Germany

Probat, the global market leader in roasting machines, equipment for coffee production facilities and related equipment, is proud to present numerous new and enhanced products at Interpack 2011, to be held in Duesseldorf, May 2011. The centerpiece of this year’s presentation will be the completely redesigned coffee grinder (roller mill), which provides new possibilities for coffee grinding.

With the introduction of single serve coffee capsules, the demand for ground coffee quality control has increased. Accurate grinding; reproducible particle size distribution as well as the ability to manipulate the particle size distribution are required to optimize extraction and achieve the desired flavor in the resulting cup of coffee. The industry standard grinder for capsule production for the past several years has been the Probat three-stage roller mill. Probat engineers have now pushed the roller mill design to a new level. Probat is pleased to introduce a completely new grinder series that includes a variable number of grinding stages, optional individual roller drives and further innovations. This grinder series can produce particle sizes ranging from very fine, Turkish ground coffee through complex particle size distributions which are required for capsule production. Probat also provides a modern PC control system with an easy to use operator interface terminal, which simplifies grinder operation and control.
At the last Interpack in 2008, Probat highlighted the Saturn, the new centrifugal roaster.
This year Probat is excited to showcase the new concept of the tangential roasters, called Jupiter. In development of the new Jupiter roasters, Probat focused on flexibility.
“The roasting machines of the new Jupiter series are extremely versatile with regard to the combination of roast supply air temperature and volume flow,” according to Rainer van der Beek, director of sales and marketing at Probat. “Thus they allow specific aroma and roasting profiles – both with short and long roasting times.”
Further innovations in the roaster segment include the Probatone 60 drum roaster with fully-automatic controls and the revised Probatone shop roasters with batch sizes of 5 and 12kg.
Probat Controls innovations include the new plant control system, Pilot Plant, and the completely revised roaster control system, Pilot Roaster. Both new systems improve operator access to critical details while making the controls easier to use. Data input modules ease entry of relevant production data. To improve data management, Probat Controls are designed to link to ERP systems, which provides greater access to production data and the ability to generate statistical analysis of operations data.