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votator

votator noun: a machine that cools and kneads liquid margarine etc., preparatory to packaging.

Noun

votator (plural votators)

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

Examples of votator in a sentence

  • 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:

Forms of votator

pluralvotators

Origin of votator

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

Questions about votator

What does votator mean?
Votator means a machine that cools and kneads liquid margarine etc., preparatory to packaging.
How do you use votator in a sentence?
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.
What part of speech is votator?
Votator is a noun.
What is the plural of votator?
The plural of votator is votators.

Words near votator in the dictionary

  1. votarist
  2. votarists
  3. votary
  4. votated
  5. votation
  6. votator
  7. votators
  8. Votava
  9. Votavas
  10. Votaw
  11. Votaws

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