Each type of ice cream is different in terms of consistency. Sorbet contains mostly water. Milk-based ice cream is a creamy mixture of milk, water and eggs. This makes agitator drives with large speed ranges extremely important for ice cream machines. Depending on the consistency, each ice cream flavor needs its own stirring modus. Speed-controlled, naturally. We have compiled the perfect solution with MOVIGEAR® mechatronic drives and a MOVI-PLC® controller.
The project at a glance
Components and solutions used
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Images from the sample project
Georgio Ballabeni, senior boss of Ballabeni Icecream, is "on the quest for the world’s best ice-cream"
The project in detail
What is your favorite ice cream flavor? Chocolate-ginger, caffè latte or pistachio-mint? Or rather a sorbet with an illustrious name such as lemon-basil, pear-pineapple or plum cake-style?
You can probably hardly decide. In addition to creative ice cream combinations for a distinctive taste, sophisticated customer-specific drive technology makes for the sought-after creamy consistency for each type of ice cream in Giorgio Ballabeni's Munich-based ice cream factory.
At the same time, the Gelato master is also committed to environmental protection. His ice cream comes in compostable paper cups with small plastic spoons of the same kind. It goes without saying that it is important for him that the equipment in his workshop and the ice cream machines are as energy-efficient as possible.
Thanks to our MOVIGEAR® mechatronic drive systems and the MOVI-PLC® advanced motion and logic controller,the different kinds of ice cream are always stirred perfectly and turn out deliciously creamy at the end. And all of this with an extremely low energy consumption thanks to the highly efficient drive technology.
Everything is perfectly integrated into the three ice cream machines with four containers each of type "Ideatre" made by Carpigiani. These 12 multi-functional containers – Ballabeni affectionately calls them "My twelve-cylinder engine" – are computer-controlled for cooling, heating and stirring. About 90 tons of energy-efficiently produced scoops of ice cream per year delight the enthusiastic customers.
Ballabeni Icecream – "Proudly handmade in Munich"
About twelve years ago, gastronome Giorgio Ballabeni from Padua launched his ice cream business - following the basic principles of gourmet cuisine.
Ice cream machine manufacturer Carpigiani
In 1945, brothers Bruto and Poerio Carpigiani opened their small business in Bologna and nowadays Carpigiani-ALI S.p.A. supplies customers in more than 100 countries. According to their own statement, the ice cream machine manufacturer is the market leader in the field of mechanical engineering for artisan ice cream production. Furthermore, the company operates the "Gelato University" to offer comprehensive training to new ice-cream makers.