Blendhub Develops New Automatic Liquid Injection Module

17 Mar 2014 --- Blendhub has developed an automatic liquid injection module for its portable Powder Blending factory, which will allow more liquid types to be converted into food powder blending at once. Now ten different liquids as an additional ingredient can be added, including items such as fats, oils, vitamins and food colorings – without requiring modifications in the portable factory.

“This application is useful for any powder product used for the food industry in different subsectors, such as baby food, dairy, meat or beverages,” a spokesperson for the company told FoodIngredientsFirst. “Blendhub has been tested both for B2B blends as well as B2C food powder-based consumer products and validated by several of the world’s biggest ingredients and food producers. B2C, as for example, Nestle Maggi, or beverages like Tang of Mondelez, of infant food formula like Nutrilon of Danone. This process is also useful for B2B companies who externalize the blending ingredients and incorporate them into their production process and produce food for the final consumer.”

The Portable Powder Blending factory of Blendhub incorporates the automatic liquid injection into the food powders blending process. The company has developed a parallel module, which is installed into the plant through connectors, according to customer needs, and is able to inject up to ten different liquids as an additional ingredient.

“The patented “Portable Powder Blending” factory is a portable and modular factory ready to plug and produce anywhere in the world and anywhere in the value chain. A unique solution delivered in six months from order in a 40ft container ready to plug and produce,” said the spokesperson. “The "Portable Powder Blending" factory has a range of unique advantages that create unique value propositions for any user of pre-blending, mixing, standardization, packaging or distribution of powders within multiple powder value chains.”

This feature allows the addition of the amount of liquid required into the blend at precise times, because the new module contains a software program that automates the process parameters of liquid addition, such as the timing and quantities, like in the provisions of liquid slosh and heating, which require some raw materials, for instance certain fats. In addition, the liquid injection module is designed to ensure maximum safety and traceability conditions throughout the process.

The liquid injection system is the second improvement implemented in the portable plant in recent months following the addition of a "big bags" packaging system, which allows to package quantities of 300 to 800 kg of powder products.

The "big bags" system is compatible with the packing in sacks between 15 and 25 kg, which already incorporates the factory, and is attached through an additional module, giving the "Portable Powder blending" more flexibility without altering its operation.

By Sonya Hook