Intended use
Whether protein texturising, animal feed extrusion or kneading and mixing tasks, this powerful drive can be deployed for all essential applications in the food sector.
Combine the Lab-Station with the Twin Screw Extruders, and together with the docking station, also with the Single Screw Extruders and the Planetary Mixer P 600.
- Modular: combinable with various measurement heads
- Modular construction of complete systems
- Rotational speed: highly accurate and constant
- Also for use with Single Screw Extruder (with docking station)
- Economy version available: Lab-Station EC
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Modular and powerful – Equipped for food analysis
The powerful Lab-Station, with completely digital 16 kW motor, guarantees full torque of 400 Nm in the entire speed range of 0.2 to 275 rpm. The frequency control ensures that the speed is always highly accurate and constant, even under this load.
The drive is suitable for the following solutions:
- Twin Screw Extruder 20/40
- Single Screw Extruder 19/25
- Planetary Mixer P 600
Lab-Station
Suitable for the following applications
- Flour
- Starch
- Gluten
- Rice
- Pulses
- Pasta products
- Tobacco
- Sweets and Snacks
- Animal feed
- Fish feed
- Pet feed
- Fodder
In which industries the solution can be employed?
- Pasta industry
- Confectionary / snacks industry
- Meat industry
- Animal feed industry
Principle
The sample is inserted and then extruded by the twin-screw extruder. During the analysis, sensors and controllers measure relevant values, such as temperature and pressure. You are presented with clear values that you can use to form a correlation between the process and the product.
Application examples Twin Screw Extruder 20 / 40
- Protein extrusion
- Dry extrusion
- Wet extrusion
- Ingredients
- Modified flours (e.g. pre-gelatinised flours)
- Modified starch
- Cereals
- Chocolate crispies, loops
- General breakfast cereals
- Snacks
- Peanut flips
- Prawn crackers, flatbread
- Ready to eat
- Pasta extrusion
- Short pasta
- Long pasta
- Rice extrusion
- Ricebreak down to grain
- Animal food
- Pet food
- Fish food
Application examples Single Screw Extruder 19 / 25
- Cereals
- Chocolate crispies, loops
- General breakfast cereals
- Snacks
- Peanut flips
- Prawn crackers, flatbread
- Ready to eat
- Pasta extrusion
- Short pasta
- Long pasta
- Rice extrusion
- Ricebreak down to grain
- Animal food
- Pet food
- Fish food
Application examples Planetary Mixer P 600
- Soft and firm doughs
- Whipped mixtures
Software
The user-friendly Windows software allows operating data to be logged and for measurement results to be evaluated according to the latest standards. Online diagrams provide a quick overview of measurement data and evaluation results, even during an ongoing measurement.
The features of the program include:
- Logging of experiment conditions
- Description of the material being examined
- Control and data collection
- Representation and online printout of experimental data
- Graphical representation of experimental data obtained
Dynamometer digital AC inverter motor, carried in a pendulum bearing Power 16 kW Speed 0.2 - 275 min-1
infinitely adjustable, digital displaySpeed constancy quartz precision through digital feedback Sense of rotation forward or backward (key-operated switch) Torque measuring range 0- 400 Nm Mains connection 3x 400 V; 50/60 Hz + N + PE; 32 A Dimensions (H x W x D) 1200 x 630 x 980 mm Weight approx. 283 kg net