PLANT & MACHINERY ■ 15
C&CI
PROBAT ROASTING MACHINES
PROBAT SECURES NEW
FOR NEW PAULIG FACILITY
March 2010
CONTRACTS IN SOUTHEAST
ASIA
Gustav Paulig Ltd in Finland
has formally inaugurated one
Dehong Hogu Coffee Co Ltd, one of the leading coffee roasters of the largest coffee process-
in China, has become one of the first companies to acquire a ing facilities in Europe in the
Basic 1000 roaster from Probat in Germany, which has also Finnish capital Helsinki.
announced details of a number of other orders from Southeast Following publication of the
Asia. The Basic roaster was introduced by Probat in 2009. article on roasting and grinding
Dehong Hogu Coffee Co Ltd produces soluble and roast and machines in the January 2010
ground coffee for the Chinese market. Rainer van der Beek, issue of C&CI, page 43, Probat
Director of Sales at Probat, said of the deal: "Selling at a low in Germany has asked C&CI to
price might be the easiest solution. But that is not our philosophy clarify that it supplied the
- efficient production and good roasting results are only possible roasting and grinding equip-
with high quality components. Dehong Hogu Coffee appreciates ment for the new plant.
Gustav Paulig Ltd in
the combination of proven Probat quality and an attractive price. Paulig celebrated the inau- Finland selected Probat
That is why the company chose the Basic drum roaster." guration of its roasting plant on
Saturn roasters and
grinding equipment
In addition to the deal with Dehong Hogu Coffee Co Ltd, 21 January, with representa- for its new plant
Probat has also sold three roasting machines with a total roast- tives from Probat and other
ing capacity of 7 tons per hour to companies in Southeast Asia. companies involved in the new facility attending the event.
One of the companies, as yet un-named, which is starting a new Paulig and Probat have been working together closely since 1979.
plant, has also ordered a range of ancillary equipment from Minna Forsström, Production Director at Paulig, said: "We have highest
Probat, in addition to a Jupiter 3000 tangential roaster, including demands for our end product and thus particularly for the roasting and
a number of three-stage grinders, coffee cleaning systems, grinding equipment – the machines need to be modern, efficient and
scales and mixers. energy-saving. Based on the excellent experience during our 30 years of
collaboration, we again favoured Probat."
Dehong Hogu Coffee Co Ltd,
The core components of the new production facility are three centrifu-
one of the leading coffee roasters
in China, has become one of the
gal roasters from Probat’s Saturn range. The Saturn 4000 Type 1 (RZ
first companies to acquire one of 4000/1) roasters are designed to pre-heat the coffee. Probat also sup-
Probat’s recently launched Basic
1000 roasters
plied five large grinders, with a grinding capacity of up to 4,000kg per
hour each.
MPE INTRODUCES NEW
TURKISH GRANULIZER
Modern Process Equipment (MPE) has announced details
of its new G7 Turkish Granulizer, which the company claims
bridges the quality and affordability gap between disc and
roller-style grinder technology by combining them in a sin-
gle piece of equipment.
Said MPE: "It is no secret that coffee produced utilizing
water-cooled, roller-style grinders is superior to that pro-
duced on disc, stone or hammer-style units. In addition,
until now, there has been a considerable affordability differ-
ence between disc and roller-style Turkish grinders."
FIRST LILLA ROASTER TO BE
However, in the G7 MPE has combined the quality bene-
INSTALLED IN FINLAND
fits of the roller technology with the economic benefits of
disc technology to make it the valued equipment choice for
Lilla in Brazil has announced that Robert’s Coffee in Finland has many Turkish coffee producers.
selected Lilla roasting technology for its plant in Helsinki, Finland. Technically-speaking, the MPE G7 uses a water-cooled,
Robert's Coffee is a gourmet coffee roasting company that was disc-style grinder to reduce the coffee to espresso quality;
founded by Robert Paulig in the Katajanokka district of Helsinki in then it directly discharges the coffee into a final Turkish
1987. Lilla said the new computer controlled roaster will be in opera- grinding section. This final section utilizes the same roll
tion at the plant in the near future. technology as MPE’s larger Turkish Granulizers, so the
Lilla has also recently announced that after it commissioned the first quality is comparable.
Lilla Opus 40 coffee roaster in Switzerland, Drie Mollen Group is to The G7 achieves average Turkish grind sizes ranging
install another Lilla 3G roaster with a production capacity of up to from 50-150um at capacities of 1000-250kg/hr.
2,700kg per hour.
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