Drying, baking, toasting and expansion

Snack Food Processing: Safe, Clean, Efficient.

Custom solutions for high volume production.

Equipment Features

Hot Air Expanders

- Rapid heat transfer for snack pellet expansion and popping

- Compartmentalized product handling for precise expansion control

- Proprietary impingementtube arrangement for uniformly expanded pellets

Impingement Systems

- Fully assembled modular design saves installation time and expense

- Housing construction for high temperature applications

- Removable nozzle and tube sheets for flexibility and cleaning

Convection Ovens

- Process flexibility, custom designed to suit the process

- Superior access for cleaning and increased uptime

- Sanitary designs with optional CIP systems

-Heavy duty conveyor options for extended belt life

Responding to the rapidly changing snack food industry, KAAE is pleased to offer versatile equipment to bake, expand, puff, toast, dry and cool a wide range of products. Applications include snack crisps, rice cakes, chips (pita and potato) and pelleted products.

Convection and impingement ovens are used to bake a wide range of low bulk density products. A variety of configurations are available including multiple-pass and single-pass conveyor ovens, dual plenum or inline airflow dryers, and impingement systems that provide rapid heat transfer for ideal product color, texture and moisture control. The  fluid bed processor adds to these options with impingement technology on a vibratory product conveyor.

KAAE offers a unique technology to deliver air uniformly to pellet product for efficient and consistent expansion, achieved excellent product consistency with tight control of bulk density, color and texture, in 100% pellet expansion.

Technical Parameters