Making chocolate from cocoa beans requires a lot of necessary steps. Ingredients and mixtures in various conditions require continuous movement for several hours or days. These processes all require a reliable drive system. At the Zotter Schokoladen plant in southern Austria, the reliability and fail-safe measures of these drives provide a double guarantee. First of all, the smooth operation ensures the high quality of the products. In addition, every day, visitors come to visit the production process, obviously no faults can occur.
Reliable under public supervision – The Zotter factory sometimes receives up to 3,000 visitors a day, which means every year
Thousands of witnesses wandered through the corridors of the production hall, where there were baking machines, crushers, scales and mixers, roller presses and kneading machines. Therefore, the production workshop is also a showroom without pauses.
Advanced and reliable – From flipping beans to producing finished products involves a series of processes such as grinding, mixing, agitation, conveying, aspiration, filling and draining. The application modes for drive loading and running are also very different for different tasks, so advanced drive technology is important for smooth running of all machines. The reliability of the drive at the same time is also very important, the supplier of the geared motor should be able to respond quickly to any problems in the drive.
In Zotters chocolate production equipment, Nord gear motors can meet the different needs of each link. For example, a Nord-driven device transports beans between cleaning, baking, and disinfection stations. What's more, the Nord-driven grinding machine turns the cocoa beans into a paste. The Nord-driven pump mixes the cocoa paste through the tubing with sugar and other ingredients.
Optimized structural configuration – higher load carrying capacity during operation. For existing applications, NORDBLOC.1 geared motors drive screw pumps. This series of reducer, the gear can pass through the bearing hole. Without changing the center moment, NORDBLOC.1 series reducers stagger the bearing holes to increase bearing specifications. Increased bearing specifications, enhanced load carrying capacity, can withstand greater radial axial loads.
Drive the whole process – the conveyor is connected to the five rolling mills to gradually refine the intermediate solidified material. In the final stages of chocolate production, Nord Drive is used in a variety of conveying, mixing, and suction systems, including filling and evacuation for refiners.
In Zotters chocolate production equipment, Nord gear motors can meet the different needs of each link. For example, a Nord-driven device transports beans between cleaning, baking, and disinfection stations. What's more, the Nord-driven grinding machine turns the cocoa beans into a paste. The Nord-driven pump mixes the cocoa paste through the tubing with sugar and other ingredients.
Optimized structural configuration – higher load carrying capacity during operation. For existing applications, NORDBLOC.1 geared motors drive screw pumps. This series of reducer, the gear can pass through the bearing hole. Without changing the center moment, NORDBLOC.1 series reducers stagger the bearing holes to increase bearing specifications. Increased bearing specifications, enhanced load carrying capacity, can withstand greater radial axial loads.
Drive the whole process – the conveyor is connected to the five rolling mills to gradually refine the intermediate solidified material. In the final stages of chocolate production, Nord Drive is used in a variety of conveying, mixing, and suction systems, including filling and evacuation for refiners.
The Zotter chocolate production facility was designed and installed by Swiss engineering specialist Buhler. Nord gearmotors guarantee the stable implementation of all production processes, including:
■ grinding, stirring and mixing of various raw materials;
■ delivery of solids and liquids;
■ Fill, compress, and vent.
