Continuous pasta dryer C-line

Overview
The Bühler C-line short-goods pasta dryer provides premium pasta quality with maximum throughput and efficient floor space utilization. It is customizable thanks to its modular design concept, which is based on combinable, single drying elements.

Key benefits

• Top food safety: With automatic dew-point control, conditions in the cooler remain clean and dry, ensuring hygienic operation and high food safety.
• High-end quality: S-shaped elements, smart air distribution and heat insulation work together to deliver uniform drying, perfect product structure and consistent quality.
• Perfect performance: Independently controllable climate zones and adjustable belt speeds enable tailored drying parameters to achieve desired textures, including an "al dente" finish.

Highlight features

• Countless varieties of short-goods pasta — Uniform drying conditions: Patented, robust S-type conveyor belt elements promote uninterrupted, reliable production with constant air circulation and individual belt drives to reach high throughput and process recipes for many short-goods shapes.
• Excellent ventilation and heat insulation — Low energy consumption: By merging two drying zones into a single body and reducing surface area, heat loss through radiation is reduced. Curved Bühler panels provide optimal insulation, minimizing energy consumption.
• Independent belt drives — High flexibility: Independently controlled belt speeds increase flexibility for adjusting layer depth and retention time for every pasta shape, allowing customization for special shapes and optimum drying conditions.

Other features & process elements

• Modular design: Combinable, single drying elements enable customization of dryer length and configuration.
• S-shaped conveyor elements: Patented S-type elements for gentle, continuous transport and reduced product abrasion.
• Electronic dew-point regulation: Eliminates condensation in the cooling stage and ensures dust-free, hygienic cooler conditions.
• Belt cooler modularity: Cooling process can be regulated optimally for safe, efficient cooling performance.
• Easy maintenance: Key points are quickly and safely accessible via platforms or stairs for convenient cleaning and maintenance.

Customer testimonial
"The C-line short-goods dryer is highly flexible. We can produce everything from soup pasta to penne and from penne to anelli siciliani!" — Flavio Ferro, Plant Manager at La Molisana, Campobasso, Italy

Characteristics / technical specifications

• Model family: C-line
• Product code (page): CUBE-00026-066
• Application: Short-goods pasta drying (counts many varieties from soup pasta to penne and specialty shapes)
• Design: Modular, combinable single drying elements
• Conveyor: Patented S-type conveyor belt elements (aluminum elements in cooler for gentle transport)
• Climate control: Independently controllable climate zones; electronic dew-point monitoring and regulation
• Process control: Individual belt drives with adjustable belt speeds for layer depth and retention time control
• Thermal efficiency: Merged drying zones and curved insulation panels to reduce heat loss
• Hygiene: Automatic dew-point control and design features to maintain clean, dry, dust-free conditions
• Maintenance: Accessible design with platforms/stairs for cleaning and servicing
• Available media: Product flyer (PDF) and product video available for this product