votator

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noun

A machine that cools and kneads liquid margarine etc., preparatory to packaging.

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nounvotator (plural votators)

plural votators

  1. A machine that cools and kneads liquid margarine etc., preparatory to packaging.

    In the following paragraphs, the general principle of votator margarine processing (about 80% fat) is described.

    1994, Frank D. Gunstone, John L. Harwood, Fred B. Padley, The Lipid Handbook, Second Edition, page 291
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    The Company produces dough products which are extruded from a machine called a votator. Hot cooking oil, along with flour and other ingredients, is pumped into the votator by a pressure pump.

    1985, Labor Arbitration Information System, volume 2, page 303

    The required proportions of fat and aqueous phases may be continuously stirred in a premix tank to create a loose emulsion suitable for pumping into the votator line.

    2017, Ullmann's Food and Feed, 3 Volume Set, volume 2, page 836

    Margarine manufacture involves preparation of the water-in-fat emulsion, crystallization of the fat phase, and finally plasticizing in scraped surface heat exchangers (votators).

    2017, Casimir C. Akoh, Food Lipids: Chemistry, Nutrition, and Biotechnology, Fourth Edition

Origin

Coined as a brand name by the Girdler Company in 1936. Perhaps related to rotate?

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