Industry standard for efficient, dust-free coating
GEA OptiFlour
The GEA OptiFlour is a versatile, dedicated dust-free flour applicator for food coating. It delivers excellent performance and accurate pick-up control for either thin pre-dust, seeded flours, or light to medium crumbs. Working together with the GEA OptiAir, it is the first in the food industry to work dust-free.
Accurate pick-up control and efficient flour usage
Giving you the benefit of our 50+ years of experience in developing coating machines and working closely with leading coating producers, the GEA OptiFlour is the first in the industry to work dust-free. Combined with GEA OptiAir, your coating process will be precise, clean and with minimum waste. Forget blocked blower pipes and dusty working environment. The clever design of the OptiFlour gives you controllable, uniform flour pick-up and an adjustable top and bottom coating supply. Just the way you like it.
Main applications
The GEA OptiFlour and OptiAir apply seasonings, fine pre-dust flour, fine and medium crumbs, and sticky, seeded flours, perfectly. Product applications include red meat, poultry, fish and seafood, vegetables, potato and meat replacement products, formed and natural.
Increase product quality
- Our patented flour divider ensures controllable and uniform flour pick-up
- Adjustable top and bottom coating gives you finishing-touch fine-tuning
- Automatically removes lumps and other contaminants
- Adjustable scraper bar prevents contamination sticking to the belt
Better yield and efficiency
- Flour fed continuously onto the product
- Excess flour blown off automatically
- Efficient use and re-use of ingredients
- Extracted dust re-used without interrupting production
Easy to operate and maintain
- Process settings adjustable from outside the machine, even during production
- Direct view into the hopper for inspection at any time
- Ergonomic control panel with speed read-out feature
- Easy to operate and access for inspection, maintenance and cleaning
No loose parts in cleaning position
- Dust-free operation gives you a cleaner working environment
- Closed construction for less dust production.
- Prevents blocked blower pipes
- OptiAir extracts air, creating under pressure in the OptiFlour
Specifications
Advanced technologyPatented flour divider
Our OptiFlour has a patented flour divider to give products an even coating. Any lumps are removed by the adjustable lump remover.
Optimum coating adhesion
A conveyor belt carries the product onto a flour bed. Here, small doses of flour are fed continuously onto our patented shaker belt to create a thin or thick top layer as required. Lumps are removed. Optionally the product can run under two adjustable pressure rolls for optimal flour adhesion. Ticklers, and manually-controlled belt vibration, remove surplus flour. Excess flour is blown off at the outfeed.
Technical details for GEA OptiFlour
| OptiFlour 400 | OptiFlour 600 | OptiFlour 1000 | |
| Belt width | 400 mm | 600 mm | 1000 mm |
| Belt speed min/max | 2,5 - 25 m/min | 2,5 - 25 m/min | 2,5 - 25 m/min |
| Dimensions L x W x H | 2700x1540x1950 mm | 2700x1740x1950 mm | 2700x2140x1950 mm |
| Machine weight | 700 kg | 800 kg | 1125 kg |
Add-ons
Complement your OptiFlour system with additional equipmentDust-free work environment
The closed construction of the OptiFlour minimizes dust production. It can be connected to your existing blower and exhaust system. Used with the OptiAir, the OptiFlour prevents blocked blower pipes and avoids the need to clean the room after production. This makes the OptiFlour the first in the industry to work dust-free. GEA OptiAir extracts air from the OptiFlour, creating under pressure within the machine. Extracted dust is re-used in the OptiFlour without interrupting production.
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