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The well-proven design of these Dry Batch Mixers ensures enough mixing time after ingredient dosing for a homogenous dough or paste and sevimli handle up to 3 batcher per hour.

The process is shown in Figure 4. Refiner flakes are transferred into the feed hopper, its filling level controls speed of the feed screw and compensates supply variations. While some cocoa butter is added, the screw feeds the pasting columns. It is equipped with adjustable baffles and shearing wings; the flakes are subjected to intensive mechanical stress. During this process the mass changes from its dry state (dry conching) to a tough plastic state. Cleaned conditioned air is supplied by fan. After finally adding lecithin it leaves the pasting column in flowable consistency. The mass is passed to an intermediate tank whose stirrers and wall scrapers keep the chocolate in motion to stabilise the process of the structural changes after the adding of lecithin.

Conching is a process that sevimli take anywhere from a few hours to several days, depending on the desired flavor development and texture of the chocolate.

So one important part of the flow curve is at very low shear. The yield value defines the shear stress, when the mass starts to move. Bey a minimum shear rate is necessary for the measurement, usually the yield value saf to be extrapolated from the flow curve according to sistem equations, like the ones developed by Casson and Windhab1. Yield values or measurements at low shear stress also have a great practical importance, bey many industrial operations are carried out with masses flowing slowly, for example the equal distribution of still liquid mass in a mould.

Use the table below to estimate possible melt rates of chips or buttons and blocks – from small (10lbs) to one ton. The examples below are based on melting chips/buttons with typical coating characteristics.

The chocolate dough, well refined and rendered its consistency means a shiny looking, homogenous and luscious chocolate.

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The steel belt transport system is specially designed to efficiently transport chocolate flake from the pre-refiner to the five roll refiner and from the five roll refiner to the conches. Motor power varies by conveyor length.

An improved dry run camera system with a larger (30 cm) monitoring range helps to avoid roll dry runs. Shear pins are designed to prevent major damage caused by foreign bodies in the roll gap and Finer S offers you pressure monitoring for hydraulics, water and air.

The performance of the paste mixer is critical to the performance of the refining line. The ingredients must be dosed accurately, timely and in the correct quantities and sequence. It is critical that the mixer produces a homogeneous coarse chocolate paste batch after every batch.