Scanima Cooking Vessel
Make: Scanima Cooking Vessel
Model: SRB-‐50
Quantity: 1
Capacity: 65 and 25 Litres
Unique selling features: Designed with a perforated stator surrounding a high speed rotor for high shear performance. Multi‐purpose cooking vessel for diverse product range.
Mixing and heat processing
What’s good about it?: Capable of shearing, preparation, cooking and cooling because of the jacketed vessel. Very efficient in dissolving powders and stabilisers.
RIGGS Autopack - Filling Machine
Make: RIGGS Autopack Filling Machine
Model: 1000
Quantity: 1
Capacity: Varies
Unique selling features: Semi‐automatic and pneumatically operated. Very compact and versatile 316 food grade stainless steel built. Single deposit range from 3ml-5000ml.
50ml – 60ml
What’s good about it?: Very efficient depositing/filling machine which can be operated by one person.
Bowl Chopper
Make: Mado Patron
Model: MTK662
Quantity: 1
Capacity: 25kg
Unique selling features: 20 litre capacity consisting of a knife head of 4. Driven by V‐belts making it maintenance‐free.
What’s good about it?: Powerful size reduction equipment capable of doing diverse product including meat and vegetables.
Tray Packing System
Make: HFE Vacuum System
Model: TPX Compact
Quantity: 1
Capacity: Varies
Unique selling features: Tray packing uses a drawer mechanism making it capable of vacuum and MAP packing.
What’s good about it?: Very flexible and capable of packing a wide range of tray sizes. Vacuum and MAP packing all done a the push of a button.
Mobile Freezer
Make: MPS
Model: CF2140
Quantity: 1
Capacity: 3 cubic metre (est.)
Unique selling features: 10 shelves stainless steel built interior and exterior with a LED temperature display. Temperature range ‐ 18C/‐22C and ambient of 43C.
What’s good about it?: Mobile freezer with very good freezing capacity.
Oven
Make: Turbofan
Model: E32D4
Quantity: 1
Capacity: 5 Trays
Unique selling features: Powerful convection oven single phase connected with 6.5kW power. It has a bi-directional reverse fan and is fitted with water injection.
What’s good about it?: This oven can cook and bake with high efficiency and good evenness of heating.
Oven
Make: Turbofan
Model: E32M
Quantity: 1
Capacity: 4 Trays
Unique selling features: 4 tray capacity with a bi-directional reversing fan. Fitted with a 60 minutes bake timer and water injection.
What’s good about it?: Oven can bake, cook and roast with a cook and hold facility.
Ovens
Make: Turbofan
Model: E87
Quantity: 1
Capacity: 8 Trays (all three ovens in one area)
Unique selling features: Bake off oven with proofing capacity and a heat humidity control system plus variable thermostat. It is fitted with 3 hour wangle and hold time.
What’s good about it?: Excellent bake‐off oven with facility to proof and allows holding at same temperature humidity conditions.
Blast Freezer/Chiller
Make: Nortech
Model: QCF110
Quantity: 2
Capacity: 10 tray
Unique selling features: Yield per blast chilling 80kg (70C/+3C) in 90 minutes. Yield per blast freezing 55kg (70C/-18C) in 240minutes.
What’s good about it?: Effective for both blast chilling and blast freezing.
Dairy equipment list:
Vacuum Packer
Make: InterVac
Model: INV20
Quantity: 1
Capacity: Varies
Unique selling features: Stainless steel construction with a 63m3/hr vacuum pump. Digital control and 10 computer programmes.
What’s good about it?: Quick vacuum packing performance and very hygienic due to no cavities.
Milk Storage Tanks
Make: Empire
Model: EMP STD/GMP
Quantity: 3
Capacity: 5000 litres
Unique selling features: Insulated and agitator fitted with sterile air pressure.
What’s good about it?: Good capacity for medium scale production and easy to clean.
Cheese Milk Pasteuriser
Make: Alfa‐Laval
Model: H7‐RC
Quantity: 1
Capacity: 2300lt/hr
Unique selling features: Siemens control system and heat product by hot water set.
What’s good about it?: Efficient and reliable pasteuriser.
Multiduty Pasteuriser
Make: Alfa-‐Laval
Model: C6‐SH
Quantity: 1
Capacity: 1300lt/hr
Unique selling features: Capable of pasteurisation, homogenisation and separation.
What’s good about it?: Versatile equipment which can be used for heat treatment, homogenisation and milk standardisation.
Cream Separator
Make: REDA
Model: RTL‐025
Quantity: 1
Capacity: 1300lt/hr
Unique selling features: Separator fitted with inline cream and milk fat standardisation system. It utilises 2 stage homogenisation.
What’s good about it?: Efficient and controlled separation to ensure product with consistent milk fat ratio.
Ultra Filtration
Make: Alfa‐Laval
Model: N/A
Quantity: N/A
Capacity: 100lt/hr
Unique selling features: Romicon hollow fibre membrane, 1.8bar maximum pressure and 75C temperature.
What’s good about it?: Useful in removal of dispersed solids e.g. fat, bacterial without affecting balance of components dissolved.
Micro Filtration
Make: Alfa‐Laval
Model: N/A
Quantity: N/A
Capacity: 150lt/hr
Unique selling features: Uses spiral membranes and capable of operating at high temperature of 80C.
What’s good about it?: N/A.
Mixing Tanks
Make: CPS Tetra Pak
Model: N/A
Quantity: 2
Capacity: (1000 & 250lt)
Unique selling features: Fitted with agitators. Jacket heating available. Powder incorporating system.
What’s good about it?: High efficient mixing tanks with good handling capacity.
Ageing Tanks
Make: CPS Tetra Pak
Model: N/A
Quantity: 2
Capacity: 250lt
Unique selling features: Tanks are jacketed and fitted with an agitator. Wide sweep agitation available.
What’s good about it?: Allows continuous temperature controlled mixing which is suited for product ageing.
Ice Cream Freezer
Make: CPS Tetra Pak
Model: Fringus 4000
Quantity: 1
Capacity: 400lt/hr
Unique selling features: variable speed control, air pressure and back pressure with hot gas flushing available.
Batch Pasteuriser
Make: Technogel
Model: Mixtronic 110
Quantity: 1
Capacity: 60lt
Unique selling features: 65C and 85C pasteurisation. 2 speed with a stainless steel propeller and inbuilt emulsifier. Fully automatic.
What’s good about it?: Allows perfect custom temperature mixing.
Batch Ice Cream Freezer
Make: Technogel
Model: Mantagel 50
Quantity: 1
Capacity: 40‐70lt/hr
Unique selling features: 3 blade beater shaft and a scraper blade. Average freezing time is 5‐7 minutes.
What’s good about it?: 5-10 kilo capacity.
Mini UHT Plant
Make: N/A
Model: N/A
inline two stage homogeniser
Quantity: 1
Capacity: 60lt/hr
Unique selling features: Indirect tubular heating.
What’s good about it?: Suitable for demonstrations and small sized trials.
Aseptic Filler
Make: Intasept
Model: N/A
Quantity: 1
Fill Capacity: 500ml – 5000ml
Unique selling features: variable fill capacity, ambient storage, hermetically sealing.
What’s good about it?: Long life ambient storage
Cheese Vat
Make: OST/Tetra Tebel
Model: N/A
Quantity: 1
Capacity: 2700lt
Unique selling features: Steam jacketed enclosed and fully automated with Siemens control system. Allows 10 programmable recipes.
What’s good about it?: Easy operator controlled cheese vat with product programs installed. Easy to clean by CIP.
Cheese Vat Farmhouse
Make: Clarilac Equipment
Model: N/A
Quantity: 1
Capacity: 180lt
Unique selling features: Steam jacketed and rocking agitator.
What’s good about it?: Suitable for medium sized use and easy to clean.
Cheese Vat Farmhouse
Make: Clarilac Equipment
Model: N/A
Quantity: 1
Capacity: 360lt
Unique selling features: Steam jacketed and rocking agitator.
What’s good about it?: Suitable for medium sized use and easy to clean.
Cheese Vat
Make: ASTA
Model: N/A
Quantity: 2
Capacity: 25lt
Unique selling features: Steam jacketed, travelling agitator and in-vat pressing.
What’s good about it?: Suitable for medium sized use and easy to clean.
Dinkubator
Make: N/A
Model: N/A
Quantity: 1
Capacity: 8x5Lt
Unique selling features: Good temperature control with an efficient thermo regulator.
What’s good about it?: Enables screening of up to 8 different product formulations at a time.
Butter Churn
Make: Silkeborg
Model: N/A
Quantity: 1
Capacity: 90lt
Unique selling features: 2 speed variation.
What’s good about it?: Easy to use when manufacturing butter.
Spray Dryer
Make: Anhydro
Model: N/A
Quantity: 1
Capacity: 13kg/hr
Unique selling features: Efficient special designed atomiser systen and air distribution system.
What’s good about it?: Rapid, effective and consistent rapid drying with excellent product yield.
Evaporator
Make: APV Junior
Model: XXX
Quantity: 1
Capacity: 318kg/hr @40% total solids
Unique selling features: Rising and falling plate system.
What’s good about it?: High efficiency in water removal to up to 40% TS.
Homogeniser
Make: Armfield
Model: FT9
Quantity: 1
Capacity: Throughput of 45lph
Unique selling features: Fitted with stellite homogenisation valve. Homogenisation value of less than 5%.
What’s good about it?: Effective in disintegration of fat globules in milk and ice‐cream.
Cheese Press
(combine)
Make: WH Smith
Model: N/A
Quantity: 1
Capacity: Varies
Unique selling features: N/A.
What’s good about it?: Useful for small scale cheese manufacture.
Cheese Press
Make: N/A
Model: N/A
Quantity: 1
Capacity: Varies
Unique selling features: N/A.
What’s good about it?: Useful for small scale cheese manufacture.
Bakery equipment list:
Deck Oven
Make: Mono
Model: FG257C3SG 400
Quantity: 1
Capacity: 4 deck ‐ trays/deck
Unique selling features: Programmable steaming system with an excellent heat recovery system. Digital and LED control panel.
What’s good about it?: Very heat efficient and allows pre‐bake programmable steaming. Very good for breads.
Retarder Proofer
Make: Williams
Model: RPC 2 TR1
Quantity: 1
Capacity: 2 racks/40 trays
Unique selling features: Retard prover +3C/‐5C and proofing at 38C‐40C. Automatic programmer and automatic water fill.
What’s good about it?: Capable of creating a single recovery cycle at touch of a button and hold product if baking is not ready.
Bake Off Oven
Make: Lincat/Rational
Model: OSCWE101 Lincat Opus
Quantity: 1
Capacity: 10 trays
Unique selling features: Equipped with digital read out and set functions for all your cooking needs. Along with internal steam generator for regulating steam saturation levels.
What’s good about it?: Perfect for exact cooking temperatures and humidity control.
Pastry Sheeter
Make: Kemplex
Model: SFBE CO 500
Quantity: 1
Capacity: 5kg
Unique selling features: Manual and easy to use.
What’s good about it?: Easy to use and allows baker to make adjustments.
Induction Hob (2 rings)
Make: Burco
Model: N/A
Quantity: 8
Capacity: N/A
Unique selling features: Cooks by induction and are energy efficient.
What’s good about it?: Energy efficient and useful for rapid cooking/boiling.
Spiral Mixer
Make: ESMACH
Model: NSE 45
Quantity: 1
Capacity: 30kg
Unique selling features: 45kg dough capacity capable of both automatic and manual repeatable cycles. 2 working speeds for both bowl and spiral.
What’s good about it?: Dough mixing is consistent and allows manual mixing cycle.
Planetary Mixer
Make: Varimixer Bear
Model: RN20/VL2
Quantity: 4
Capacity: 12kg
Unique selling features: VARI-‐Logic electronic controller to allow speed adjustments, 4 speed programmes and a 60 minute timer.
What’s good about it?: Versatile use in mixing, whisking, kneading and allows pausing for programme adjustment.
Small Table Top Mixers
Make: Kitchen Aid
Model: K50
Quantity: 1
Capacity: 5kg
Unique selling features: High torque powerful table top mixers.
What’s good about it?: Quick mixing and can be used for small dough weights.
Texture Analyser
Make: Stable Micro Systems
Model: TA‐XT ‐ 50
Quantity: 1
Capacity: N/A
Unique selling features: Fully integrated Exponent 32‐bit software and is very accurate.
What’s good about it?: Used for accurate, repeatable and quantifiable textural information.
Theromix
Make: Vorwerk
Model: TM31
Quantity: 1
Capacity: N/A
Unique selling features: Blends and heats with extremely powerful motor.
What’s good about it?: Excellent for all blending and cooking of goods such as chocolate ganaches.
Chocolate Moulding Machine
Make: Key Choc
Model: MM15
Quantity: 1
Capacity: 15kg
Unique selling features: Holds tempered chocolate for ease of use.
What’s good about it?: Excellent for producing large amounts of moulded chocolates and easy to temper with.
Butchery equipment list:
Vacuum Sealer
Make: Henkelman
Model: Falcon 52
Quantity: 1
Capacity: Varies
Unique selling features: Fast and efficient vacuum and MAP packaging options.
What’s good about it?: A very efficient packaging machine with digital controls of time and option for automatic programming.
Mixer
Make: LA Minera
Model: C/MM30
Quantity: 1
Capacity: 30kg
Unique selling features: Table top paddle kneader ideal for sausages.
What’s good about it?: Performs both forward and reverse mixing and has easy mix handling due to tip‐up bowl. Easy to clean because of i paddle design.
Extruder
Make: MAINCA
Model: EC‐12
Quantity: 1
Capacity: Varies
Unique selling features: 25lbs hydraulic sausage filler with a heavy duty motor 1.15HP 240V single phase.
What’s good about it?: Easy to use high speed sausage filling and can be utilised for long runs.
Spicer
Make: Spicer
Model: 50E
Quantity: 1
Capacity: 20kg
Unique selling features: 50 litre capacity marinade tumbler with an electronic time for consistent product.
what’s good about it?: Large capacity and capable of marinating, mixing and tenderising.
Mincer
Make: Torrey
Model: M32 3TCE
Quantity: 1
Capacity: Continuous
Unique selling features: High grinding capacity of 1500kg/hr with a 3HP motor.
What’s good about it?: Very powerful and high productivity.
Burger Press
Make: N/A
Model: N/A
Quantity: 1
Capacity: N/A
Unique selling features: N/A.
What’s good about it?: N/A.
Hand Wrapper
Make: DSL
Model: GW‐460
Quantity: 1
Capacity: N/A
Unique selling features: Consists of a wrap film dispenser tray and an electric knife to cut film.
What’s good about it?: Perfect seal and smooth film cuts for a good packaging finish.
Small Sealer
Make: Impulse
Model: PFS‐400
Quantity: 1
Capacity: N/A
Unique selling features: N/A
What’s good about it?: N/A
Label Applicator
Make: Bizerba
Model: BC11 800
Quantity: 1
Capacity: N/A
Unique selling features: Electronic scale equipped with a flexible programmable Logic Unit. Capable of both pricing and printing functionality.
What’s good about it?: Multifunctional and reduces errors in pricing. It weighs, pricing and label print at an instant.
For more information on our Food Trials Facilities, please contact Julie Bent, email: julieb@reaseheath.ac.uk