Cocoa cake pulverizer?

Carlos Eichenberger
@carlos-eichenberger
03/10/11 10:21:01AM
158 posts

I'm accumulating a LOT of cocoa cake and have not been able to find anyone local that is willing to pulverize it. Any suggestions for an inexpensive solution? I easily have 400 lbs of cake and a lot of demand for the cocoa powder!

At the moment we're pulverizing small amounts with a food processor and varying size sieves but it's ridiculously time consuming.

Ideally the solution would be under $1k.


updated by @carlos-eichenberger: 04/10/15 03:29:50AM
Daniel Preston
@daniel-preston
03/10/11 02:56:56PM
10 posts

Where are you located?

We have a pin mill and hammer mill.

-Daniel

Dan@brooklyncacao.com

Carlos Eichenberger
@carlos-eichenberger
03/10/11 04:26:47PM
158 posts

We've emailed before. I'm Carlos Eichenberger of Danta Chocolate in Guatemala.

Please send specs and prices to the email address used for previous communications.

Tom
@tom
03/10/11 06:07:48PM
205 posts
Novital,does some cheap grain crackers, they are hammer mills with different sized sieves, you may find one that suits.
Daniel Preston
@daniel-preston
03/10/11 08:32:00PM
10 posts

Hi Carlos,

400 pounds is not a lot ;)

Our hammer mill can process 8 tons an hour...

Here is a smaller version of the Mikro hammer mill many large chocolate companies use, for sale on ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/MIKROPUL-HAMMERMILL-MODEL-2TH-/280283028196?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item41422b9ae4

Maybe the seller will take a lower offer?

Best,

Daniel

Daniel Preston
@daniel-preston
03/10/11 08:39:14PM
10 posts

these guys can get you a solution for about $3k

http://www.meadowsmills.com/prod02.htm

Carlos Eichenberger
@carlos-eichenberger
03/11/11 01:07:40PM
158 posts

Yes, for some people 400 lbs might be a pittance, but to me, it's a lot. And I was wrong, we have about 1000 lbs already :(

Still, those mills all seem to be geared towards much larger production scales

Thanks anyway for the input!

Oh, how about this guy? $1k http://cgi.ebay.com/Micro-Hammer-Cutter-Mill-Spex-cat-5200-Culatti-AG-/370488838858?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5642db0aca

Daniel Preston
@daniel-preston
03/11/11 01:11:25PM
10 posts

This tiny unit will work but will take you a long time to go through 1000 pounds and you will need to put the cake through a pin mill first as you need to feed this hammer mill with pea sized chunks...

go for a bigger unit.

Carlos Eichenberger
@carlos-eichenberger
03/11/11 01:19:33PM
158 posts

The same folks that make the CocoaTown melangeurs have this pulverizer on their site...

They actually sent me a sugar sample ground with that unit and the particle size seemed adequate. I had completely spaced this contact!

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