Easy-Flow Ultra-Fast Cooler

Lyco has revolutionized cooling particulate food items with a new design called Easy-Flow™ cooler. Traditionally certain pasta product took 12 minutes to cook, but they could be cooled to 40F in 6 minutes,This machine is made in a single, 2, 3, and 4 zones. Each zone submerges and mixes product in cold well water (55°F.) or chilled (33°F.) water where it rapidly discharges heat. The machine will handle any particulate food shapes. The first stage can cool most products from 200°F to below 70°F in under 10 seconds. A second stage cools product to 55°F, and the third stage brings product temperature down to 40°F or below. This is a tremendous improvement in food safety and productivity.

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Alternative Lyco pasta

Rotary Drum Blancher

Since 1985 Lyco Mfg. has been the most innovative company in the food industry. Our blanchers, cookers and coolers are the most advanced, state-of-the-art machines in the world. We’ve increased capacity, reduced process times, and eliminated under-cooking and over-cooking and reduced cooling times by 40% in rotary drum machines. Lyco designs use less energy, less water and produce higher quality in a smaller footprint.

Cooker-Cooler

Combination blancher/cooker-coolers were first designed in 1995 for blanching and cooling pasta, rice and vegetables. The basic process differences between a blancher, cooker or pasteurizer are retention times and operating temperatures. Lyco Cooker-Coolers have the option of doors in the cylinders and clean-in-place manifolds in the cover, the open center flights, and the tank sides. Our combination cooker/coolers have lower maintenance costs and take up much less room than two separate machines and a conveyor in between. The single CIP System cleans both hot and cold zones. Save major floor space with this design.

Clean-Flow®

Clean-Flow® Blanchers were developed in 2007 to address the need for faster sanitation cleanup time so that prepared meal operations could run many different products in a day. The Clean-Flow in Place System can clean over 98% by itself. All Clean-Flow designs feature Hydro-Flow® agitation, which  guarantees a uniform process. You’re able to achieve a much higher quality product because every food item is individually treated gently. Under- and over-cooking of pasta is eliminated. Losses from sticking and clumping are totally eliminated which increases recovery 10% to 15%  compared to European cook-quench-chill systems or batch kettle systems.

Clean-Flow designs have an auger with a wedge wire screen located underneath the auger from 3:00 to 9:00 o’clock which contains product between the auger flights during operation. For cleaning, the screen is driven by a large gear which rotates it 360° around the auger. Spray manifolds swiftly clean both sides of the screen and auger. Lyco machines are robust and made to very exacting tolerances, which result in very low maintenance, very high reliability and a higher return on investment. It has literally been called the best pasta, rice and vegetable blancher in the world!

PASTA PROCESSING

Pasta, a consumer staple, is included in many ready-to-eat meal packages and preparations. Traditional old world Batch Basket Cook Quench Chill Systems served their purpose years ago, but are being replaced with more modern continuous systems because they are faster, simpler, easier to clean and produce much higher quality products. Lyco’s 50 years of experience supplying cooking and cooling equipment has allowed them to make better Cook Quench Chill Systems.

We gently handle the most delicate products and have totally eliminated common processing issues such as product sticking together or clumping and the losses they create. Our latest innovations in 2007 are Clean Flow Cookers designed for rapid change-over to different recipes in the same day. They are the front half of our Cook Quench Chill continuous systems.
Following the cooker, Easy Flow Coolers can cool, quench and chill most pasta shapes from 200F down to 40F in under 30 seconds. Lyco’s continuous systems can literally improve recovery by 10 to 15% over kettles and Batch Cook Quench Chill Basket systems. Want to improve your operation and stay ahead of the competition? Your costs will go way down and your quality will go way up. Buy Lyco’s state of the art machinery and you will surge ahead.

  • All Lyco systems are continuous first in and first out

  • Automated cooking and cooling solutions

  • Continuous system provides uniform results