Lindor, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, has supplied an L4000 mixer to Infré, the leading Swiss tea blender and specialist in tea decaffeination. The delicate tea leaves are mixed very gently to form a homogeneous blend, after which they undergo a decaffeination process using methylene chloride.
Infré CEO Gert ter Voorde commented: "Our customers prefer to buy their tea ready to use, which means already blended and decaffeinated. This blender allows us to purchase different types of tea from all over the world and blend it to obtain the required quality. The Lindor mixer increases our flexibility and as a result we can appeal to a much larger market. What settled it for us was the mixing principle, the quality and sustainability. This mixer is an important tool towards further grow for Infré.”
The L4000 ‘gentle touch’ mixer provides for a net product volume of 4000 litres. The rotary drum contains six fixed scoops and on both sides of the drum there is a special seal that integrates seamlessly with the static inlet and outlet structure. The geometry of the paddles and their position in the drum ensures that the drum is completely emptied (> 99.8 %) after opening the pneumatically controlled discharge valve. The mixer can process 4m³ in a single batch. www.lindor.nl
 

The Lindor L4000 at Infré, with its frame painted by the customer in the Dutch national colour

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