Spiral mixer with removable bowl
VMI’s range of spiral mixers with removable bowls achieves productivity, mixing quality, and process control. Retail and wholesale bakeries love these batch mixers for their robustness, versatility, and high output capabilities.
The VMI spiral mixers are the highest level of mixing technology, designed and built from our decades of experience in building industrial mixing equipment. They are fitted with a belt and gear transmission, a removable bowl system, and a manual for automation of recipes. Our vertical batch mixers are easy to use and ensure regular pre-mixing and kneading with the best tool-bowl movement.
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*Maximum dough capacity for an average hydration rate of 60%
SPI Spiral Mixers with Removable Bowl
The SPI removable bowl mixers can make small and large productions of doughs with various hydration such as bread, pastries, pizzas, donuts, bagels, cereal bars, and veggie steak.
Their robust design and powerful motors allow them to produce 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Versatility and modularity
- Thanks to its wide range of tools (spiral, paddle, whisk, cutter, etc.), SPI mixers are ideal for all types of dough, whether lightly or highly hydrated.
The Optional scraper is ideal for sticky doughs. - Manual loading or automated dosing of ingredients via inlets on the bowl cover (optional).
- Intuitive operation and recipe recording (version with HMI)
SPI mixers are the ideal solution for bakers because of their:
- Cleanability: a compact design without retention areas, a drain plug at the bottom of the bowl, and a slanted front frame (AV model) to make draining water easier.
- Easy maintenance: easily removable housing (AV model)
Three models are available:
SPI AV mixer
Equipped with two digital timers (ACCESS version) or with HMI (TOUCH version) for intuitive operation and recipe recording.
SPI AVI mixer
Thanks to the clamp locking system, the bowl is lifted off the floor for more consistent kneading.
SPI DAVI mixer
Its double tool is ideal to mix rich, stiff doughs such as pie, rolled, or frozen doughs. Customizable with a whip or a paddle, SPI DAVI mixers can be used to make all your pastry products.
Vertical Batch Mixer Kneadster®
The Kneadster® mixer is designed for bakers who want to make quality artisan bread on an industrial scale. It’s also suitable for producing products in other dough families such as sandwich bread, pastries, brioche, cookies, snack products, and more.
Based on VMI’s innovative technology, the Kneadster® mixer is fitted with a removable bowl and a double mixing tool of exclusive design. This double mixing tool’s diameter, shape, and position in the bowl allows the dough to develop quickly and evenly without heating. It enables the machine to be less stressed, more durable, and more reliable. It also allows for even incorporation of ingredients added in offset.
Other advantages of the Kneadster® mixer include:
- Control of your recipes and mixing processes using the intuitive HMI and production parameters tracking.
- Economic and responsible production. VMI has developed the mixer to store and re-inject energy into the tool drive circuit, reducing its consumption.
- Working comfort: ergonomic and silent design.
- Better hygiene. With its fully stainless steel construction and zero retention area, the Kneadster® mixer can be easily washed with a pressure cleaner.
- Scalability: Kneadster® mixers can be integrated into automated systems.
Kneadster® mixers are available in bakery or pastry mixing tool versions