Butter Manufacturing Equipment
Since 1888, Egli AG has been a leading producer of dairy processing and butter manufacturing equipment and BestPump Ltd is the sole UK & Ireland representative.
With a reputation for excellence in the development, manufacture and maintenance of industrial machinery for the manufacturing of butter, margarine and spread products, Egli AG is a top tier brand for industrial food and dairy manufacturers and research centres.
All Egli AG systems are clean-in-place (CIP) and comply with EHEDG, USDA/FDA standards and relevant food regulations.
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Butter Manufacturing Equipment
Butter Making Machine
Model EKB
The EKB is capable of continuous manufacturing of butter up to 10,000 kg per hour and is suitable for cream with a fat content of 32% to 45%.
The system consists of a churning section, a separation section, a working section no.1, a vacuum chamber & a working section no.2.
Constructed from stainless-steel with level adjustable feet and frequency-controlled drives, the EKB butter making system is designed to have low vibrations and easy maintenance.
Butter Silo provides buffer storage and is essential for a flexible and continuous butter production process. The silo is typically completely enclosed and located between the production system and the butter packaging machine or reworking line. Silo capacity can be up to 7,500kg.
Other options:
Open Silo with pneumatic sliding cover.
Open Silo with swing-up cover.
Open Silo without cover (silo can be fitted underneath churns, butter shredders etc.
Butter Pump to transfer butter from silo to packaging machines. Runs at low rpm to ensure gentle-handling of the product. Pump is CIP- ready (clean in place), features rotors of either bi-lobe or tri-lobe design and uses FDA approved seals.
Butter Churn
Model EBF
Stainless-Steel butter churn capable of producing batches of 100 to 15,000 litres of homogenous traditional butter. CIP-ready.
Dry kneading option available for higher capacities.
Butter Reworking Equipment
Butter Reworker
Model EBR
As well as butter manufacturing equipment, Egli AG also supplies butter reworking equipment. If your blocks of butter are delivered frozen or are stored frozen, there is no need to wait days on tempering – simply rework it from -20°C!
The butter reworker system converts 20kg & 25kg frozen or tempered blocks of salted and / or unsalted butter into a softer, easy-to-spread consistency.
The butter blocks can be loaded at a temperature as low as -20°C or as high as +10°C and are processed gently and econonomically.
With a capacity of up to 10,000kg per hour the EBR also has a dosing function for the introducing of flavours and ingredients e.g. vanilla, aroma, herbs, honey, salt (fluid or dry), culture, additional moisture etc.
The EBR can be cleaned by CIP (clean-in-place).
Butter Block Shredder
Model EBS
This conical block shredder is capable of reducing frozen butter bulks & blocks into small pieces.
The frozen butter blocks are safely transported to the shredder by a feeding tunnel which features a suitably-szied hinged door and a pneumatic feeding mechanism. The small, shredded pieces collect below the conical shredder and can then be transported to the next stage of your process.
The EBS is suitable for blocks at a temperature as low as -20°C and it has a capacity range of 500 – 10,000kg per hour. CIP-ready.
Butter Blender
Blends butter homogenously with dry ingredients and both low and high viscosity fluid ingredients. The final mixed product is continuously conveyed to the next stage of your process.
Blend Butter with:
Dry ingredients: herbs, garlic, salt etc.
Low viscosity fluids: oil, water etc.
High viscosity fluid ingredients: yoghurt, paste etc.
Operates with load cells or flow meter systems. CIP ready.