Chocolate manufacturer improves product purity with low profile separator.
"A chocolate enrober coats various centers by creating a chocolate curtain and a chocolate ‘bath,' which coats the center with the correct amount of chocolate. The excess chocolate runs through a wire mesh belt into the bottom of the enrober," says Jeff Hahn, Warrell Corp. plant manager. "Whatever chocolate is leftover is pumped back through a detempering tube into the use tank." When Hahn joined Warrell's Camp Hill, PA-based plant in 2003, he noticed that better screeners might improve the quality of the return chocolate and thus cut down on product waste. Warrell, which has been in business since 1965, manufacturers a number of chocolate-coated products including peanuts, cashews, almonds and dried fruit for the Pennsylvania Dutch and Kathryn Beecher brands, as well as private label customers.