Temperature & Viscosity Maintenance of Sensitive Foods | Chocolate Production
Published 14 Oct 2020
IBC Heaters
Process Heating & Maintaining Temperature of Chocolate
Thorne & Derrick International, based in the UK, have recently assisted a leading global confectionary manufacturer with major production issue.
Chocoloate production was at a risk of standstill if a temporary electrical heating solution could not be found and delivered within strict time restraints. T&D assisted and helped to ensure the chocolate continued to flow without revenue losses in the production processes.
Chocolate is a sensitive product to work with as fluctuations in temperature can severely effect the quality of the chocolate produced. Maintaining quality and taste occurs by keeping the temperature range between 40 and 45ºC. Chocolate solidifying is a major problem for manufacturers and blockages can result in down time and significant financial loss.
Heating of Bulk Storage Containers
T&D received a call with an initial requirement for a quantity off 40 IBC heating jackets that were time-critical needing to be on site within a month. The client needed a temporary storage solution during a production transit period. Initially they had requested 40 1KW IBC heating jackets which would be very expensive for a temporary solution. The IBC’s were identified as a stop gap and would be required for 8-10 weeks. Temporary storage containers were a possibility but ruled out as they were also too expensive.
HF6IBC-3 IBC Heating Jacket – 3000W
IBC Heaters
Getting a better understanding of the manufacturing process allowed T&D to reduce capital spend and recommend 20 units of the 3KW IBC heating jackets. This was possible as it was identified that all IBC’s didn’t need to be kept warm at any one time. Using 3KW heaters meant heat up times could be significantly reduced which in turn meant the client could reduce the batch control to 20 IBCs and thus 20 heating jackets.
This was a value engineered cost effective solution to a temporary problem. The technical expertise of the T&D design team was required to get a better understanding of what type of heating was required, how the heat up time could be reduced and ultimately what jacket would be most suitable.
Customer Contact
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Understanding of Application of Production Process
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Design Proposal
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Technical Qualification & Evaluation
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Order Placed
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Further Reading
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HF6IBC-3 IBC Heating Jacket – 3000W 3KW – Brochure
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HF6IBC-3 IBC Heating Jacket – 3000W 3KW – Spec Sheet
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