Maintaining stable fermentation conditions for microbial activity

The balance between lactic acid bacteria and yeast cultures determines the acidity profile, aroma compounds and functional properties of sourdough. To stabilise this process, Agriflex fermentation systems use temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks combined with controlled agitation. The mixing system keeps the sourdough homogeneous throughout the fermentation cycle while scraper geometries prevent sedimentation or crust formation on the tank walls. Maintaining uniform temperature and hydration conditions allows microbial activity to develop under stable and repeatable conditions.

Automated sourdough handling integrated into dough production lines

The fermentation units are designed to operate as part of an automated ingredient handling and dough preparation system. Sensors continuously monitor fermentation temperature and process timing, while controlled mixing maintains homogeneous sourdough properties during long fermentation cycles. Once the desired fermentation stage is reached, the sourdough can be automatically discharged and dosed into industrial mixers. This controlled process allows bakeries to maintain consistent sourdough characteristics while integrating fermentation into high-capacity bread production environments.

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Fluidised Air Cooling and Dehumidification for Powdered Ingredients

In many industrial bakeries, flour is stored in silos or handling systems where temperature and humidity vary depending on climate and storage duration. These variations can affect dough hydration, fermentation kinetics and mixer performance. Agriflex addresses this challenge with a two-stage cooling process. First, ambient air is cooled and dehumidified through a tubular heat exchanger connected to a refrigeration circuit. The treated air is then separated from condensate in a vertical treatment unit, producing cold, dry process air that can be used for ingredient conditioning.

Inline Ingredient Cooling Through a Spiral Heat Exchange Circuit

The cooled air is introduced into a pneumatic conveying circuit where the ingredient passes through a spiral stainless-steel pipe immersed in a cooling exchanger. This configuration maximises heat transfer surface area while maintaining continuous ingredient flow. Sensors and probes monitor the temperature in real time, allowing the system to stabilise ingredient temperature automatically before dosing to the mixer. Depending on process conditions, the system can reduce ingredient temperature by more than 30°C while maintaining homogeneous thermal conditions and avoiding thermal stress on the flour. Because the process operates in a closed circuit, no ice or external cooling agents are required, ensuring recipe integrity and hygienic handling of raw materials.

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Grinds Sugar into Consistent Icing Powder

The Bauermeister UCOM Sugar Grinding Mills are engineered for precision and efficiency in food processing. These mills feature explosion-resistant construction compliant with Atex 2014/34/EU regulations, ensuring safety in sugar processing facilities. They are specifically designed to produce icing sugar with fineness up to 90%

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Fast-drying in a compact, multi-functional design

The Conical Paddle Dryer from Hosokawa Micron is a vertical, centrally-driven dryer that combines extremely fast drying rates with a compact design. This combination of several processes in one vessel offers savings on investment costs, labor and space.
Originally designed for vacuum drying of solid-based materials, but can be used in a wide range of other applications requiring thermal processing or vacuum treatment of solids.

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Continuous paddle dryer for rapid and effective indirect drying

This continuous paddle dryer from Hosokawa Micron is a high-speed dryer. It consists of a fixed cylindrical chamber with an eccentric agitator inside and two independent movements, perfectly capable of rotating on its own axis and tangentially to the cylindrical chamber too.

It has a patented jet rotor design, which allows the injection of a gas or liquid through the paddles and into a thin layer of material as it spirals along the cylindrical wall of the unit. This continuous paddle dryer is designed to be utilized with a variety of heat sources and for other numerous applications, not to mention its speed and effectiveness.

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More control in your flash drying system

The Micron Dryer flash dryer, Drymeister® (DMR-H) from Hosokawa, can dry temperature-sensitive products, safely, even under increased temperatures, in a matter of seconds. Process parameters like classifier speed and outlet temperature can be adapted to control moisture content and particle size of the end product. The drying system is very flexible, handling moisture content fluctuations from a few % up to more than 80% in suspensions, slurries, pastes, dough, filter cakes and wet powders. The Drymeister® requires 75% less space and uses about 30-40% less energy per kilogram of evaporated water than conventional methods. The Flash combines drying system can be used in different industries such as the food industry, the chemical industry with applications in products such as pesticides, inorganic pigments and fish feed.

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Gently crush soft to medium-hard substances

The Bexmill from Hosokawa Alpine is a Conical gentle crusher, used to crush soft to medium-hard substances.

The mill can be charged both continuously and discontinuously.

Due to its conical form, the Bexmill can be operated in contrast to the classic Flake Crusher at higher revolutions. Through these larger throughputs, a higher fineness can be achieved.

The product spectrum ranges from wet to dry feed material.

This Conical gentle crusher is often used in processes of homogenization of mixtures, after mixer agglomeration, the disintegration of agglomerates, after fluid beds and kilns, and in the finishing of granulates.

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Most versatile size reduction equipment available on the market

The Mikro ACM Air classifier mill from Hosokawa Alpine is one of the most versatile types of size reduction equipment available in the market. Size reduction is a result of the feed product impacting against the rotating grinding elements and against the stationary liner. At beater tip speeds of up to 140 m/s, fineness values of d97 = 10 µm are achieved.

The fines pass through the classifying wheel and exit the mill. The cut point is a function of the classifying wheel speed, which can be adjusted even during operation.

The most common applications of the Air classifier mill, are materials for powder coatings, cosmetics, food, pharmaceutical, chemical, and Mineral industries.

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Palletizes products from multiple lines with shared cobot operation

Van Made’s Multi-Line Cobot Palletizer allows one cobot to service two or more parallel production lines. Engineered for factories with limited space and mixed-SKU output, the system uses intelligent line selection, conveyor merging and pattern control to assign pallets to different SKUs efficiently.

The cobot automatically switches between infeed lanes based on product detection, queue priority or recipe scheduling. A custom gripper accommodates cartons, trays or bags depending on application. Optional pallet conveyors feed empty pallets into position, while the cobot places products in alternating stacks, building accurate and stable pallet loads.

The modular frame enables integration with existing conveyors, case packers or baggers. Operators can change pallet patterns and SKU assignments directly from the HMI without robotics knowledge. This configuration reduces capital cost compared to multiple dedicated palletizers and improves operational flexibility.

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