GEA Batch2Flow

Fully automate your food processing line

Preparation is key when making formed products. A consistent mix of the ingredients is essential. The temperature and viscosity of the mix needs to be right as well. GEA Batch2Flow keeps the dough perfectly and safely within the mixer until the former needs it. It then moves the mixture in small portions seamlessly and rapidly along a conveyor system straight into the former. You don’t need trolleys or cooled storage rooms. The mixer controls portions as it loads the mix onto the conveyor. Temperature and viscosity are kept at the optimum level, so the mix reaches the former in perfect condition. Forming is more accurate. Waste and downtime are reduced.

Main applications

Main applications include formable meat, poultry and meat replacement mixtures.

Safeguard quality of mix 

• Automatically supplies the mix to the former, continuously and in perfect condition  
• Consistent and repeatable results: accurate portion control, minimal waste and downtime
• Full traceability as nothing is removed from the line
• Trouble-free forming, even with high-speed rotary formers

Less labor and improved hygiene

• No trollies, so less manual labor; a single person can operate complete the line
• Removes  the opportunity for human error during the process
• Improves hygiene by removing the risk of contamination from trolleys hanging over the former during loading and storage

Save space, energy and cleaning costs

• Eliminates trolleys and energy-consuming cold stores 
• Reduces the use of cleaning chemicals 
• Reduced labor and energy costs improves plant profiability