RotaTherm ®

CONTINUOUS COOKER, CONTINUOUS STEAM COOKER SYSTEMS - 50kg/h to 20,000kg/h

WORLD-LEADING DIRECT STEAM INJECTION (DSI) TECHNOLOGY

Continuous cooker, continuous steam cooker systems cook the formulation quickly and evenly with increased yield and low waste, at an industrial scale.

» Highest product quality - freshest taste & colour.
» Low operating costs, fastest ROI, lowest waste.
» 50kg/h up to 20,000kg/h (110 - 44,000lb/h) (meat rendering, pet food & other applications).
» 50kg/h up to 8,500kg/h (18,750lb/h) (cheese).
» Runs up to 156h between fast CIP.
» Pasteurise & UHT.

Continuous cooker, continuous steam cooker systems: RotaTherm

RotaTherm®

The Natec Network RotaTherm® is a unique single stage continuous cooker, continuous steam cooker system. It provides significant flexibility, automation and control across a diverse range of products and processing conditions, delivering considerable benefits.

The RotaTherm® enables optimised processing of a complete range of product types, viscosities and compositions such as processed cheese, pasta filata types, sauces, purees, baby food, pet food and more.

Steam is the fastest way to cook and it best retains nutrients & colours. Our revolutionary steam injection cooking process allows incredible output, is super-efficient and gives an extra fast ROI.

Processed cheese
Cream cheese
Pasta filata
Soups, sauces & dressings
Meat products
Plant based & vegan
Fruit & vegetables
Baby food
Specialty food
Pet food

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Food applications SOS, Mozzarella, Puree, Sauce, Soup, Meat, Pet food

Benefits

Flexible

  • One cooker, many applications
  • Diverse range of products and flexible processing conditions - low temperature, high temp, pasteurise, UHT & aseptic
  • Lowest & highest viscosities achievable
 

Unique steam fusion technology

  • Fast and even heating (to within 0.1°C) by unique steam fusion technology with multiple steam injector points

Consistent quality

  • Consistent quality with reduced formulation costs and reduced waste

Clean-In-Place

  • Efficient energy usage and fully CIP-able

Highly automated

  • Highly automated – presettable recipes provide consistency

Simple to use

  • One-touch START, STOP and CLEAN
  • The only continuous cooker that can pause and restart without any waste

Options

For additional functions
or different execution

  • Long non-stop production - up to 156 h
  • Blending and feeding systems
  • Vacuum cooling and de-aeration systems
  • Liquid dosing
  • Highly configurable for shear management, pressures, temperature, time, etc.
  • Further options on demand
 
 

Technical data

Capacity data

  • 50kg/h - 20,000kg/h (110 - 44,000 lb/h)
 

Heating temperature

  • 40 - 145 °C (104 – 293°F)
  • Particles reach temp in 10-25 seconds
  • Can pasteurise & UHT

Footprint

  • 1.14m x 1.5m for one cooker alone

Run time

  • Up to 156 h between fast CIP cleans

Utilities

  • Steam, air, water and power as required

Human Resources

  • Less than 1 person

Cleaning

  • Stand alone or integrated CIP system

Execution

  • Highest quality construction materials to meet all the hygiene requirements of the food industry

Product surfaces

  • AISI 316L (1.4044) stainless steel

Turndown

  • Turndown ratio of 1:3
 
 

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