Continuous Paddle Fryer for Chips and Lightweight Products 400/1100/12
The Continuous Paddle Fryer 400/1100/12 combines a universal electric conveyor fryer with a paddle module designed for frying lightweight products that float on the oil surface. It is particularly suitable for potato chips, vegetable crisps, extruded snacks and other delicate products that need to be guided through the oil bath and kept submerged during frying.
The paddles turn and move the products along the frying area, helping distribute them across the conveyor and maintain consistent contact with the hot oil. The modular design also allows the fryer to be expanded with additional equipment, including oil filtration and a cooling conveyor.
Applications
The paddle conveyor configuration is particularly useful for lightweight products that float during frying and require controlled movement through the oil.
Typical applications include:
- Potato chips and crisps
- Corn and extruded snacks
- Potato balls
- Taro chips
- Country-style potatoes
- French fries
- Croquettes
- Cassava chips
- Corn chips and tortillas
- Pellet-based snacks
- Banana chips
- Vegetable and fruit chips
The universal fryer platform can also be configured for other products using compatible conveyor modules.
Advantages of the Paddle Conveyor Fryer
- Adjustable frying time: The processing time can be adjusted from a few seconds up to approximately 50 minutes, depending on the selected operating settings.
- Gentle product handling: The specially shaped paddles guide and turn delicate products while helping minimize damage.
- Uniform product distribution: A separator at the inlet spreads incoming products across the working width of the conveyor.
- Reduced product loss: The conveyor and sidewalls help prevent products from escaping the working area.
- Easy installation: The paddle module can be mounted on or removed from the compatible base fryer.
- Enhanced safety: The heating elements are equipped with safety thermostats.
How the Paddle Fryer Works
The module features a stainless-steel conveyor with four evenly spaced paddle sections along the frying area. At the inlet, a separator distributes incoming products across the working width and helps prevent them from accumulating in one place.
As the conveyor moves, the specially curved paddles gently turn the products and guide them through the hot oil. This movement helps keep floating products submerged during frying before directing them towards the discharge section of the base conveyor.
The paddle conveyor operates in synchronisation with the base conveyor, providing coordinated product movement through the frying zone.
Additional Modules and Equipment
The 400/1100/12 fryer has a modular design that allows you to adapt the equipment to your products and production process. This model is presented with a paddle conveyor, which is designed to guide lightweight, floating products through the hot oil and help keep them submerged during frying. Additional equipment, including oil-handling systems and a worktable, can be added to suit your production requirements.
Alternative Double-Conveyor Configuration
As an alternative to the paddle conveyor configuration shown on this page, the 400/1100/12 fryer can be offered with a double-conveyor system. This setup includes an upper pressure conveyor that holds floating products below the oil surface as they move through the frying zone, helping ensure full immersion and more even frying. It is suitable for products that tend to float and require consistent contact with the hot oil throughout processing.
Stainless-steel worktable
The optional worktable provides a supporting structure for the fryer and allows compatible additional equipment to be installed as part of the same setup. It is also required when ordering the optional oil reservoir and automatic hot-oil circulation system.
Oil reservoir
An additional oil reservoir with a capacity of approximately 75 litres is available for the worktable configuration. It provides extra capacity for oil handling within the configured system and can be combined with the automatic hot-oil circulation and filtration equipment. The reservoir is supplied only as part of the worktable assembly.
Oil filtration system
The optional oil filtration system removes food particles and residues from used frying oil, supporting oil management between production cycles and helping prepare the oil for reuse. Depending on the selected configuration, filtration can be integrated into an oil circulation system or a more comprehensive oil-handling setup. The system is available with the worktable and oil reservoir configuration.
Cooling conveyor
After frying, products may need to be cooled and de-oiled before further handling, packaging or storage. A cooling conveyor transports the fried products away from the fryer and allows them to cool under directed airflow, as they move along the conveyor. It can also help remove excess surface oil, depending on the product and conveyor configuration.
Building a More Complete Frying Line
For businesses looking to integrate several stages of production, the fryer can be configured as part of a more complete line combining continuous frying, oil filtration and a cooling conveyor. This arrangement brings frying and post-frying handling into one coordinated workflow and can reduce the need to transfer products manually between separate stages of the process.
The oil reservoir has a capacity of approximately 75 litres (±5 litres) and is available only with the worktable. The automatic hot-oil circulation system also requires this configuration. Additional modules and accessories are subject to the selected configuration and are not necessarily included in the listed price.
Technical Specifications
- Model: 400/1100/12
- Working area length: 1,100 mm (43.3 inches)
- Working area width: 400 mm (15.7 inches)
- Oil volume: Approximately 60 litres (15.85 US gallons)
- Material: Stainless steel
- Operating principle: Continuous
- Country of origin: Slovakia
- Total power: 12 kW
- Heating: Electric
- Voltage: 380–400 V
