Food industry Sigma Kneader Mixers (Z-arm mixers and extruders)

Multi-sector expertise to support your industrial processes

Over the years, RMC Marc Guittard has developed recognised expertise in processing the most complex materials. Whether the materials are highly viscous, pasty, filled, abrasive, sticky or shear-sensitive, RMC Marc Guittard supports you in optimising your process.

Our mixing solutions are now used worldwide across a wide range of industrial sectors.

Mixing solutions designed for high-viscosity food products

The processing of high-viscosity food products requires equipment capable of ensuring homogeneous mixing, precise control of production parameters and consistent quality of the finished product. Whether it be pasta, sweet products, confectionery, specialised nutrition or animal feed, each formulation has specific rheological characteristics that directly influence the performance of the mixing process.

RMC Marc Guittard supports food manufacturers in the design, manufacture, refurbishment and optimisation of Sigma Kneader Mixers for the most challenging applications. Thanks to our recognised expertise in processing high- and very high-viscosity products, our teams develop customised solutions that meet the requirements of production, quality, food safety and industrial performance.

Perfect control of high-viscosity food products

Food processing involves raw materials with a wide range of properties: powders, pastes, syrups, sugars, fats, proteins, gelling agents and functional ingredients.

The choice of a Sigma Kneader Mixer depends on numerous parameters such as viscosity, density, moisture content, shear sensitivity, processing temperature and the desired level of homogeneity.

RMC Marc Guittard’s Sigma Kneader Mixer (Z-arm or double arm mixers) produce perfectly homogeneous mixtures whilst preserving the functional properties of the ingredients and the organoleptic quality of the finished products.

Solutions suitable for a wide range of food and drink applications

Our equipment is used in the manufacture of a wide variety of food and nutritional products, including:

Cooking mixes

RMC Sigma Kneader Mixers are suitable for the production of:

  • soup cubes,
  • dehydrated cooking mixes,
  • speciality food blends.

These products require the homogeneous mixing of solid and paste-like ingredients whilst ensuring excellent recipe reproducibility.

Bread and Pastry

Our solutions meet the production requirements for a wide range of bakery and pastry products:

  • biscuit doughs,
  • cake mixes,
  • flours and bakery mixes.

Precise control of shear and mixing time ensures a consistent texture whilst preserving the functional properties of the raw materials.

Chocolate and confectionery

Sweet products require equipment capable of processing highly viscous materials whilst controlling thermal processes.

Sigma Kneader mixers are used in the manufacture of:

  • chocolate bars,
  • chocolate,
  • fudge,
  • confectionery,
  • sweets,
  • chewing gum,
  • sugar paste,
  • ready-to-roll icing,
  • gelatine.

Depending on the formulations, the equipment may incorporate heating or cooling systems to ensure precise control of production temperatures.

Cereals and nutritional products

The manufacturing processes for nutritional products require perfect homogeneity of ingredients as well as excellent recipe reproducibility.

RMC solutions are used to produce:

  • cereal bars,
  • nutritional energy bars,
  • sports nutrition,
  • protein powders,
  • probiotics,
  • vitamin and mineral supplements.

The equipment ensures the homogeneous dispersion of powders, proteins, vitamins and active ingredients whilst minimising their degradation.

Animals’ nutrition

RMC Marc Guittard also supports manufacturers specialising in:

  • animal feed,
  • bird feed,
  • fishing bait.

These applications require robust equipment capable of mixing formulations rich in fibre, protein, oils or technical additives, whilst ensuring excellent homogeneity in the final product.

Equipment designed to meet the requirements of the food industry

Every manufacturing process has its own specific constraints. The Sigma Kneader Mixers developed by RMC Marc Guittard are configured according to:

  • the viscosity of the product,
  • the rheological behaviour of the raw materials,
  • the required level of shear,
  • the production temperature,
  • the heating or cooling method,
  • the production capacity,
  • cleaning requirements,
  • hygiene and food safety requirements.

This approach enables us to design a solution perfectly tailored to each customer’s industry-specific objectives.

Technical support at every stage of the project

Beyond simply manufacturing equipment, RMC Marc Guittard supports manufacturers in analysing their processes, validating mixing parameters, conducting industrial tests, commissioning, maintaining and optimising the performance of their installations.

Thanks to this comprehensive approach, RMC’s teams work with food and drink manufacturers in France and internationally to develop reliable, scalable and sustainable mixing solutions.

Are you developing a new manufacturing process?

Every food product has its own mixing requirements. RMC Marc Guittard’s experts will support you in analysing your process to determine the Sigma Kneader Mixer or mixer extruder configuration best suited to your application, your production objectives and the demands of your mPerfect control of high-viscosity food products

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Optimise your mixing process today

Do you work with very high-viscosity products?

Our experts can help you to:

  • identify the right technology
  • select the correct equipment size
  • optimise your industrial process

Contact RMC Marc Guittard for a customised study

  • Analysis of your product
  • Technical recommendations
  • Tailor-made solution