PZh-400 fat melter for food production

Customer

Manufacturing company

Region

Saint Petersburg

Year of delivery

2022

Equipment

Fat and butter melter

Catalogue sections

Milk processing equipment, Butter making equipment

A fat melter is essential for any production working with solid animal and vegetable fats: butter, margarine, confectionery and cooking fats. A manufacturing company in Saint Petersburg was looking for a unit that could reliably prepare melted fat for its process line.

In June 2022 the company received a 400-litre PZh-400 fat melter. The unit melts fat raw material in a jacketed vessel with an agitator: heating is via a heat-transfer medium, with no contact between the product and an exposed heating element, so the fat does not scorch or lose quality.

The agitator evens out the temperature throughout the volume and speeds up melting, while controlled heating keeps the melt within a set temperature range until it is fed to the line. For food producers this is crucial: overheated fat changes the taste and colour of the finished product, and this cannot be corrected at later stages.

The unit took its place in the company's process chain as a buffer tank for raw material preparation: the line receives fat at the right temperature evenly, without pauses for melting by hand. The stainless steel construction and full washability of the vessel make it possible to work with different types of fat without carrying odours over between batches.