Dry ingredients were received through dedicated bulk and bag debagging stations, then managed through weighing, batching and vacuum transfer with interlocking for consistent dosing.

Wet ingredients were handled via block melting, transfer and storage, supported by dedicated hot-water utility skids and jacketed/insulated transfer piping to upper-level holding and process tie-ins.

The system then tied into the batch vacuum reactor and dryer interfaces, before moving into downstream dry-end stages including cooling, lump management and screening, conveying, and big-bag packing—all integrated into a multi-floor installation plan with staged testing and commissioning.

• 1T FIBC debagging with auxiliary bag tipping (sugar), plus magnet protection, weighing vessel, vacuum transfer and interlocks25kg bag debagging (milk powder), plus magnet protection, weighing vessel, vacuum transfer and interlock
• Cocoa liquor block melting, pumping, holding and sanitary piping/instrumentation
• Cocoa butter block melting, pumping, holding and sanitary piping/instrumentation
• Hot & cold water thermoregulation utilities (hot/cold water tanks & skids, pumps, heat exchange, instrumentation and distribution)
• SCM re-hydration (high-shear) vessel with transfer line and SCM holding system (including straining and associated piping/instrumentation)
• Batch vacuum reactor and batch vacuum dryer integration scope
• Cooling, lump management and screening stages, plus conveying and big-bag packing stations
• Controls/SCADA scope and structural/access platforms

Crumb handling presents unique real-world challenges—particularly bridging, adhesion, hardening under compression, and agglomerate (“rock”) formation—which informed downstream design provisions for lump management, screening and maintainability across transfer and handling steps.