- Capacity : app 50 Kg/h (20 microns) depending on recipe
- Frame
- Rolls
- Drive
- Transmission
- Hydraulic system
- Roll cooling
- Scraper
- Control cabinet
- Inspection doors on both sides of the machine
- Stainless steel feeding trough (hopper)
- Stainless steel discharge chute with window
- All parts that contact with material is to be made of stainless steel, except the roll surface
Feeding section
- Easily moved out for cleaning rolls
- The 5 roll refiner has a soft start system.
- The machine can start and stop again when the rolls are under pressure.
Processing section
- Five rolls
- Roll Diameter: 200 mm
- working width: 200 mm
- Double layered cast iron
- The rolls are made of special centrifugally cast iron
- Dynamic balance is 750 rpm
- Rolls mounted in roller bearing with grease lubrication, central greasing.
- Grease lubrication pipes are central localized for easy operation.
- Special helical gear wheels in enclosed boxes with forced oil lubrication for transmission.
Cooling system
- Water automatic heat sensitive
- Solenoid valves in the cooling water cycle to allow the automatic on and off.
- In case of pressure drop or no water, the rolls are released from pressure and the system stops automatically.
- The cooling water system controlled digitally by solenoid valve system.
- Digital thermo controllers for the rolls controls the water very accurate.
- Cooling water flows over the water lance in to the roll.
- Water lance is equipped with thermometer and pressure gauge.
- Thermo sensor PT100
Driving section
- The helical gear wheels are in the left side of the frame.
- It is driven with high performance V belts directly on the fifth roll, whereby the V belt pulley is installed in the machine.
- The roll cooling is located on a block in the right hand side of the frame.
- Gears are force lubricated with oil pump.
Electric control section
The control unit is in an external control cabinet.
Dimensions
General Dimensions
Measurements of Installation and Dismantling Area
A (width) 570 mm
B (length) 1040 mm
C (Height) 1650 mm
Technical Details
Capacity
Refining capacity of LABORATORY 5 ROLL REFINER depends on the following factors:
- Thickness of powdered sugar and cacao
- Ingredients of the cacao liquor (fat content)
- Thickness of the desired refined product
- Temperatures of the rollers
- Previous processing (mixing etc.) of the product before fed into
Product Thickness
A micrometer (µm) gauge is used to measure the thickness of the refined product. The desired thickness can be set between 12 and 40 µm. usually, the desired thickness is set to 18µ ± 4µ
On this diagram the input product thickness value has been accepted as 100 micron.
Electrical data
Technical Information
Environment temperature: 24 – 36 ºC
Main motor protection type: Ip 54
Refining capacity: (see capacity diagram)
Electronics Control
PLC touch screen controls