Chocolate Manufacturing

We have developed a variety of industrial weighing solutions that either meet or exceed each of the above challenges, driving Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) up. At the same time, we help our customers take on their challenges at the least total cost. Our solutions deliver reductions in waste while enhancing quality, safety, and productivity. They do this by reducing downtime by as much as 51%, compared to other industrial weighing solutions.

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Weighing is used for many processes in the manufacturing of chocolate:

• In the grading and bagging where the cocoa beans are bagged in sacks weighing from 130 to 200 pounds (59.02-90.8 kilograms)
• To precisely add potassium carbonate, sugar, or other sweeteners by weight to make cocoa powder
• To remix press cake with some of the removed cocoa butter to make chocolate candy
• In the process of conching where it is critical to add a specific weight of material over a specific time and rate for quality and compliance. Ingredient additions include chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, sugar, vanilla, powdered whole milk, or whole liquid milk depending on which chocolate is being made
• In the pouring and packaging, where it is essential to accurately fill molds, packets, bags, etc by weight and check weigh the finished product for compliance
• To sell the hulls by weight as mulch, fertilizer, or commercial boiler fuel

Hardy products meet standards and are easy to integrate. At the same time, they consistently, cost-effectively, and safely help produce high-quality products. Hardy has weighing solutions to assist you in complying with the FDA regulations and consumer satisfaction.

With close to 100 years of experience, Hardy has navigated several large customers through market changes, increasing government regulations, consolidation, and changing consumer preferences in the chocolate industry.   Download Weighing Solutions for the Chocolate Industry