votator

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English

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Etymology

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Coined as a brand name by the Girdler Company in 1936.[1] Perhaps related to rotate?

Noun

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votator (plural votators)

  1. A machine that cools and kneads liquid margarine etc., preparatory to packaging.
    • 1985, Labor Arbitration Information System, volume 2, page 303:
      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.
    • 1994, Frank D. Gunstone, John L. Harwood, Fred B. Padley, The Lipid Handbook, Second Edition, page 291:
      In the following paragraphs, the general principle of votator margarine processing (about 80% fat) is described.
    • 2017, Ullmann's Food and Feed, 3 Volume Set, volume 2, page 836:
      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, Casimir C. Akoh, Food Lipids: Chemistry, Nutrition, and Biotechnology, Fourth Edition:
      Margarine manufacture involves preparation of the water-in-fat emulsion, crystallization of the fat phase, and finally plasticizing in scraped surface heat exchangers (votators).
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References

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  1. ^ Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry, volume 20 (2003, →ISBN), page 578: The term "Votator" was first coined by the Girdler Company in the United States to describe the continuous cooler -stirrer unit that they introduced in 1936.

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