French cereal producer says 'Oui' to flexible drum mixer

A Lindor L1500 mixer has helped French breakfast cereals company Favrichon to meet high throughput needs with flexibility. It will produce a mix of ingredients of varied densities and grain sizes in three minutes or less when used at just 10% capacity. The mixer is also guaranteeing energy savings of up to 97%.

Favrichon produces ready-to-eat breakfast cereals using grains taken direct from the fields and processed to form steamed cereal flakes, crispy cereals and mixtures of cereals and fruit. The products to be mixed are mainly rice, oats, wheat, barley and rye with bulk density varying from 0.10g/cm³ for some coated grains to 0.7g/cm³ for flake.

The 1,500 litre capacity Lindor mixer was chosen to replace the old equipment and can handle two daily 8h shifts.

A novel system of blades welded to the inside of the drum allows the product to slide along the blades in a figure-of-eight movement. All ingredients are constantly scooped up and moved randomly across the drum.

When mixing time is complete, an outlet valve opens to let the product flow out. The mix remains homogeneous because the Lindor empties along its axis.

The Lindor mixer is available in the UK from Orthos.

Contact: Orthos (Engineering); Tel: 01858 464246