1 Used Baker Perkins Modular Toffee and Caramel Cooker Toffee Plant Introduction: The toffee plant is built up of various elements that give it a great deal of flexibility. Elements can be readily added or taken away from the plant specification to give the most economic configuration. The elements built into a plant will depend upon the output, the evaporation load, and the total cooking or caramelizing time required. The system incorporates dissolvers, cookers, and caramelizers. they can be arranged to: a) Simultaneously cook and caramelize the premix to the desired moisture content and required color and flavor. b) Pre-heat the pre-mix to remove some of the moisture and then simultaneously cook and caramelize to the desired moisture content and the required color and flavor. c) Evaporate the majority of the moisture and then carry out the final cooking to the required moisture content together with the caramelization to the desired color and flavor. Arrangements: Typical arrangements of the elements of the systems are as shown in the diagrams. The elements consist of: An Autofeed A Reservoir tank Syrup Feed Pump Scraped Dissolving Tube Microfilm Evaporator Carablend cooker Caramelizer Carablend Info: The Carablend is principally a continuous cooker for toffee and caramel. However, it has a number of different functions as well as that of cooking. It caramelizes the product, it can reduce the temperature after cooking it can be used to blend in extra ingredients such as butter, flavorings, or fondant. Cooking and caramelizing take place together or, if the unit is preceded by a suitable cooker the principal function of the unit might be caramelization only with a small amount of final evaporation taking place. The Carablend is specified as a single unit or as two units in series. These alternative configurations are used for different capacities. Each unit is made up of four steam jacketed sections or zones. Each zone has independent steam controls. The sections are made of stainless steel, they are in the form of an open-topped trough with a circular cross-section. The 4 sections are connected directly together. Rotating in the trough is a shaftless stainless steel blade. This mixes together the toffee whilst slowly moving it forward. The mixing blade results in 2 forward movements of the mass for every reverse movement. The combination of forward and reverse movement ensures thorough mixing. At the same time as mixing the mass, the blade sweeps the heated surface of the unit preventing burning and build up at the surface. There is a variable speed drive driving one or both Carablend units There is an electronic temperature probe fitted on to the discharge chute of the weir arrangement. Each barrel has an electrically interlocked guard on the top which will stop the drive motor if the guard is lifted. The sides of the Carablend unit are covered with stainless steel covers. A stainless steel tray is fitted beneath the length of the Carablend unit for collecting the water used during washout and directing it to drain. The usual arrangement is to mount the Carablend unit or units on an elevated framework so that the gravity discharge feeds directly to the subsequent machine. Alternatively, the units can be mounted at floor level and a pump used to transfer the cooked material to the next process. Scraped Pre-Heat Info: The Scraped Pre-Heater is specially designed for dissolving confectionery syrups containing materials that might burn onto the heated surface, for example, syrups for toffees which incorporate milk and dairy fats. To overcome the problem of burning, the heated surface is continuously scraped. This also improves the efficiency of heat exchange so that the unit is relatively compact. Location: Los Angeles, CA 90021
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1 Used Baker Perkins Modular Toffee and Caramel Cooker Toffee Plant Introduction: The toffee plant is built up of various elements that give it a great deal of flexibility. Elements can be readily added or taken away from the plant specification to give the most economic configuration. The elements built into a plant will depend upon the output, the evaporation load, and the total cooking or caramelizing time required. The system incorporates dissolvers, cookers, and caramelizers. they can be arranged to: a) Simultaneously cook and caramelize the premix to the desired moisture content and required color and flavor. b) Pre-heat the pre-mix to remove some of the moisture and then simultaneously cook and caramelize to the desired moisture content and the required color and flavor. c) Evaporate the majority of the moisture and then carry out the final cooking to the required moisture content together with the caramelization to the desired color and flavor. Arrangements: Typical arrangements of the elements of the systems are as shown in the diagrams. The elements consist of: An Autofeed A Reservoir tank Syrup Feed Pump Scraped Dissolving Tube Microfilm Evaporator Carablend cooker Caramelizer Carablend Info: The Carablend is principally a continuous cooker for toffee and caramel. However, it has a number of different functions as well as that of cooking. It caramelizes the product, it can reduce the temperature after cooking it can be used to blend in extra ingredients such as butter, flavorings, or fondant. Cooking and caramelizing take place together or, if the unit is preceded by a suitable cooker the principal function of the unit might be caramelization only with a small amount of final evaporation taking place. The Carablend is specified as a single unit or as two units in series. These alternative configurations are used for different capacities. Each unit is made up of four steam jacketed sections or zones. Each zone has independent steam controls. The sections are made of stainless steel, they are in the form of an open-topped trough with a circular cross-section. The 4 sections are connected directly together. Rotating in the trough is a shaftless stainless steel blade. This mixes together the toffee whilst slowly moving it forward. The mixing blade results in 2 forward movements of the mass for every reverse movement. The combination of forward and reverse movement ensures thorough mixing. At the same time as mixing the mass, the blade sweeps the heated surface of the unit preventing burning and build up at the surface. There is a variable speed drive driving one or both Carablend units There is an electronic temperature probe fitted on to the discharge chute of the weir arrangement. Each barrel has an electrically interlocked guard on the top which will stop the drive motor if the guard is lifted. The sides of the Carablend unit are covered with stainless steel covers. A stainless steel tray is fitted beneath the length of the Carablend unit for collecting the water used during washout and directing it to drain. The usual arrangement is to mount the Carablend unit or units on an elevated framework so that the gravity discharge feeds directly to the subsequent machine. Alternatively, the units can be mounted at floor level and a pump used to transfer the cooked material to the next process. Scraped Pre-Heat Info: The Scraped Pre-Heater is specially designed for dissolving confectionery syrups containing materials that might burn onto the heated surface, for example, syrups for toffees which incorporate milk and dairy fats. To overcome the problem of burning, the heated surface is continuously scraped. This also improves the efficiency of heat exchange so that the unit is relatively compact. Location: Los Angeles, CA 90021 
