The alco batter mixer is designed for mixing and preparing a wide variety of liquid media. The reliable and solid mixer is composed of a central vessel and an agitator, in which several batters are mixed or kept at a homogeneous consistency. The agitator is easily and conveniently operated by a PLC control via touch panel. A pump, located at the base of the vessel, is used to gently pump batter, tempura or marinades to other nearby plant systems.
Features & Benefits
Solid rotary pump – mixes standard batters as well as lightly leavened tempura batters
Pump in hygienic design, agitator is electrochemically polished
Equipped with stainless steel drives
Effective agitator with two mixing blades
PLC control with touch panel for several continuously adjustable operators
Simplified measurement by means of an integrated measuring scale
Designed according to the latest hygiene and safety standards
Options & Models
The alco batter mixer is available in PRO and AUTOMIX series
The PRO version is used for capacities of 150l or 300l
The AUTOMIX version is used for bigger batches. In the automated system, mixtures with preset viscosity, temperature, and quantity can be produced and stored in consistent quality
Do you eat your schnitzel plain or prefer it breaded? With our battering machine, you’ll apply different liquid coating materials to the food to be processed and get, for example, crispy schnitzel and succulent mozzarella sticks that way.
Battering is mainly used in combination with predusting/flouring and/or breading. The process is most frequently used to apply an adhesive layer for the subsequent breadcrumbs. Through the use of powerful pumps, it is possible to process both thin and thick batterings. The wet panade also serves as a carrier of salts, spices, and flavorings, making your product tasty and succulent.
So many possible uses: With our battering machine, liquid materials of various viscosity can be applied to your products. The top-performance pump system coats schnitzel, fish sticks, etc. completely and evenly on all sides with batter or light marinades. Excess coating on the top or bottom of the product can easily be removed through an adjustable blower system and integrated material return system. That way, our battering machine also saves resources.
Perfectly suitable for schnitzel, mozzarella sticks, fish sticks, cordon bleu, plant-based food, vegetables, and other special applications.
Features & Benefits
Runs a wide range of products and batter materials all in one applicator
Complete coating of the product with batter on all sides through overflow devices with batter curtain
Top-performance pump system with adjustable speed allows liquid coating materials of various viscosity to be used
Made entirely of stainless steel and food-approved materials
Easy-to-clean design with high operating safety
Details
Available in 250, 400, 600, 700 and 1.000mm belt widths
An adjustable blower system removes excess materials from the top and bottom of products through an adjustable blower system with an additionally integrated material return system
An optional cooling jacket makes it possible to cool the coating material by injecting a coolant into the double-jacket container
High outputs with the optional high-speed product belt that allows for belt speeds of up to 29 m/min through a top-performance stainless steel drive
The optional rotary lobe pump reliably conveys less flowable coating materials
Additional accessories available, like e.g. a liquid batter filter that continuously filters coarser particles from the liquid batter, constantly keeping the viscosity of the battering material at the desired level for a high-quality product
Models
The alco Battering machine is available in PRO and ECO series
The PRO series is usually the go-to solution for high hourly outputs
The ECO series has identical functionality but is a more space-saving and cost-saving version with a compact design
Want it nice and crispy on top? Unleash the power of breading, the ultimate partner to perfect battering! Our breading machine complements the flavor of schnitzel, fish sticks, and cordon bleu with the right breading. The alco breading machine guarantees a high coating pick up with all sorts of fine to coarse grains.
As the final touch in the breading process, it’s where your products truly come to life. The appearance of your creations is paramount, directly impacting their market appeal. With alco’s cutting-edge breading lines, you can effortlessly handle a wide range of “free-flowing” breadcrumbs, whether they’re finely ground or coarsely textured. But we don’t stop there! Our innovative technology even allows you to confidently process unique combinations like mixed breadcrumbs and crunchy cornflakes.
Breading applied with our breading machine simply speaks for itself! That’s because the perfected procedure for crispy coatings handles all free-flowing breading materials, whether fine or coarse-grained. Fish and meat are evenly coated with breading from above over a breading bed using a distribution system. Special devices and gently running the product over a system of straps ensure that the final product gets to be the way you imagined it to be. Experience the seamless art of breading with alco, where every bite becomes a culinary masterpiece.
Perfectly suitable for schnitzel, cordon bleu, fish sticks, mozzarella sticks, Japanese Panko breading, plant-based food, vegetables, and other special applications.
Features & Benefits
Suitable for virtually all breading materials of varying grain
Even, adjustable coating with the coarse and fine amount of the breading material through a special distribution system
Adjustable blower system and vibration and pressing devices for achieving the optimal coat result
Gentle conveyor system with material return and minimal dust formation
Easy to fill the equipment with the material through a storage container
Made entirely of stainless steel and food-approved materials
Easy-to-clean design, easy to empty the material with high operating safety
Details
An air knife removes excess materials from the topside of products through an adjustable blower system with an additionally integrated material return system
The PLC operating system controls the plant in a smart and user-friendly way through a touch panel with functions like recipe management, etc.
Add the optional vibrating plate that presses the coating material on hard and kneads it into the product
Additional fill level monitoring measures the funnel fill level through a sensor and fills the funnel automatically
A high-speed product belt allows for belt speeds of up to 29 m/min through a top-performance stainless steel drive
Models
The alco Breading machine is available in PRO and ECO series
The PRO series is usually the go-to solution for high hourly outputs
The ECO series has identical functionality but is a more space-saving and cost-saving version with a compact design
Viscous, non-pumpable materials like heavy liquid batters, tempura, and marinades can be applied to your product particularly well with our alco dipper. The products sit in between an upper and lower belt and are guided through a bath of coating media, e.g. a BBQ marinade or tempura batter. By means of an adjustable blower system, the excess coating material can be removed. That way, you get a product according to your taste.
Perfectly suitable for BBQ products, tempura coated products, fried fish, nuggets, vegetables and plant-based meat alternatives
Features & Benefits
Suitable for all viscous coating materials
The product is run through a bath of coating media; the coating media is not pumped
Made entirely of stainless steel and food-approved plastic
Easy-to-clean design, to be cleaned without any auxiliary tools, no parts dismantling required
Additional accessories available, such as the batter mixer for automatically mixing the batter material and filling the dipper vessel with it
Details
Available in 400, 600, 700 and 1.000mm belt widths
An air knife removes excess materials from the top and bottom of products through an adjustable blower system to maintain desired pick up with an additionally integrated material return system
The PLC control regulates the system in a smart and user-friendly way through a touch panel with functions like recipe management, etc.
A pivotable outlet belt optimally transfers the product to downstream equipment
Use outlet openings to conveniently empty and clean the equipment tray
The optional double-wall design makes it possible to inject a coolant to cool the coating material through a double-wall design
Introducing the alco Dustfree PRO CYCLONE dust extraction system – the ultimate solution for maintaining a clean and dust-free working environment.
Designed specifically for alco predusters and breading machines, this advanced system effectively removes excessive dust, ensuring optimal hygiene and safety. By creating subatmospheric pressure within the machine, the Dustfree PRO CYCLONE whirls up and extracts all dust particles, which are then collected in a separate tank for re-use. With its powerful built-in fan system and seamless integration with the coating machine’s blower system, this solution guarantees thorough exhaust and air cleaning. Say goodbye to dust-related concerns and embrace a higher standard of cleanliness with the alco Dustfree PRO CYCLONE. Experience the industry-leading quality, flexibility, and reliability trusted by the food industry.
Introducing the alco crumb and flour feeders, designed to optimize your breading and pre-dusting processes for maximum efficiency and convenience.
The alco crumb feeder is specifically designed to effortlessly feed a breading machine with breadcrumbs. Handling sacs of 25 kg can be challenging when they need to be loaded into the upper hopper of a breading machine. With the alco crumb feeder, operators can easily discharge the sacs into a hopper at an ergonomic working height of approximately 950 mm. The crumbs are then gently fed into the upper hopper of the breading machine through a feed screw, ensuring a seamless and precise process. This crumb feeder is compatible with a wide range of standard breadcrumbs and is equipped with high-quality stainless-steel drives for durability and reliability. It is delivered with all necessary connecting elements for seamless integration with your coating machine.
Similarly, the alco flour feeder is designed to streamline the feeding of a pre-duster with flour, spices, or sugar. Managing sacs of 25 kg and transferring them into the upper hopper of a pre-duster can be a cumbersome task. The alco flour feeder eliminates this challenge by allowing operators to effortlessly discharge the sacs into a hopper at an ergonomic working height of approximately 950 mm. The flour is then gently fed into the upper hopper of the pre-duster using a feed screw. To ensure continuous and even transportation of the flour, an additional horizontal feed screw is mounted at the bottom of the hopper. This advanced design guarantees a smooth and consistent flow of flour throughout the process. The alco flour feeder accommodates a wide range of standard flours, spices, or sugars and is equipped with high-quality stainless-steel drives for optimal performance. It comes complete with all necessary connecting elements for easy integration with your pre-duster.
Experience enhanced efficiency, improved handling, and seamless automation with the alco crumb and flour feeders. These reliable and versatile solutions deliver exceptional results while meeting the highest standards of the food industry for hygiene, durability, flexibility, and safety. Upgrade your breading and pre-dusting operations with alco’s innovative feeders and take your production to the next level.
Home Style Breading, popularized by several global, renowned brands, is a beloved culinary technique in the food processing industry. It involves coating food products, such as chicken, with a flavorful and textured breading mixture to create that iconic crispy and golden exterior.
With our drum breading machine, we master the top tier of breading: Genuine homestyle coating of irregularly shaped products such as bone-in products. So you don’t need to do without a breading when it comes to drumsticks, chicken thighs, etc., we’ve developed a special breading flour distribution and sprinkling system for hard-to-coat products. The drum breader’s design allows for efficient and even distribution of the breading mixture, ensuring every piece of food is coated evenly. This helps maintain the signature texture and appearance associated with Home Style Breading.
Whether dried spices, herbs, or flour: Our drum breading machine will apply coating with a fine or coarse grain to your product in a gentle way or with intense tumble coating, just the way you’d like it.
In the food processing industry, the alco drum breaders are valued for their versatility. They can handle a variety of food products, including chicken, fish, vegetables, and more. This flexibility enables food processors to expand their product offerings and cater to diverse consumer preferences.
Features & Benefits
Particularly suitable for home-style coating irregularly shaped products (e.g., bone-in products like chicken drums, chicken tenders, etc.)
Coating with fine or coarse breading, dried spices, herbs, or flour
Innovative breading flour distribution and sprinkling system
Gentle pre-coating and intense tumble coating in one machine
Extremely gentle breading flour circulation system without spotting
Integrated clump sifting system
Innovative blower air circulation system
Hygienic design for top product safety
Easy operation and cleaning with maximum safety
Details
The drum is optimized for small and large batch sizes, plus variable drum speed and efficiently attached bafflers
The integrated filter system separates clumped-up residues from the coating material and constantly maintains the consistency and quality of the material
A PLC operating system controls the machine in a smart and user-friendly way through a touch panel with functions like recipe management, etc.
Add an optional lateral supply and refill funnel for ergonomic and automatic equipment filling
A spindle height adjustment sets the height of the entire machine by means of a handwheel, without the use of tools
Our preduster guarantees a perfect coat and optimum hold. During this important step in food processing, fine-grained materials like flour and spices will be applied to your product in a consistent and precisely regulated way.
Whether floured fish filets, calamari, sweet wine gum, or quark balls: Our preduster allows for ideal processing of fine coating materials like fine-grained flour, spices, powder, and sugar. Two systems of belts guarantee complete and even coating. A lower belt runs the product through a material bed while the upper belt generates the required sprinkling action from above onto the product to be coated. That way, your products will get the coating that you precisely intended through adjustable pressing, vibration, and blower systems.
Perfectly suitable for floured fish filets, predusted convenience food, seafood, pastries, candy, plant-based food, vegetables, and other special applications.
Features & Benefits
Particularly suitable for all coating materials of fine grain
Conveyor system with material return and minimal dust generation
Individually adjustable amounts of coatings to be applied
Adjustable vibration and pressing devices for achieving the optimal coating result
Dust containment hoods and controlled removal of excess coating materials
Easy to fill the machine with the material through a storage container
Made entirely of stainless steel and food-approved materials
Easy-to-clean design, easy to empty the material with high operating safety
Details
Air knife removes excess materials from the topside of products through an adjustable blower system with an additionally integrated material return system
The PLC operating system controls the plant in a smart and user-friendly way through a touch panel with functions like recipe management, etc.
An optional high-speed product belt allows for belt speeds of up to 29 m/min through a top-performance stainless steel drive
Add an optional vibrating plate for coarser coating media to be pressed onto the product for optimal coating and to eliminate void spots
A spindle height adjustment sets the height of the entire machine by means of a handwheel
Preduster PRO Vario-Flip
Our preduster Vario-Flip combines two coating styles in just one system: as a level-flow variant, the products are floured, sugared, or seasoned in the classic way. Via the innovative Vario-Flip variant, the product inside the system performs four successive flips of 180° each and absorbs more coating material with each flip, for a rough, natural and, above all, handmade coating result.
Sensitive molded products such as chicken tenders or fish sticks, as well as irregularly shaped products such as chicken parts, can be fully coated in homemade style
tool-free changeover between both variants without stopping production
tool-free adjustment of the flip height without stopping production
perfectly aligned with the growing demand for homemade style products
in contrast to drum breaders, the Vario-Flip offers fragile molded products an appropriate finish as well
Our Stein 5-Star Home Style Breading Applicator was designed to apply a unique home style surface coating with high quality consistency to a wide range of products with uneven surface geometry. This unique conveyorized dry breading material applicator utilizes a combination of Flat-Bed™ and tumble flip style coating methods together with a Level Glide™ product discharge to maintain full belt width product orientation.
Features & Benefits
Designed to apply flour or granular free flowing coating materials
Improves product quality and consistency
Can be used in a predust or final breading application
Delivers a rough home style surface texture
Easy to operate and clean
Details
Utilizes five vertically stacked stainless steel star (4 blade) rollers to provide tumbling action.
Independent main product belt variable speed drive from 0-60 FPM
Available in electric or hydraulic drives
Usable belt widths from 600 mm to 1000 mm
Options & Models
HSB 600 (600 mm belt width)
HSB 850 (850 mm belt width)
HSB 1000 (1000 mm belt width)
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