Working Principle of the Plasticizer

✔ Product Loading: Margarine in briquettes is unpacked and fed into the loading opening of the housing.

✔ Transportation: The product enters counter-rotating parallel screws that move it towards the mixer while simultaneously kneading it due to contact with the housing and screw flights.

✔ Plasticization: The kneaded margarine enters the mixer housing, where it acquires a homogeneous and fluid structure. Discharge is carried out through the mixer housing outlet under pressure created by the screws.

✔ Heating and Cleaning: The screw and mixer housing are equipped with water jackets supplied with hot water to maintain product temperature and clean internal surfaces.

Advantages of Use

✅ Improved quality – ensures the required margarine consistency and temperature, surpassing traditional fat melters.

✅ Reduced energy consumption – decreases plasticization time and reduces the load on technological equipment (mixers, dough kneading machines), increasing maintenance intervals.

✅ Automation – shortens kneading time, simplifies dosing and whipping processes.

Plasticizer Construction

✔ Housing – welded stainless steel structure with two feeding screws, mounted on the main frame.

✔ Frame and subframe – customizable to customer requirements with various design modifications available.

✔ Screw drive – driven by a worm gear motor and a gear transmission that ensures counter-rotation.

✔ Mixer – a high-speed mechanism inside the housing, driven by an electric motor with a bayonet connection for quick disassembly.

✔ Control system – touch panel on the control cabinet for setting operating modes.

Dosing

✔ Dosing unit – can be equipped with a water-jacketed heating system to maintain the temperature of the plasticized margarine.

✔ Portion delivery – performed by a screw pump.

✔ Dose control – ensured by load cell sensors, with dosage calculated by subtraction.

The plasticizer is an efficient solution for stabilizing margarine quality, reducing production costs, and automating dosing processes.