Laboratory
Pilot plant
Our pilot plant, which is equipped with a laboratory and pilot-scale roasting machines, enables research to be carried out on the influence of different roasting conditions on coffee quality.The effects of phase, profile, and preliminary roasting as well as pre-drying processes can be tested.
Different
pilot plant and laboratory roll mills and compactors allow for an
optimisation of grinding for filter, espresso, and extract coffee.
The optimum machine design with respect to the customer's individual requirements can be defined already during the tests.
Experienced engineers and coffee specialists will assist you with the tests.
Our customers can find out about the complete range of possible roasting conditions, such as temperature, air quantity or the influence of slow and fast roasting on the processing of the coffee.
Grinding
Grinding is a technology which requires the highest precision with regard to production tolerance as well as robustly constructed machines.Neuhaus Neotec grinders are fully reliable, precise and always keep to the pre-determined particle size distribution.
Quality assurance requires careful and oxygen protected handling of
the ground roasted coffee from grinding to packing. Neuhaus Neotec has
various designs from which to choose.
Detailed innovative design makes the grinder a leader in technology.
In
the field of grinding, a laboratory roll mill is at your disposal which
replicates the design of large-scale production grinders. These
grinders produce coffee that ensures an optimum cup of espresso as well
as dust-free granules for instant coffee.
Currently a pilot plant is being planned for the steam pre-treatment of green coffee.
Research and development is the key to success
During the past years NEUHAUS NEOTEC have carried out many different grinding trials and test roasts in their full-scale lab located at Ganderkesee. The NEUHAUS NEOTEC pilot plant is equipped with 3 roasters: Signum with a batch size of 150 g, RFB 10 with batch sizes from 1.5 to 5 kg and RFB -30 G with batch sizes from 15 to 30 kg. These roasters offer the possibility to meet all requests of our customers from all over the world. The requirements range from short-time roasting to traditional slow roasting, from very dark espresso to light Scandinavian roasts.Not only coffee, but all kinds of different products like grain, wheat, nuts, sesame, sunflower kernel, rice, soybeans etc. have been tested successfully. We have used the facilities in order to put into practice the new developments of our R&D department. One important point is the development and improvement of our different roasting systems. NEUHAUS NEOTEC are working on the improvement of different processes i.e. to simplify even more the handling of green coffee and roast coffee silos by installing an online tool to measure humidity and colour similar to the programme already used for industrial roasters. The equipment for grinder tests in our pilot-plant includes a laboratory grinder and an industrial-scale grinder.
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