Breading & Coating

The Combi Coater is a multi purpose dry coating machine

Coating can be applied in normal flatbed mode and in drum mode. The same machine will run pre-dust as well as a great variety of crumb

This makes Combi Coater the perfect machine before and after the wet coater in any convenience line.

In a flexible production line, machine configurations may need to be changed more then once a day. Replacing a flatbed machine with a drum-breader usually takes a fair bit of time and is a number one cause for damaged belts. Adjusting machine positions to create the perfect change over is also a silent cost adding to downtime.

Combi Coater Reduces manual labour and waste

• A typical line for coating elements like strips or tenders will need the sometimes sticky products to be separated and spread over the belt width.
• This is where Combi Coater in drum mode replaces manual labour and spreads each element with a firm all around pre-dust layer.
• Surplus powder is both shaken by an adjustable belt knocker and blown off during the outfeed travel. Surplus powder is recycled.
• Further more, 4 spreader arms take care that products cover the whole width of the belt ready for the next step.

Wet coating

• Wet coating is usually the next step. Viscosity control and a smooth batter or tempura will have a great impact on total pickup and final product quality.

Dry Coating

• The final step before frying is a next dry coating step. Here the second drum breader takes care of sticking as much coating material all around the product.
• The drum is 1 large 900 mm in diameter drum for a 600 mm belt width.
• In normal operation mode a whole bag of powder is present inside the drum and presses gently with considerable weight on the outside of each individual product.
• The continuous movement whereby products are lifted and spiralled to the exit end of the drum is imitating the homestyle of manual squeezing!

Simple & Rapid Changeover

• Step 1: rapid powder discharge a Shute enables standard crates to be used.
• Step 2: Operators remove the drum from the first and the third machine together with the spreader arms and drum support parts. For a trouble free lifting of the drum a unique programmed trolley is provided which helps operators to install and de-install all parts in the correct sequence.
• Step 3: Release outfeed belt tension with the external handle
• Step 4: move the exit belt from it’s low entry position to horizontal position with outside handle and extend the take over point from position 1 to position 2 with knobs
• Step 5: click the infeed belt into horizontal position
• Step 6: Close the hoods and start the machine after selecting the flatbed mode recipe for nuggets. All other adjustments are saved in one of the 75 recipes of the HMI

Summary of Features

• Fast empty mode to change to a different coating material in minutes.
• Easy and quick change-over from drum to flatbed results in wanting to use Combi Coater for more applications
• Reliable level sensor automatically keeps optimal breading level in the machine
• New led technology signalling green in normal operation mode or red in case of a drive fault
• Air knife adjustable in height, angle and direction provides perfect blow-off over the width of the belt.
• Blower is frequency driven.
• New language free touch screen where operators manage the machine by selecting various pictures. A + or – sign adds or reduces the speed of that item. Practice shows that operators understand the processes inside the machine better due to the clear pictures. It results in better adjustments and more optimal products.
• 75 recipes that can be given their own name or computer code such that operators know which program to select. The HMI also locks drum or flatbed mode to the recipe.
• Same machines stay in same place when product changeovers are made no more a separate drum breader and separate flatbed breader or pre-duster exchanging