The continuous butter making machine (CBM), manufactured by Simon Frères, type MD1119 C (1983), has a butter output capacity of approximately 2,000 kg per hour, based on an input of around 4,000 Liters of cream with a fat content of 38–42%. The complete installation includes a cream feed pump, water and culture dosing system, vacuum section, recirculation system for cooling and buttermilk injection, culture and brine injection pumps, buttermilk cooler, buttermilk and CIP pumps, collection tank, valves, piping, and full control system. After production, the butter is pumped to an Egli butter silo equipped with two Waukesha outlet pumps for transfer to the filling machines.
Download pdfEgli butter silo with a capacity of 2,000 kg, including 2 Waukesha type 130U1 butter pumps (5.5 kW) and a CIP return pump. Part of a complete butter production line: cream is pumped from the buffer tanks to the continuous butter making machine (CBM), which converts approximately 4,000 liters of cream per hour into 2,000 kg of butter.