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Magnetic Separators for Confectionery Applications

Magnattack® has a number of magnetic separators for confectionery applications, engineered to overcome the challenges of magnets overloading and shorting out in confectionery processing.

Abrasive and sticky product such as sugar, cocoa, lactose & chocolate can be a serious challenge for operators. Products such as sticky sugars can be very unhygienic, tough to clean and can lower separation efficiency, while magnets with exposed moving parts are prone to binding/jamming and handling issues.

There is a wide range of risks where metal fragment contamination can occur in the snacks and confectionery industry, ranging from equipment wear (such as chocolate conches) to contamination in incoming raw materials. Some ingredients such as salt, sugar, and gluten are more likely to contain foreign metal contamination, such as tiny metal fragments, than other ingredients.

Magnetic separators for confectionery applications are often installed in jacketted chocolate lines or syrup lines above bulk ingredient discharges, upstream of powder sprinkles, post minor ingredient intakes, and at ingredient bag dump areas.

It is vital to ensure magnetic separators are installed at ingredient intakes for traceability of suppliers that they meet minimum requirements.

There may also be several strategic processing locations through the plant prior to final products and packing. Magnets placed upstream will help control the risk before it is dispersed more extensively throughout the process.

The final magnet should be installed as far downstream as practical, yet upstream of final metal detection. This will help relieve the metal detector and help reduce nuisance trips and excess wastage that results from a quarantine event.

Magnattack® magnetic separators for confectionery applications:

Magnetic Separators for Gravity (Control Flow Ingredients)

Mag-Ram® Self-Cleaning Grate Magnet

Mag-Ram Self-Cleaning Magnetic Separator for dry confectionery applications

Rapidclean® Grate Magnet

Rapidclean Grate Magnet - magnetic separator solution for dry confectionery applications

Magnetic Separators for Blowlines (Powder Conveying)

Spherical Pneumatic Transfer Magnet

Spherical Pneumatic Transfer Magnet - magnetic separator for dry powders

Magnetic Separators for Liquid Processing

Pressure Pipeline Separator

Pressure Pipeline Separator for liquid confectionery applications

Magnet Filter Combination

Magnet Filter Combo magnetic separator for liquid confectionery applications

Magnetic Separators for High-Risk Applications

Acutex® Probe Magnets

Acutex Probe Magnet for dry and wet confectionery applications

Custom Magnets for Existing Equipment

Grate Magnets

Grate Magnet for dry confectionery products

Separation Bars / Shafts

Separation Shaft/Bar magnetic separator installed in confectionery line

Some applications are susceptible to wear and tear due to abrasive product. This can cause the magnet surface to wear to the point where worn areas on magnets can lead to toxic contamination issues. Magnattack® developed Dura-Slik® – a Magnattack® surfacing treatment to resist abrasion and add a barrier of protection against harsh product and the effects of contaminants reacting with the magnets in some instances. This Abrasion-Reduction Technology was designed for magnet surfaces which greatly reduces surface tension, abrasion and helps in releasing any bonded powder and magnetic fragments.

Find out more about Magnattack® magnetic separators, or contact the Magnattack® Global team.

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