Consistent, Gentle Mixing for Complex Foods
Blentech’s agitator options mix, blend, or gently fold ingredients in across a wide, heated surface, resulting in even cooking, faster batch times, better texture, and easier cleanup—even with your most challenging recipes.
WHY FOOD PROCESSORS CHOOSE HORIZONTAL AGITATION
Instead of swirling ingredients around, our systems gently fold them to protect delicate inclusions and ensure uniform cooking. It’s the ideal solution for foods where quality, texture, and cook time all matter. Our engineers help you pick the right agitator style based on viscosity, particulates, and cleanability.
Faster, More Even Cooking
Full-surface contact and reversing motion eliminate dead zones and shorten cook times.
Gentle, High-Quality Mixing
Protects texture of delicate ingredients while improving yield through clean discharge.
Easy to Clean & Maintain
Scraped surfaces reduce burn-on, speed sanitation, and extend equipment life.
AGITATOR STYLES THAT MATCH YOUR RECIPE
Every product moves differently. Our process engineers help you pick the right horizontal agitator: paddle, ribbon, or helical, with or without scrapers, to hit your texture and viscosity targets, protect inclusions, and speed cleanup.
Ribbon
Sticky or fragile mixes (cheese, fruit blends, hamburger, powders)
Double Ribbon
Fast, even blending of low-viscosity products (sauces, soups, dry mixes)
Ribbon Paddle
Excellent heat transfer + blending (stir-fry, noodle-in-broth applications)
Sickle Paddle
Aggressive folding (forming-grade poultry, high-yield blends)
Solid Screw
High-shear smearing/conveying (processed cheese, emulsions)
Hollow Flight
Internal heat transfer (pet foods, pastes, thick soups)
Custom Designs
Specialty processes (rice cooking, bacon, cryogen blending, grinding)
Hygienic solid-shaft configurations for AMI/RTE, reinforced shafts that handle side-loads without drift, and drivetrain protection that prevents overload damage and cuts unplanned downtime.
Let’s Talk About What You’re Making
Looking to scale production, launch new products, or cut cleanup time? We’ll help you build a more efficient line that supports your growth.