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Neuhaus Neotec’s NEOROAST 15 for 5 to 15 kg batches
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Traditional cooler of NEOROAST 15.
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Comfortable operation from Touch Panel or separate PC.
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Neuhaus Neotec’s marketing director Lars Henkel shows the NEOROAST 15.
The market for specialty coffees and roasting volumes oriented towards regional sales continues to develop. Many young roasters take a critical look at the complete production chain from green coffee cultivation to the distribution channel of roasted coffee in their business and show unprecedented openness to new technologies, which gives them more freedom to develop their coffee products.
Neuhaus Neotec developed the NEOROAST for this particular market segment. With an output of up to 240 kg/h, the NEOROAST covers the capacity requirements of small to medium-sized roasting plant. The roasting system differs significantly from traditional roasting processes and uses RFB technology, which Neuhaus Neotec has developed over many years. The origins of this technology date back some 40 years, when Neuhaus Neotec made a lasting impact on and changed the global coffee roasting industry with this ground-breaking technology. Instead of using mechanical elements to move the coffee and roast it via contact heat with the heated metal element, the coffee is gently moved and roasted in an air bed. This type of process control has many advantages. All mechanical components in the roasting chamber, which are subject to continuous wear, are eliminated.
Roasting profiles with outmost flexibility
Due to the significantly lower thermal inertia of the roasting system, roasting profiles can be run that are not possible in the traditional roasting process due to physical restrictions. The precise recording of the product temperature in the coffee bean bed as well as the short response time of the hot air as the transferring heat medium to new temperature pre-set values enable the roaster to make short-term changes in the profile even during the ongoing roasting process.
Due to its many advantages, this ergonomic process control is widely accepted in the industrial sector worldwide, and Italian giants in the espresso business as well as globally operating companies with regionally adapted roasting recipes rely on RFB technology for many years now. In order to give smaller roasters also access to RFB technology, Neuhaus Neotec offers the NEOROAST in two variants with batch sizes of 5-15 kg and 10-30 kg. Like all roaster series at Neuhaus Neotec, the NEOROAST comes with a PLC to manage recipes and control the roasting process. In addition, the control system offers the possibility to operate the roaster via tablet or to monitor the roasting process with in-house or external software tools such as Cropster or Artisan. In addition to the actual roasting process, the PLC also controls the filling and emptying process in the roasting chamber. Optional accessories such as automatic feeding, destoners, and further software tools extend the ease of operation.
Unique design
The separation of the single roaster components, i.e. external burner and fan, allows the roaster additional flexibility when setting up the plant. For example, in a roastery with a showroom character, the aggregates for energy supply can be spatially separated from the roasting chamber and cooler components relevant for operation by a partition wall. While the process-optimized design of the roasting chamber clearly differs from conventional roasting systems, Neuhaus Neotec relies on traditional look for the open circular cooler. In addition, a large inspection glass allows a view into the roasting chamber during the entire roasting process. If required, a bean sample can be taken at any time via the sampler.
“However, experience shows that due to the high degree of precision of the roasting system, this function is used far less than is usually necessary with drum roasting,” says Hendrik Rhein, roasting
expert at Neuhaus Neotec. “Our customers who have previously worked with drum roasters often still use the sampler at the beginning as a matter of habit, but as they become more familiar with the system, their use behavior changes because the NEOROAST’s very accurate temperature measurement and fast response dynamics to changing boundary parameters enable it to continuously produce consistent roasting results according to the roasting profile specification.”
Since its market launch, the roasting system has been sold in various countries from the USA to Europe and China. Interested parties can visit the roasting system at Neuhaus Neotec’s in-house technical center and carry out roasting tests with the NEOROAST under supervision or on their own. In the future, Neuhaus Neotec will also hold training seminars to introduce roasting technology to a wider audience. And Lars Henkel, Marketing Manager at Neuhaus Neotec, is delighted every time customers show their enthusiasm for the new roasting possibilities after their own roasting trials.
At this year’s SCA EXPO in Boston, Neuhaus Neotec shows its NEOROAST 30 model and is looking forward to exciting discussions with all interested parties.
If you need further information please contact: Sabine Jurgenmeier, KaffeeSATZ PR e-mail: sj@kaffeesatz-pr.de ph: +49 234 927855-66