement. Enhanced by the reliable Nauta® mixer technology, the Vitomix offers up to 8 times faster mixing with energy-efficient operations and full discharge capabilities through a bottom discharge valve.

Mid-shear mixer for powders and bulk solids

Powder

solid

In industrial applications like food, pharmaceuticals, and chemicals, achieving homogenous mixing of cohesive powders with liquids or melt binders and processing slurries are common challenges. Special attention is needed for rapid and precise mixing to ensure high product quality and efficiency.
<h2>Ensures rapid and homogeneous mixing</h2>
The Cyclomix high shear impact mixer by Hosokawa Micron is a high-speed, intensive paddle mixer and agglomerator designed for cohesive powders, slurries, and liquids. It features a conical mixing vessel with a central paddle rotor that can reach speeds of up to 30 m/s, creating centrifugal forces that disperse materials against the vessel walls. The upward movement and impact blade facilitate excellent liquid dispersion and agglomerate size homogeneity within ultra-short processing times. This highly intensive mixing also ensures effective heat transfer for temperature control. Suitable for industries like food, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals, it allows processing of varying product properties efficiently.

High shear impact mixer for agglomeration and dispersion

Agglomeration

Dispersion

In research and development, precise handling of ultra-small batches of powders or suspensions often poses significant challenges. Accurate size reduction, classifying, or mixing of quantities as small as a few grams is required to produce reliable results.
<h2>Process ultra-small batches with modular flexibility</h2>
The Picoline series by Hosokawa Alpine is a modular lab-scale system specifically designed for handling small quantities of powder or suspension. It consists of a platform combined with eight interchangeable function modules and various accessories. The table-top design features a housing made of brushed stainless steel, making it suitable for clean environments like laboratory fume hoods. The touch panel control system, with an integrated microprocessor, allows easy switching and control of different function modules. This ensures that processes can be quickly set up, controlled, and adjusted with visual feedback. The system supports LIMS integration and USB data export. The Picoline series is ideal for laboratories needing to process mini batches for R&D purposes, offering scalable results that can be transferred to larger process equipment with ease.

Lab-scale powder processing system

Classifying

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

Sieving machines are available in various designs such as linear sieves, tumbler sieves, and vibrating sieves each employing a different sieving action. The choice of a suitable sieving machine depends on the desired particle size distribution, required amplitude and frequency of vibrations, and the physical state of the mixture. Sieving machines are used for removing dust from granular products and for grading grains. They are also used for the classification of granular material and the separation of solids from a slurry mix in the food processing industries.

Sieving

Sorting is the process of arranging items systematically, using a specified criterion, to categorize and group similar items and identify non-conforming items for removal. The choice of a sorting machine depends on the type of item to sort, the sorting criteria, the number of categories that the items need to be sorted into, sorting speed, and accuracy. Sorting machines can be used in the food processing industry for sorting and categorizing fruits, vegetables, empty bottles, crates, and other items; other examples include sorting of tablets and capsules by weight for quality control in the pharmaceutical industry. As well as sorting waste in the recycling industry. Manual sorting is a laborious task however, with the use of specialized equipment, manufacturers are able to automate their sorting at high speeds.

Sorting

In many industries, precise particle size analysis is crucial for quality control and product development. Typical methods can be time-consuming and require extensive manual effort, posing challenges for meeting tight production schedules and maintaining consistency.
<h2>Ensures accurate and fast particle size analysis</h2>
The Air Jet Sieve e200 LS by Hosokawa Alpine is a state-of-the-art particle size analyzer designed for various applications. It provides high reproducibility and comparability of results, thanks to its integrated software packages and automated user guidance. Featuring a high-performance industrial vacuum cleaner, the system ensures efficient sieving. The e200 LS is simple to operate with its user-friendly interface and robust design, maintaining reliability over time. Ideal for industries such as chemicals, food, and minerals, this German-manufactured analyzer enhances precision and efficiency in particle separation and fractionation processes. The scope of delivery includes the main device, vacuum cleaner, software customizations, and various accessories to suit diverse operational requirements.

Air jet sieve for particle size analysis

In industries such as pharmaceuticals and chemicals, sensitive products often require gentle and precise drying methods to maintain product integrity. Common challenges include ensuring full product discharge and avoiding damage to delicate crystal structures.
<h2>Ensures gentle drying and complete discharge</h2>
The Condry® conical bottom agitated vacuum dryer from the Heinkel Drying and Separation Group is specifically designed for drying heat-sensitive and fragile products. It complies with cGMP and FDA guidelines and is available in aseptic and steam sterilizable versions. The unique conical bottom design ensures excellent product discharge with minimal hold-up, while very close agitator to wall/bottom clearances and a specially designed agitator prevent lump formation and ensure uniform mixing. Heat transfer areas are maximized for optimal drying performance and cycle times. Additionally, the agitator is supported by the top head, with the seal only in contact with vapors, minimizing contamination risks. Constructed from high-quality stainless steels and nickel-based alloys like Hastelloy C 22, the dryer also ensures good cleanability due to its entirely welded design without bolts and pockets. Usable volumes range from 25 to 13,500 liters, with design temperatures from -10 to 150°C and design pressures up to 6 barg.

Vertical vacuum dryer for heat sensitive products

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 sterilization processes are employed in different industries to completely eliminate all living microorganisms from the final product. For instance, in food processing, sterilization equipment is used to produce a stable product with a long shelf-life by eradicating harmful bio-contaminants. Instead, in the medical field, sterilization technologies aim to prevent the transmission of microbes to patients by sterilizing all the tools and medical devices that come in contact with the patient. Most sterilization equipment, such as autoclaves, employs high-temperature pressurized steam to destroy bacteria and disinfect surfaces from spores. Other methods include radiation sterilization or using chemicals such as hydrogen peroxide for disinfection.

Sterilization

Pilot

Pharmaceutical production requires equipment that ensures optimal cleanability, complies with stringent regulatory standards, and guarantees efficient drying performance. The challenge lies in meeting these high standards while maintaining ease of inspection and maintenance.
<h2>Ensures compliance with cgmp and Fda guidelines</h2>
The COMBER Pressofiltro® Series PF 100 - PF 10000 is a pharmaceutical-grade nutsche filter dryer designed to meet the rigorous requirements of pharmaceutical production. These units adhere to cGMP and FDA guidelines, ensuring high standards for cleanability and product safety. Featuring an openable filter base, the system allows easy access for cleaning and inspection. Interchangeable filter plates provide flat, homogeneous surfaces for effective cleanability. The design includes multilayer and conventional filter materials, optimizing drying performance through a special agitator and large heat exchange areas. External, interchangeable double mechanical seals come in various types including dry running, non-contacting lift-off, and liquid lubricated seals. The product-wetted components are available in stainless steels and nickel-based alloys like Hastelloy C22, ensuring durability and resistance to corrosion. The equipment is controlled via a sophisticated control cabinet with PLC and HMI touchscreen, and can integrate with DCS interfaces. It operates within a wide temperature range of -10 to 150°C and pressure range of -1 to +4 barg, making it versatile for various pharmaceutical applications.

Pharmaceutical filter dryer

Industrial filtration equipment separates solid matter from liquid by using a filter medium. The filter allows only the fluid to pass through but retains the solid matter. The choice of filtration equipment depends on the particle size, the consistency of the mixture, and the nature of your product.

Filtration

Industrial inspection equipment is used for checking compliance with health, safety, and quality control standards. For that reason, inspection systems are most commonly utilized in the food and pharmaceutical industry but, they are also used in other industries too. Inspection solutions are often integrated into a production process or production line. Visual inspection systems perform checks to detect variation in size, shape, and color and ensure the presence of labels and closures. Check-weigh systems help ensure that product packages are not under or over-filled. Metal detection systems can help guard against the presence of foreign objects in product containers and X-ray inspection equipment is used to detect physical defects and to ensure high quality package seal integrity.

Inspection

Entry level

In research and development environments, there is often a need to simulate complex production steps and processes on a smaller scale before scaling up to full production. Accurate and flexible simulation of these processes is key for effective product trials and development.
<h2>Simulate drying and mixing processes efficiently</h2>
The BS-miniDRY® from Bolz-Summix is a compact laboratory system designed for simulating a wide range of drying and mixing processes. Thanks to its plug-and-use design, it is simple to install and can be used flexibly in various environments, including ventilation booths. With a flexible filling volume capacity ranging from 150 ml to 100%, it is ideally suited for scale-up calculations. It features easy transportability and can handle temperatures up to 160°C with the orbital system and 240°C with the central shaft. The system is built from high-quality stainless steel materials such as AISI 304, 316L, 904L, and Hastelloy C22, and complies with several regulatory standards like the European PED, ASME, and FDA. The BS-miniDRY® can also be customized with various agitator tools and designed to meet specific pharmaceutical and chemical applications.

Laboratory system for drying and mixing processes

In industrial snack production, consistent and even seasoning application on extruded products is essential. Conventional seasoning methods often result in uneven coverage and potential damage to delicate snacks, affecting quality and consumer satisfaction.
<h2>Ensures even seasoning and minimal product damage</h2>
The Flavour Drum SWT by Hebenstreit is a precision-engineered solution for seasoning extruded snack products. The drum's special profile guarantees optimal mixing, ensuring uniform application of seasoning across all extrudates. The rotation speed and adjustable inclination angle (0-4.4°) control dwell time and degree of filling, thus minimizing product handling and potential damage. With a drum diameter of 1000 mm and a length of 2500 mm, this system is designed to handle high-volume operations, making it suitable for various types of snack production. Its robust construction ensures durability and efficient performance under industrial conditions.

Seasoning drum for extruded snack products

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

Consistent and efficient fluid mixing is essential in industries like water treatment, fine chemicals, and pharmaceuticals. Challenges with traditional mixing methods include uneven distribution of components, extensive maintenance, and increased batch processing times.
<h2>Ensure uniform mixing and optimized reagent consumption</h2>
The LUMPP Universal Industrial Agitator with Seal from HASLER Group is designed for continuous and reliable performance in demanding environments. Fitted with specially designed blades, it ensures uniform distribution of components, enhancing final product quality. The agitator operates with a drive system, electric motor, agitator shaft, and one or more impellers. Seals around the shaft are customizable to meet the needs of high-pressure or high-temperature applications. Available materials include various grades of steel, nickel alloys, and specialized coatings like PTFE and PVDF. This flexibility makes the LUMPP agitator suitable for multiple industries such as water treatment, fine chemicals, and pharmaceuticals. Additionally, its modular design allows for adaptation to different specifications, and the option for simplified maintenance reduces downtime.

Universal industrial agitator for various fluid mixing needs

In industries like petrochemicals, fine chemicals, and coatings, dealing with high viscosity liquids or complex rheological products demands a robust mixing solution. Challenges such as heat dispersion and preventing clogging are common and need specialized performance equipment.
<h2>Handles high viscosity and complex rheology</h2>
The LUMPP Coaxial Mixer-Agitator by HASLER Group offers an advanced mixing solution specifically designed to tackle high viscosity and complex rheology liquids. This system features a central impeller rotating in one direction and an outer impeller rotating in the opposite direction. The impellers are designed to mix even the most viscous fluids swiftly and prevent film formation on tank walls. The mixer can come with a variety of impellers, such as helical screws and dispersion turbines, to enhance mixing efficiency and heat exchange. Suitable for various industries, including petrochemicals, fine chemicals, and oil and gas, this mixer is versatile. The system can operate at speeds ranging from 200 to 1,500 rpm and handle motor power between 0.55 to 45 kW. It is built with high-quality materials like stainless steel and nickel-based alloys.

Coaxial mixer for high viscosity liquids

In the food processing industry, achieving a consistent and homogenous mix of sensitive products is critical. Often, traditional mixing methods fall short, leading to product degradation or inconsistency. There is a need for a solution that ensures precise and gentle mixing, with adaptable options to meet various production demands.
<h2>Automate and control sensitive product mixing</h2>
The VSM/F by GLASS Maschinen is designed for efficient mixing of sensitive products in the food industry. Available in capacities ranging from 80 to 2700 litres, it features an automated lid, motorized swivelling drum, and adjustable discharge height to seamlessly fit into your manufacturing process. The VSM/F also includes a scraper to keep the drum wall and floor clean, reducing downtime and maintaining product quality. With options for different mixing arms, the machine can be customized to handle various applications. The touch panel facilitates easy operation and process recording, while the integrated vacuum pump, direct steam injection, and temperature control equipment ensure optimal processing conditions. Additionally, hygienic seals can be replaced without disassembling the motor or gear unit, making maintenance straightforward.

Industrial food mixer for sensitive product mixing

In small-scale food production and research, precise ingredient mixing at various speeds and temperatures is often required to develop and perfect products. Challenges include maintaining consistency, ease of control, and reliable data recording for research and quality assurance.
<h2>Versatile mixing with temperature and speed control</h2>
The LabMix by GLASS Maschinen is a flexible laboratory mixing plant designed to cater to a wide range of food production needs. The system features a pivoting mixing container available in 15, 25, and 40 litres, providing adaptability for different batch sizes. Its variable speed settings and touch-panel operation ensure precise control over the mixing process. Additionally, the double-jacketed design with temperature control and direct steam injection offers meticulous management of product temperatures, essential for processes requiring specific thermal conditions. Integrated equipment such as a vacuum pump, humidification setup, and various cooling devices further enhance its capabilities. Removable hygienic seals without motor dismantling facilitate easy cleaning and maintenance, ensuring high sanitary standards. EHEDG-compliant design guarantees adherence to the latest hygiene guidelines, making it suitable for convenience food, delicatessen, meat production, and confectionery applications.

Laboratory mixing plant for small scale food production

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

<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

In the handling and processing of powders, granules, and pellets, ensuring efficient and safe transfer between different stages is critical. Standard metering solutions often struggle with issues like product leakage, system isolation, and maintaining airlock integrity—especially in high-demand industrial settings.
<h2>Secure and efficient transfer of bulk solids</h2>
The heavy-duty rotary valves by Gericke are engineered to address these common challenges. These rotary valves have a highly modular design, making them adaptable for various product characteristics and applications. Specifically, these valves function as a metering device, airlock, explosion containment, flame barrier, and system isolation. They are suitable for gravity, positive pressure, and vacuum conveying systems, effectively handling powders, granules, pellets, grains, feed, and chips. Manufactured in their production facility in Chippenham, UK, these valves are designed for use in industries such as dairy, food, pharmaceutical, minerals, plastics, and power plants. Their robust construction ensures minimal product leakage and optimum system isolation, making them reliable for demanding environments.

Heavy duty rotary valves for powder handling

The essential objectives of containment systems are personnel protection and preventing the release of toxic or infectious material into the environment. Containment is also used to prevent a product or sample from contamination by the external environment. In the chemical and pharmaceutical industries, containment solutions are used to protect the personnel from the leaking of airborne particles of hazardous substances, as powders or liquids are handled or transferred during processing.

Containment

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

Industrial feeding systems allows you to control the flow of solid bulk materials throughout the manufacturing line. After loading your material onto the vibrating hopper, a screw at the base drives it out in uniform doses to the next stage of processing. New feeding technologies are designed to deal with challenges of powders clumping together in the hopper (bridging and ratholing) that interrupt the outflow. Common feeder systems include centrifugal feeders, vibratory feeders as well as elevator, linear and pneumatic feeders.

Feeding

Handling

In research and development (R&D) settings and for pilot plant operations, achieving consistent and high-quality mixing of small batches is essential. Traditional industrial mixers often do not scale down effectively, leading to inefficiency and inconsistent results in small volume operations.
<h2>Fast and efficient small batch mixing</h2>
The GMS Compact Batch Mixer by Gericke is specifically designed for laboratory and small-scale production. This twin-rotor mixer offers excellent mixing quality with a volume range of 1 to 20 liters. Its low-speed operation, characteristic of the GMS family, creates a fluidized zone using two horizontally arranged, superimposed mixing tools. This design ensures even mixing while preserving high-quality ingredients. The mixer is built for easy cleaning and sterilization, with interchangeable mixing chambers and dismantleable parts. Operating at an optimal Froude number of 1.1, it reduces R&D costs due to its low minimal filling volume. This compact mixer is also mobile, standalone, and requires only a standard electric supply (220 V AC/50 Hz), making it ideal for agile product development and recipe formulation.

Laboratory mixer for r&d and small batch production

Formulation technologies are an integral process in many industries such as pharma and food. Chemical mixtures require strict handling to combine the separate ingredients into the homogenized recipe that makes your final product. Formulation technology stores, mixes and subjects the elements to a range processing parameters according to your specifications to develop the base material. The resulting formulas are then weighed, formed, packaged, or sent for further formulation.

Formulation

In large-scale sausage production, maintaining consistent size and shape while ensuring high productivity is essential for operational efficiency. Traditional cutting methods often fall short, leading to irregular cuts and slower processing times.
<h2>Precisely cuts sausages at high speeds.</h2>
The WS 420S Sausage Cutter by Frey Maschinenbau is designed to address the challenges of high-volume sausage production. This cutter can achieve a maximum cutting speed of approximately 450 pieces per minute, making it suitable for industrial applications. It supports sausage diameters ranging from 13 to 36 mm and lengths over 30 mm, depending on the casing used. The machine is constructed entirely of stainless steel, ensuring durability and easy cleaning. Equipped with an industrial PC control system featuring a 7" TFT color display with touch operation, the WS 420S allows for precise adjustments and monitoring. It operates on a power rating of 1.2 kW, with connected loads of 230 Volt and 50/60 Hz. The working height is adjustable between approximately 1,050 to 1,100 mm, catering to different production line configurations. Powered by two servo motors, this cutter ensures high precision and consistent cuts, improving overall production efficiency.

High-speed sausage cutter

Cutting

In pharmaceutical manufacturing, achieving uniform coating on tablets can be challenging, especially when dealing with multiple coating types like film, sugar, and solvent. Ensuring precise and efficient coating processes is crucial to meet industry standards and regulatory requirements.
<h2>Adapt to various coating processes efficiently.</h2>
The Integrated Plenum HI-COATER® by Freund is a versatile tablet coater designed for aqueous, solvent, and sugar film coating applications. Its unique plenum design encapsulates airflow within the coating pan area, making it especially effective for solvent coatings. This system can handle batch sizes from 50% to 100% of rated capacities, offering flexibility in production. The anti-marking coating pans feature abrasion-resistant perforations and a sanitary mirror-smooth finish. The AT-PRO™ Anti-Bearding Spray Gun allows precise control over atomization and pattern air, enhancing coating uniformity and efficiency. Optional features include inline PAT monitoring for real-time coating thickness measurement and the EcoClean™ technology for reduced water and solvent usage. The system is available in multiple models with batch capacities ranging from 72 kg to 1200 kg, and pan diameters from 1000 mm to 1700 mm.

Integrated plenum tablet coater

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 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

In industries dealing with bulk powders or granules, transferring materials efficiently and safely without creating dust is crucial. Traditional methods can be labor-intensive and expose workers to potential hazards. An automated, hygienic, and dust-free solution is desired to maintain productivity and safety.
<h2>Ensure safe and dust-free material transfer</h2>
The FabLife Vacuum Transfer System (VTS) by Fabtech is designed for the efficient and safe transfer of powders and granules. It features integrated filters, WIP (wash-in-place) ports, and vibrators for effective material handling. The system uses vacuum to suck materials from the dispensing container and transfer them to the next vessel. It operates in a closed-loop, which prevents dust generation and contamination. The VTS is capable of handling diverse bulk densities and particle sizes, and it can be customized to meet specific requirements. Featuring programmable logic controller (PLC) integration and operation through a human-machine interface (HMI), the system ensures efficient and user-friendly performance. This equipment is especially suited for applications in the pharmaceutical, food processing, and chemical industries.

Vacuum transfer system for powders and granules

In pharmaceutical, chemical, and food industries, achieving a high degree of homogeneity in bulk solids mixing is crucial. Traditional methods often leave residues and have long process times, impacting productivity.
<h2>Ensure homogeneous mixing of bulk solids</h2>
The EKATO Vertical Pharma Vacuum Blender, part of the SOLIDMIX series, is designed specifically for high-performance mixing of free-flowing bulk solids. Featuring the patented EKATO ISOPAS or SOLIDS-PARAVISC impeller, it ensures effective vertical mixing with minimal shear. The drive shaft is free-overhung, eliminating the need for product-wetted bearings inside the vessel, thus reducing maintenance. The conical bottom and small wall clearance enable complete vessel emptying and minimal residue. The product is efficiently moved upwards by the wall and flows downward in the center, guaranteeing short process times and high productivity. Available in sizes ranging from 100 liters to 32,000 liters, this blender can fulfill diverse industrial needs.

Vertical pharma vacuum blender for bulk solids

When producing personal care products like ointments, lotions, or shampoos, maintaining a constant product quality despite varying viscosities is a key challenge. Traditional methods often struggle with this, especially when dealing with diverse mixture consistencies and integrating multiple processes like heating and cooling.
<h2>Ensures consistent quality over varying viscosities</h2>
The inline systems from Dutch Process Technology specialize in producing personal care products with consistent quality across a wide range of viscosities. These systems can be customized and come with various mixing technologies, vacuum control, and heating and cooling options to suit specific needs. The user-friendly operator interface offers recipe storage and data logging, providing easy operation and process control. Ideal for manufacturers of ointments, lotions, creams, gels, and shampoos, these systems ensure that each batch meets high-quality standards. Additionally, Dutch Process Technology supports its clients from idea conception to process commissioning, allowing for tailor-made solutions tested in their pilot plant.

Inline system for personal care product production

In industries like food, pharmaceuticals, and chemicals, consistent and uniform mixing is crucial. Often, mixing tasks involve handling difficult mixtures or liquids, which can be challenging without the right equipment. Ensuring optimum homogeneity while maintaining ease of operation and cleaning is essential for achieving reliable results.
<h2>Combines mixing and granulating efficiently</h2>
The V10 - V100 by Diosna is a universal mixer granulator available in five different versions with capacities ranging from 11.5 to 180 liters. Designed to solve a wide range of mixing challenges, it delivers optimum homogeneity for solid and liquid mixtures. Its compact cylindrical-conical shape ensures easy placement, and the robust construction is built to last. The powerful chopper provides uniform and reproducible particle sizes, making it suitable for difficult mixtures. Industries such as food (e.g., spice mixers and ready-made soups), pharmaceuticals (e.g., powder mixtures), chemicals (e.g., powder coatings), and cosmetics (e.g., face powder and eye shadow) will find this mixer granulator versatile and reliable. Equipped with push buttons and timers in its control cabinet, the V10 - V100 ensures straightforward operation and simplified cleaning processes.

Versatile entry-level mixer granulator

Granulation

In the food and bakery industry, precise pre-dough preparation is crucial to achieve consistent texture and enhanced flavors. Conventional methods often fail to ensure reproducibility, leading to variations in product quality.
<h2>Create consistent, high-quality thermally controlled pre-doughs</h2>
The Aroma Ecoline by Diosna is a versatile pre-dough system designed for producing swelling, scalding, cooking, and AromaStück® pre-doughs. This triple-jacketed stainless steel system, available in sizes of 100 kg, 300 kg, and 500 kg net contents per batch, ensures precise thermal management of pre-doughs with water bath jackets. Special features include a PLC control with a touch panel for easy operation and a powerful dosing pump in models A 300 and A 500 H Comfort Ecoline, making the pre-dough process reproducible and efficient. The use of DIOStart aroma enhances the flavor profile, resulting in high-quality pre-doughs. Suitable for the food and bakery industry, it supports processes requiring strict hygiene and easy maintenance.

Thermally controlled pre-dough system

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

Manual

Handling toxic or non-toxic materials in industry settings requires a reliable system to ensure safety and efficiency. Operators need solutions that guarantee dust-free and complete emptying of drums or containers to maintain a high standard of safety and meet hygiene protocols.
<h2>Ensures safe and dust-free emptying</h2>
The drum and container handling system by Dinnissen provides a robust solution for the safe and dust-free handling of various substances. It features a hermetic connection that secures the drum or container before it is tipped and emptied. For toxic or hazardous materials, the system offers a completely sealed enclosure, ensuring no particulate matter escapes during the process. The emptying methods, such as manual or automated tipping, vibration, air pulses, or vacuum technology, are designed to meet specific customer needs. The system allows for post-emptying processes like shredding or cleaning, making it versatile for different industry requirements. This equipment is particularly suited for applications in the pharmaceutical, food, dairy, chemicals, and minerals industries.

Drum and container emptying system

Industrial cleaning equipment is used to wash or disinfect machinery and the production/warehouse area. It may also be used to sterilize the product, equipment, tools, floor or work surfaces and to purify or clean the product by removing impurities. Choosing a suitable cleaning system depends on the type of product or equipment to be cleaned, the sensitivity of the product to heat, pressure, and chemicals, and the level of sterility desired.

Cleaning

Emptying

A shredder is used to reduce the size of various materials through the cutting action of its contra-rotating shredding rollers or knife shafts. Industrial shredders come in many different designs, sizes, and variations. Shredders are best used for the disposal of used tires, scrap metal, car wrecks, garbage, recycling of plastics, paper, and shredding of various foods such as cooked cereals. The choice of a suitable heavy duty shredder depends on the properties of the material to be processed, the desired shred size, the size of the in feed material, and the volume of material to be processed.

Shredding

When mixing various liquid and powder ingredients in food production, achieving consistent texture and integration with minimal clumps is often challenging. Specific cases include creating recombined dairy products, emulsifiers and stabilizers, or sugar solutions, where an effective and precise mixing method is essential.
<h2>Ensures consistent mixing and homogenization</h2>
The LiquidMaster by Daniatech operates on the rotor-stator principle, distributing products through patented slots with a special closed mixing wheel. Designed for versatility, it recirculates approximately 75% of the liquid back into the vessel. The system integrates a butterfly valve for manual control of liquid levels and automatic pumping action for low to medium viscosity liquids. For higher viscosity applications over 250 cP, positive feeding setups are required. Featuring an ergonomic table design, the LiquidMaster ensures an optimal working position. Standard features include a shaft-sealed mixer unit, Tri-clamp inlet/outlet, and a CIP spray ball. Available options offer further customization, such as double mechanical shaft seals, various control cabinets, and ATEX compatibility.

Mixer for low to medium viscosity products

In the edible oil industry, the removal of impurities such as phospholipids, which can affect the stability and quality of oil, is crucial. Traditional methods can be time-consuming and energy-intensive, creating challenges in both efficiency and output quality.
<h2>Optimize oil purity with versatile degumming techniques</h2>
The degumming process from Crown Iron Works offers a range of methods including water, acid, enhanced, enzymatic, and cold degumming to effectively remove impurities from edible oils. The MultiPure Degumming/Neutralizing system is particularly noteworthy for its flexibility, allowing easy transitions between different degumming methods by adjusting operating conditions or adding components for enzymatic treatment. Designed with an atmospheric reactor that features variable retention time and agitation, the system maximizes precipitation of nonhydratable gums. Temperature control at each step and a high shear variable speed mixer ensure intensive interaction between oil and reagents. Complete with options for water-washing or special sorbents, this process delivers optimal quality and maximum yield with minimal energy consumption.

Industrial oil degumming process

Industrial washing systems are used to clean and disinfect a variety of items in research and manufacturing facilities. Industrial washers use solvents and cleaning agents with mechanical action to remove deposits and residues from stainless steel machinery components, empty containers, and other soiled surfaces. The selection of an industrial or commercial washer depends on the type of items and surfaces to be cleaned, the type of deposits/residue that is typically present, whether drying is required after rinsing and the level of sterilization necessary. Manufacturers will have cleaning specifications and as a result, require washers to be engineered to meet these specs.

Washing

Ensuring an even and consistent coating on breakfast cereals without affecting their texture can be challenging. Abrasion, heat loss, and inadequate slurry control are common issues that need to be addressed to maintain product quality and efficiency.
<h2>Optimize coating for breakfast cereals</h2>
The Coating Drum from CEREX is specifically designed to enhance the coating process for various types of breakfast cereals while minimizing abrasion and heat loss. With a diameter of 1200 mm, the drum provides flexibility and consistent coating results. Its insulated cover eliminates the need for additional heating, making the system energy-efficient. Easy to operate and maintain, the drum uses adaptable spraying nozzles that ensure precise control over slurry addition. This feature prevents the shrinking effect commonly seen in puffed products or crispies. Each nozzle is individually configurable via the control panel, facilitating full control over the coating process. The system also includes heated blocks with internal piping and heated nozzles, designed for easy cleaning and maintenance.

Industrial coating drum for breakfast cereals

In the confectionery industry, achieving uniform and precise wafer blocks can be challenging, especially at higher production speeds. Producers need a solution that ensures hygiene, consistency, and efficiency in combining wafer sheets with cream layers.
<h2>Build and press wafer blocks</h2>
The Franz Haas HL-ZLV by Bühler is a high-speed block building device designed for the confectionery industry. This device folds two hollow wafer sheets spread with cream into a single block. It consists of an upper and lower belt, and uses a robotic arm with a vacuum plate to place the top sheet onto the lower sheet. The entire unit is made from stainless steel for easy cleaning and maintains high hygienic standards with transparent polycarbonate doors for full visibility during production. Capable of processing up to 40 wafer sheets per minute, the device ensures consistent and precise pressing from all sides, preventing damage while securing the wafer sheets in place.

High-speed wafer block building device

Pressing

In the pharmaceutical, cosmetics, chemical, and food industries, achieving homogeneous, high-quality liquid and cream products can be challenging. Issues like inconsistent blending, air entrapment, and improper temperature control frequently arise during mixing and processing stages.
<h2>Homogenize, emulsify, and de-aerate with precision</h2>
The Bachmix R by Bachiller is an industrial vacuum mixer designed to handle liquid and viscous products up to 20,000 liters. It excels in homogenizing, emulsifying, and de-aerating processes, making it ideal for applications that require high-viscosity homogenization. The mixer operates under vacuum or pressure and supports washing and sterilization. Its internal and external homogenization capabilities ensure thorough mixing, while its design adheres to GMP and EHEDG standards, ensuring compliance with industry regulations. Suitable for a wide range of industries including pharmaceutical, cosmetics, chemical, and food, the Bachmix R offers a versatile and robust solution for complex mixing needs.

Vacuum mixer for liquid and cream processing

Deaeration

In the development of cosmetic, pharmaceutical, and food products, achieving consistent homogenization, emulsification, and deaeration is essential. Researchers and product developers often face the challenge of processing high-viscosity and complex rheology materials under controlled conditions.
<h2>Achieve consistent mixing and emulsification</h2>
The Bachlab is a laboratory vacuum mixer reactor designed for liquids and semisolid materials, providing versatile functionality for various processes. Utilizing coaxial mixing tools and a high-shear rotor-stator system, it ensures stable emulsification and dispersion. The equipment integrates vacuum, pressure, heating, and cooling operations, all controlled via an intuitive PLC system with a color touchscreen. Available in capacities from 5 to 150 liters, with options for standard and recirculation versions, the Bachlab allows precise process control and data registration via Ethernet. Ergonomically designed for easy access, it adheres to GMP and EHEDG standards, making it ideal for cosmetic, pharmaceutical, chemical, and food industries. Bachiller offers this mixer as part of a broader range of products, ensuring seamless scale-up to industrial production.

Laboratory vacuum mixer reactor for liquids and semi-solids

In manufacturing processes of cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, or food and beverages, achieving uniform homogenization and stable emulsions for high-viscosity products is critical. Efficient control of process parameters like temperature, pressure, and stirring speeds is essential to ensure consistent quality.
<h2>Control processing parameters for uniform mixtures</h2>
The Bachmix Compact, available from Bachiller, is an industrial vacuum mixer and reactor designed for liquids and semi-solids. This system enables operations such as homogenization, emulsification, and sterilization under controlled vacuum and pressure conditions. It integrates a slow anchor stirrer with a rotor-stator emulsifier to create fine and stable emulsions, even for products with high viscosity and complex rheology. Users can precisely adjust and monitor process parameters through a PLC control system with a color touchscreen interface. The equipment’s sanitary design is compliant with cGMP and FDA standards. With capacities ranging from 150 to 10,000 liters and an operational temperature up to 200°C, it caters to sectors such as cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and food processing.

Industrial vacuum mixer and reactor for liquids

In industries where precise mixing and homogenization of ingredients is essential, traditional methods often fall short in maintaining product consistency and quality. Especially in sectors like pharmaceuticals and cosmetics, achieving a high degree of uniformity is crucial to meet regulatory standards and customer expectations.
<h2>Ensure uniform mixing and efficient homogenization</h2>
The Axomix 25-50 by Axomatic, part of the Marchesini Group, is an under vacuum homogenizer designed for consistent and efficient mixing of complex formulations. Contra-rotating slow mixing with Teflon scrapers and a high-speed homogenizing turbine (up to 3,000 rpm) ensure thorough processing. This equipment features a mechanical lifting cover and tilting vessel for easy discharge of finished products. The system's ability to suck raw materials under vacuum and discharge the finished product through central bottom valves adds to its efficiency. Optional features include check weighters, a cleaning system by spray balls, production data printing, and steam heating. The control panel T&S color kind displays all key operating data to enhance user oversight. The equipment includes a vacuum pump with a power of 0.75 kW and heating elements rated at 6 kW. Key industries that benefit from this technology include pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and food processing.

Industrial under vacuum homogenizer

In modern industrial processes, achieving consistent product texture and homogeneous mixtures can be a significant challenge due to the complexity of various materials and ingredients used.
<h2>Enhances mixing with contra-rotating technology</h2>
The Axomix 1500 - 6000 from Axomatic, part of the Marchesini Group, is an advanced under vacuum homogenizer designed to address these challenges. It features contra-rotating mixing with Teflon scrapers and a homogenizing turbine that can reach speeds up to 3,000 rpm. The fixed vessel and central bottom valves enable efficient suction of raw materials and discharge of the finished product under vacuum conditions. An optional hydraulic lifting cover and inspection window with light allow easy monitoring and intervention during mixing phases. Suitable for a range of industrial applications, the Axomix 1500 - 6000 offers options like check weighters, cleaning systems by spray balls, production data printing, and heating by steam.

Industrial food processors require comprehensive solutions for consistent, high-quality, and safe food production. Achieving repeatability in Sous Vide cooking with minimized labor and maintenance costs is crucial for maintaining production efficiency and delivering market-ready products.
<h2>Ensures uniform cooking and efficient chilling</h2>
The Thermix™ Sous Vide System by Armorinox (Middleby) is a fully automated water cook and chill process, designed for Sous Vide cooking technology. This system enables industrial food processors to achieve consistently high yields and guaranteed food safety with every batch. Sous Vide products are vacuum-sealed in high-barrier protective envelopes, extending shelf life without preservatives. The system's flexible design allows for the simultaneous processing of various products, leveraging continuous circulation for consistent thermal transfer. Capable of handling 0.5 to 5 tons per hour, it integrates various levels of automation to maintain a steady flow of superior-quality products with minimal human labor. This makes it suitable for diverse applications including restaurants, large-scale food services, and retail markets. Its design emphasizes energy efficiency, cost minimization, and reduced maintenance requirements.

Automated sous vide cooking and chilling system

Vacuum

In softgel production facilities, achieving high-quality gelatins is essential for ensuring the integrity and consistency of the final product. Traditional melters often struggle with inconsistent mixing and aeration, leading to defects and inefficiencies in the production line.
<h2>Optimized mixing for consistent gelatin quality</h2>
The Gelatin Melters from Arbes Tools are designed to provide optimal and effective mixing of gelatin mass on a stainless steel platform, featuring both single and double melters. Unique agitator-paddle design ensures thorough mixing, surpassing conventional vertical single paddle melters. The control panel allows for precise adjustments of agitator speed, water jacket temperature, and vacuum pump operation, which can be further enhanced with an optional PLC-HMI setup. A specially sized vacuum pump, included in the utility skid, maximizes de-aeration, making the gelatin suitable for high-quality softgel production. Available batch sizes accommodate various production needs.

Gelatin melters for softgel production

When scaling up food production, particularly in sectors like restaurant kitchens or small factories, consistent and thorough dough mixing is crucial. Challenges include managing large batches of dough while ensuring uniform texture and preventing over-mixing or under-mixing that can affect product quality.
<h2>Ensure consistent and precise dough mixing</h2>
The ANKO High Speed Dough Mixer, part of the ML Series, is designed to tackle large-scale dough mixing efficiently. Featuring a two-way rotary bowl, it can knead, rub, pinch, mix, twist, and roll dough to simulate hand processing. This mixer comes with accessories including a dough hook, whisk, and flat beater to accommodate different dough consistencies, aiding in versatile preparation. Built with stainless steel for durability, it also includes a mesh safety cover for compliance with hygiene regulations. The mixer operates at two speed levels to adapt to various dough requirements, providing flexibility and precision. Available models (ML-22 and ML-202E) vary in capacity, handling approximately 22 kg and 50 kg of flour respectively, ideal for restaurants and small-scale factories. This equipment, manufactured by ANKO, stands out in its category for allowing rapid and thorough dough mixing, thereby optimizing production efficiency.

Industrial dough mixer for high capacity food production

Kneading

In the bakery industry, producing large volumes of consistent, high-quality English muffins poses unique challenges. This includes ensuring precise dough temperature, gentle handling, and efficient processing, all while maintaining energy efficiency and sanitation standards.
<h2>Produce large volumes of consistent english muffins</h2>
The English Muffin Production Systems from AMF Bakery Systems, developed in partnership with Sugden, Ltd., provide an optimized, turnkey solution. These systems can produce up to 26,000 units per hour, featuring an insulated griddle that reduces energy consumption by up to 20% and individual servo drives for better control. The MuffinFlex Divider & Rounder ensure accurate scaling, while the Open Frame Mixer maintains the precise temperature range needed for optimal results. Designed for ease of maintenance and sanitation, these systems include tool-less removal for certain components and flexible configurations. Additional components such as the Vesta Spiral Cooler and the VersaLoader Robotic Product Loader further enhance efficiency and product handling.

English muffin production system

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

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

In the food processing industry, transforming large quantities of meat, vegetables, and vegan products into fine, consistent particles is crucial for ensuring quality and efficiency. Traditional methods may struggle with temperature control and maintaining hygiene during grinding and homogenization processes.
<h2>Integrate, grind, and homogenize efficiently</h2>
The Hydro Grind® Reactor from AK Systems is an advanced solution for processing both solid and semi-solid food products. This reactor builds on the established Hydro Grind® Technology, enabling the reduction of solids into the smallest particle sizes while maintaining rigorous hygiene standards. Featuring AK's vacuum process system, it ensures temperature-regulated, energy-efficient processing suitable for sensitive products. The reactor's ability to combine different process steps—including comminution and emulsion production—within a single batch results in streamlined operations. Fully automated raw material feeding, simple cleaning, and drying enhance its usability, making it ideal for cutting meat, vegetables, and vegan products in large quantities. This system supports complete process tracking of each production batch, ensuring quality and consistency.

Hydro grind reactor for meat, vegetable, and vegan product processing

Comminution

Grinders use a spinning blade or rotating abrasive elements to reduce the size of various materials. The specifications, RPM and grit of the engineered grinder, will result in various particle sizes. As a result, what you want to make will determine the type of grinder you need. Grinding is used for improving the texture and flow properties of various products and to enhance the flavor of food products such as coffee, spices, sugar, nuts, sesame, poppy seeds, lentils, wheat, and rice. Choosing the right rotational speed, grinding elements, and processing power allow the grinding and shredding of a wide range of materials into coarse or fine powders. Popular types of heavy duty grinders in food processing include angle grinders, bench grinders and meat grinders.

Grinding

Milling machines are used to reduce the size of material by cutting, crushing, or grinding it. The choice of industrial milling equipment depends on the industry and the materials to work with. Besides, there is a significant difference between those aimed to remove layers from metal or other materials workpieces and those designed to reduce particle size for materials that come in bulk.

Milling

Fruit puree is often an ingredient of various fruit-flavored yogurts, which sometimes, come with bigger fruit pieces. To ensure these pieces are not destroyed in the fruit puree production process, the concentration stage needs to be handled very gently. In addition, in order not to heavily alter the physical and organoleptic properties of the fruit, a shorter cooking process time is needed.


<h2>Evenly heated fruit products for jams using a horizontal rotating coil</h2>
The Rotating Coil Concentrator from Ghizzoni is a fruit concentrating unit that features a patented rotating coil that distributes heat evenly enabling a shorter cooking time. The coil is heated by a continuous flow of steam and slowly rotates at around 10 cycles per minute; this makes sure that the product is mixed slowly and gently. Rotating Coil Concentrator design helps preserve the texture and natural taste of the fruits in preparation for <a href="https://making.com/yoghurt/">fruit-based yogurt</a>, puree, jam or marmalade production.

Concentrator for fruit puree preparation

When producing fruit-based products such as marmalades or ice cream toppings, the process of cooking fruits needs special attention, as it can directly affect the organoleptic features of the final product. If the fruits are cooked for a long time at a high temperature, they may lose its flavor and discolor. Cooking under vacuum and below 80 °C helps preserve the flavor, color, but also vitamin content of the fruits in the most natural way possible.


<h2>Vacuum cooking fruits at low temperatures while keeping their natural taste</h2>
The Concentration Boule, from Ghizzoni, is a vacuum cooking system designed specifically for the preparation of fruit or vegetable-based products. It has a vertical cylindrical boule equipped with a scraper that prevents products from sticking to the vessel sides or burning. The vacuum cooker also features a double bottom wall for the indirect steam heating of fruits and vegetables. The vacuum technique reduces water content in the product through evaporation at low temperatures. This makes it possible to cook jams and concentrates evenly while preserving the natural taste of the product and requires less time compared to traditional cooking methods. The system has a safety feature that stops the stirring automatically when the lid is opened while cooking. This unit operates as a batch system with a capacity range from 20 kg to 7000 kg.

Vacuum and pressure cooker for fruits and vegetables

When manufacturing toothpaste, dispersing and mixing powders into liquids to create a consistent, homogeneous product is among the most difficult and challenging of mixing applications. The main problem associated with mixing powders into liquids is aeration and foaming. Unwanted air and oxidation can increase the risk of browning, off-flavors, and result in the loss of essential nutrients, like Vitamin C. Thus, it’s essential to use the right mixing equipment.
<h2>Precisely mix powders into liquids</h2>
The continuous plant type zoatec® CPU by AZO LIQUIDS is designed with a flow meter for liquid dosing and a loss-in-weight feeder for extremely precise powder dosing, thus allowing continuous production of high-quality products. It boasts intelligent control engineering and ensures optimum process control.

The machine is unique compared to conventional homogenizers as its flow direction is turned into the opposite direction of the drive. The mixer can also be used as a clean-in-place (CIP) pump due to its high pump capacity. It works by continuously dispersing and mixing variable amounts of dry solids into low viscosity to pasty liquids. Operators don’t need to premix raw materials, which makes the entire process easier.

Apart from fine powders, it is also able to process granules, and coated pellets, simultaneously. The shear rate can also be varied according to the nature of the materials, making the mixer incredibly flexible. It can thus also be used for the production of hair and skincare products, paint, food pastes etc.

Continuous mixer for toothpaste production

The production of creams or ointments can be either be a water in oil (w/o) or oil in water (o/w). When added to water, thickening, stabilizing and emulsifying ingredients can form agglomerates, in the same way that lumps can be formed in the oil phase. You thus need a solution capable of hydrating and dispersing the ingredients so well that the emulsion does not break during oil addition.
<h2>Modular designed mixing and dispersing solution</h2>
Designed by AZO LIQUIDS, the Batch vacuum processing plants type zoatec® BG can be used for mixing, dispersing, and emulsifying two different liquids, or liquids and dry powders.

Since it’s designed with standardized modules, the model can be adapted to different requirements with exceptional flexibility. This ensures shorter startup and installation times. AZO’s homogenizer has an innovative and unique configuration, making the homogenizer fully reachable from the outside. Thus, the entire working area can be removed without dismantling a lot of pipelines, making the cleaning and maintenance of the equipment very easy.

Moreover, the unit can be adapted to meet the current guidelines and standards for quality assurance, including Good Manufacturing Practice, SIP, and ATEX.

Apart from the pharmaceutical and cosmetics industry, for the production of ointments, gels and creams it can also be used for a wide range of liquid to paste-like applications in the food industry. These include sauces, ketchup, fish paste, marmalade and jam, chocolate fillings, concentrated soup, mayonnaise, dressings, cheese spread, and juices.

Batch vacuum mixer for emulsion-based products

Sauce cookers and mixing machines have traditionally been designed to suit one process. This can mean they are an inefficient choice for multi-recipe production. By installing a modern, fully flexible stainless steel machine that can handle a wide range of processes, you can produce a range of high-quality products more efficiently. All while still maintaining the maximum quality of sauce or food that you wish to make.


<h2>Fully-flexible cooking and sauce mixer machine for a wide range of food products</h2>
The MultiMix from Enoop is a highly advanced full automatic mixer and cooker unit that has been designed from the outset to be incredibly versatile.

Able to mix, chop, cut, cook, cool, concentrate, emulsify, and perform vacuum deaeration and homogenisation, the MultiMix can handle the widest range of product recipes. From chili sauce to any other type of mixing you can think of.

The MultiMix cooking mixer machine is fitted with a vacuum system, as well as cooling and heating up to 125 Celsius. Thus, allowing a full range of sauce cooking operations to be formed by the same machine.

For rapid changeover, full clean-in-place system ensures quick and thorough cleaning. The 90-degree tilting bowl and pneumatic dispensing valve make emptying after sauce mixing, quick and easy.

Full Siemens PLC with touchscreen control allows simple operation. The recipe management system allows step-by-step parameter programming and recipe store and recall. Additionally, HACCP compliant data recording is available for this cooking mixer machine.

Universal Mixer and Cooker for Sauces

When producing liquid and viscous products such as mayonnaise, sauces, dressings and ketchup it’s vital to achieve thorough emulsification and homogenization to ensure product quality. Traditional homogenizing solutions can be slow and difficult to clean, increasing downtime between batches. A modern vacuum-based system offers the flexibility to produce a wide range of products quickly, with exceptional quality and short cycle time.


<h2>Vacuum processing plant for emulsions, suspensions and gels</h2>
The MultiVacH from Enoop is a state-of-the-art processing plant for the production of high-quality sauces, mayonnaise, <a href="https://making.com/ketchup/">ketchup</a> and other liquid and viscous products.

Designed to be completely flexible, MultiVacH can be used whenever liquids or powders need to be thoroughly mixed and offers both cooling and heating to suit all production methods.

Ingredients are circulated via vacuum pump to a high-shear mixing element, then recirculated. This allows for extremely fast processing, as the circulation of product provides additional macro-mixing.

Downtime associated with batch or product changes is reduced to an absolute minimum thanks to fully pumped emptying via the recirculation line. In addition, rotating clean-in-place nozzles speeds up cleaning, allowing the MultiVacH to be used in multi-recipe environments.

Heating and cooling are via a double-jacket system, with direct steam injection available for high-temperature recipes.

Control is via a Siemens PLC with 12” touchscreen display, allowing observation and control of all parameters. Production can be manual, semi-automatic or fully automatic to your requirements.

Vacuum based homogenizer

When producing liquid solutions for cosmetics, such as eyeshadow, it’s vital to keep the raw ingredients in perfect condition before they are brought together. A dedicated storage solution with mixing facility eliminates sedimentation in the liquids, thus maintaining the highest end-product quality.
<h2>Vertical mixing tanks with individual stations for liquid cosmetics</h2>
The MSC 5V from Lorenzato is a dedicated mixing tank solution for liquid cosmetics.

Supplied with 5 or more individual stations, the MSC 5V allows for variable mix control to each tank. The stainless steel tanks feature manual dosing valves and have a capacity of 25 litres each.

The control unit features a simple push-button operation for ease of operation.

Mixing tanks for liquid cosmetic products

<span style="font-weight: 400;">The production of high quality pharmaceuticals often requires mixing of suspensions and similar solutions. A key challenge to overcome is the unwanted incorporation of air to the mix. Air incorporation causes major problems in processing and end-product quality. Air in the product may </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">cause excessive foaming, increased fouling in heat exchangers, and cavitation in homogenizers. A modern vacuum mixing solution can overcome these problems, as well as ensuring efficient operations with longer production hours, lower maintenance costs, and a safe, high-quality end product.</span>
<h2>Mobile and fixed vacuum mixing units for pharmaceutical production</h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">The vacuum mixer range from Ipros has been designed specifically for the pharmaceutical industry, and units are tailor made to suit your exact solution production requirements.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Based on an all-stainless GMP frame design, the vacuum mixer range is available with vessel sizes from as small as 30 litres up to 500 litres in a portable format, and from 500 litres up to 1000 litres in fixed format with forklift supports. This makes the range suitable for all scales of production.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">The Ipros vacuum mixer units can run with a vacuum down to -1 bar, and can be specified with heating or cooling elements, and as insulated or non-insulated vessels as your requirements dictate. All vessels can be designed to connect to a wide variety of automated, semi-automated and manual process systems for simple integration.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Perfect for use in the most stringent pharmaceutical production environments, the vacuum mixers have integrated cleanable and sterilisable energy connections, GMP motor and utility housings, and are supplied with an operator panel and software allowing for full process control. These mixers can be used for any ATEX compliant executions.</span>

Vacuum mixer for suspensions

<span style="font-weight: 400;">For the development and production of high quality gastronomy sauces and pastes for use in catering or food production, the usage of an automatic combination food processor speeds up processing times and increases quality. These combination machines cook, cool, concentrate, knead, refine, cut, mix, homogenise and pulverises all types of food products extremely quickly whilst preserving quality and providing exceptional results - perfect for developing high-quality sauces and pastes.</span>


<h2>Complete solution for high quality sauces with advanced features and ease of use</h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">The Roboqbo Qb series is the perfect choice for developing and producing restaurant-quality sauces and pastes, and is available in a range of capacities suited to everything from R&amp;D and micro-scale production through to high-volume mass production, from 8 litres to 550 litres</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">The Qb series has been developed with ease of use as a priority, and features a 10.1” touchscreen control unit driven by proprietary software that allows complete automation of sauce and paste making, as well as storage and recall of recipes.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Perfect, even, and extremely rapid cooking helps to maintain the highest quality of sauces and pastes, and the Qbo delivers this thanks to its APS heating system. This Advanced Power Steam  unit features a built-in steam generator with energy saving technology and condensate recovery. The unit is completely sealed and requires no maintenance and allows for perfect temperature control. The entire processor system can be sealed to allow both vacuum and pressure cooking processes, meaning advanced techniques can be used to ensure nutritional properties and taste are preserved in your gastronomy sauces.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">The jacketed bowl can be heated up to 120°C, as well as cooled using the built-in water system, with an optional chiller unit providing more rapid cooling where required.. </span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Cleanup and maintenance is simplified with automatic Clean in Place (CIP) features including an automatic wash programme and separate steam nozzle for external cleaning.</span>

Easy to use food processor for gastronomy sauces and pastes

<span style="font-weight: 400;">The production of creams, sauces, ragouts, ready-to-bake, and similar products require combinations of mixing, heating and cooling, necessitating several pieces of equipment. By combining temperature treatments and mixing processes in one machine, cost can be reduced and efficiency increased, all while maintaining excellent product quality.</span>


<h2>Combined mixing and thermal treatment system for a wide range of products</h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Tonelli has used it’s well-known industry experience to bring together cutting-edge mixing and thermal treatment processes in one unit - the Tonelli CombiTherMix.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">The CombiTherMix features a centrifugal homogenizer that offers 3 different types of rotating impeller, allowing you to achieve the optimal results for your product.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Integral scrapers and interchangeable mixing tools make this a fully flexible machine able to handle recipes from delicate sauces to hearty ragouts, or robust pâtés.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">The CombiTherMix features a host of cooking options including saturated steam, food-grade steam injection, and hard vacuum treatments. For cooling and freezing it has the facility to use pumped iced water or liquid nitrogen. All are available in the same single unit, saving you money over having multiple production equipment.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Featuring an aseptic discharge valve for hygiene, the CombiTherMix is constructed of stainless steel for easy cleaning and hygienic practice. </span>

Temperature-treatment mixer for bakery &amp; gastronomy

<span style="font-weight: 400;">In food industry production, the development and production of ready-meal recipes is enhanced by the use of a combination food processor with rapid cooking and advanced automated preparation processes. High quality machines produce excellent results that are repeatable thanks to in-built recipe memory functions.</span>


<h2>Complete solution for ready meals with advanced features and ease of use</h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">The Roboqbo Qbo series is the perfect choice for developing and producing ready meals. It’s available in a range of sizes to suit your exact requirements, from large production scale, through to small-scale use for R&amp;D or for farms and other niche producers.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">The Qbo series is extremely simple to use with a 10.1” touchscreen control panel featuring proprietary Roboqbo software that allows processes to be fully automated and recipes to be stored and recalled. It’s available in capacities from 8 to 500 litres to provide the perfect fit for your requirements.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">The Qbo’s advanced automated processing features mean that ready meals of different consistencies can be prepared, mixed and cooked with ease.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">The units feature a built-in steam generator with energy saving technology and condensate recovery. This Advanced Power Steam (APS) unit is completely sealed and requires no maintenance. Perfect, even, and extremely rapid cooking is possible thanks to this APS heating system, where the taste and nutritional properties of your ready-meal ingredients are preserved. The jacketed bowl can be heated up to 120°C as well as cooled using the built-in water system, speeding up the process of getting your ready-meals prepared for packaging or further processing.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">The entire system as well as the bowl can be sealed for both vacuum and pressure cooking processes, offering even more scope for ready-meals containing larger chunks of ingredients that need even cooking.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Cleanup and maintenance is simplified with automatic Clean in Place (CIP) features including an automatic wash programme and separate steam nozzle for external cleaning.</span>

Industrial food processor for cooking ready meals in different consistencies

High temperatures, oxidation and evaporation from long sessions of conventional cooking can impact negatively on food flavour, colour and volume.


<h2>Boil, braise, mix and cut whilst vacuum cooking</h2>
The Firex High-P vacuum cooker is a new system of cooking at low temperature that combines new mixer technology, patented for cutting and homogenisation, with sous vide cooking methods. Dynamic vacuum operation preserves liquid, giving greater yield of finished product in a fraction of the time, avoiding oxidation and leaving food taste intact. Designed for processing raw materials into dressings, sauces and jams, the High-P can be used for multiple food processes, making it indispensable in any professional kitchen.

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Industrial sous vide cooker

Manufacturers of cosmetic products need mixing equipment that is capable, flexible, easy to maintain, and low-cost to stay competitive.  Accurate mixing from a reliable, user-friendly machine will give plant managers peace of mind and worry-free operation to focus on improving other areas of their process.
<h2>Consistent mix quality from an easy-to-use, low-cost system</h2>
IKA's SPP Standard Production Plant is a simple yet very capable system for all standard mixing processes, such as homogenizing, emulsifying, stirring, and dispersing ingredients.  The emulsifying system includes a robust anchor agitator with a fixed flow breaker which moves the entire batch volume even for mixes of high viscosities.  A highly advanced scraper design keeps the vessel walls free from scaling, and unique vessel geometry allows the processing of small batches down to 30% of the rated working volume.

The system includes interchangeable dispersing tools and adjustable speed control, dispersing quality and options for a heated or cooled double-walled vessel, and vacuum degassing of the working chamber, among others.  The unit is easy to clean using a CIP system, and maintenance and inspection is simplified by concentrating major components in easily accessible areas.  This design also helps keep the required floor space of the units as low as possible. The SPP is available in working capacities from 25 to 4.000 liters.

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