Article | REF: J3053 V1

Fragmentation

Authors: Pierre BLAZY, El-Aïd JDID, Jacques YVON

Publication date: June 10, 2007

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8. Food, pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries

These industries have had to solve the problem of grinding viscous and pasty liquid materials with systems that prevent product contamination. As a result, the equipment must be easy to dismantle for cleaning.

8.1 Foodstuffs

Special grinders (Fryma type, etc.), fitted with perforated plates, pulp and grind lumpy products (fruit, cheese), or pulp and emulsify soft plastic materials (meat, fat, dried fruit). Grinding also helps to homogenize materials as diverse as fruit pulp, spreads, eggs and filter press cakes. To meet all these requirements, the Fryma crusher is equipped with four blades rotating at high speed (3,000 rpm). The two upper blades crush the material against a fixed gear ring. The product is forced through a perforated plate and ejected by a rotating...

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