Penagos
Sources: Penagos (website) · Motores y Maquinaria de El Salvador (website)
Penagos Hermanos S.A.S. is a Colombian agricultural machinery manufacturer with 130 years of history, headquartered in Piedecuesta (Santander). It is one of the two primary wet-mill equipment candidates for Kaiserblick alongside Pinhalense. Penagos’s speciality is eco-friendly (water-eliminating) coffee wet processing equipment, which has driven its expansion across Central America and beyond.
Company Overview
| Attribute | Detail |
|---|---|
| Country | Colombia |
| Founded | ~1895 |
| HQ | Km 3 Vía Guatiguará, Piedecuesta, Colombia |
| Regional branches | Quindío · Huila (Colombia) |
| Brazil entity (wet) | Penagos Montealegre — penagosmontealegre.com.br |
| Brazil entity (dry) | Montealegre — montealegre.com.br |
| Sales email | sales@penagos.com |
| Technical support | servicioalcliente@penagos.com · +57 310 289 7020 |
| Distributor inquiries (international) | mcobos@penagos.com |
| Certifications | BASC · SGS |
Coffee Product Range
Wet Milling
| Family | Models | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Horizontal pulpers (DH) | DH-2, DH-4, DH-6, DH-2½, DH-2¾, DH-3½ | Standard depulpers; interchangeable pulping channels |
| Sorting modules (MC) | MC-2, MC-4, MC-6, MC-2½, MC-2¾, MC-3½ | Pulper + coarse sorter combined |
| ECOLINE compact eco-mills | ECO-400, ECO-800, ECO-1000 | Integrated pulping + demucilaging; zero/low water; primary procurement target |
| UCBE processing units | UCBE-500 to UCBE-20000 | Full-scale integrated wet mills; vertical eco-pulper; 7 capacity tiers |
| DCV / UDC sorters | DCV-183, DCV-306, UCD-1, UDC-2, UDC-4, UDC-6 | Cherry pre-sorting (ripe vs. green); base of Costa Rica micro-mill programme |
| Ecomill-500 | — | Combined pulper + demucilager; compact single unit |
Drying
SC-10 silo dryer listed in product range. Spec details not captured in crawl.
Transport Accessories
Horizontal and vertical conveyor belts with variable-frequency drive speed control; feeding systems.
Key Innovation: Water-Free Pulping
Penagos markets the ECOLINE and UCBE lines on the elimination or near-elimination of water in the pulping step, combined with reduced power and reduced mechanical bean damage. This combination was the decisive factor in their entry into water-stressed Central American markets. The claim is well-supported by documented installations across the region.
Regional Presence and Clients
Central America installations documented:
- Costa Rica: 16 micro-mills with DCV technology (“Costa Rican Micro-mill Revolution”), 1,000 bags each
- Nicaragua: La Guadalupana Reserve — full coffee mill with UCBE-2500
- Also active in Venezuela, Peru, Dominican Republic, Cuba, Hawaii, Jamaica, Brazil
Notable global clients: SUCAFINA · VOLCAFE · ECOM Coffee · Olam Coffee · Neumann Kaffee · Starbucks · NESPRESSO · Federación Nacional de Cafeteros · USAID · TechnoServe
El Salvador Distribution
Motores y Maquinaria de El Salvador — authorised Penagos distributor in El Salvador; 5 branches nationwide; actively stocks and promotes ECOLINE-800 and ECOLINE-1000; main contact: +503 2288-1010 (Merliot). See Motores y Maquinaria de El Salvador for full branch list and contacts.
Mayeca (Guatemala) — authorised Penagos distributor for Guatemala; Fraijanes office near ES border may allow cross-border orders, but no confirmed ES service presence or installation on record.
Procurement Status for Kaiserblick
The ECOLINE-800 and ECOLINE-1000 are the primary evaluation targets for Kaiserblick’s wet mill. Both are in stock in El Salvador via Motores y Maquinaria de El Salvador.
ECOLINE-1000 specs (confirmed via ES distributor):
| Attribute | ECOLINE-1000 |
|---|---|
| Cherry capacity | 700–1000 kg/h |
| Pulper | DH-3½ horizontal |
| Pulper motor | 1 HP |
| DELVA (demucilager) | 3 HP |
| Combustion engine option | 8–10 HP |
| Water | 0.2 L/kg cherry |
| Weight | 220 kg |
| Integrated water meter | Yes |
ECOLINE-800: Uses DH-6 pulper (6 cylinders, larger than ECOLINE-1000’s DH-3½). Same 0.2 L/kg cherry water claim. The DH-6 is counterintuitively larger than DH-3½ — clarification needed from distributor before procurement. Full spec: request from distributor.
International procurement contact: mcobos@penagos.com.
Technical Support FAQ Coverage
The Penagos website includes a detailed technical support FAQ for all equipment families (source: Penagos (website)):
- DH horizontal pulpers: causes of pulp–parchment mixing, broken beans, capacity shortfall
- MC sorting modules: unpulped beans, mechanical damage, pulp contamination
- ECOLINE units (ECO-400/800/1000): same fault modes as DH series (shared pulping mechanics)
- UCBE compact mills: 7 fault modes with causes and fixes; conveyor belt wear as a cause of pulp evacuation failure
- DCV/UDC sorting units: calibration guidance, demucilager basket clogging, belt and speed issues
- Ecomill-500: mucilage carry-over, jamming procedure, mechanical damage causes
- Conveyor belts: alignment, lubrication, speed control via variable-frequency drive
Verification Notes
- Full spec sheets (capacity kg cherry/hr, water use L/kg, power, footprint) for ECOLINE-400 and ECOLINE-800 were not captured in the 2026-05-13 crawl (503 errors on product pages) — the ECOLINE-1000 specs were obtained via Motores y Maquinaria de El Salvador
- ECOLINE-800 vs. ECOLINE-1000 pulper size anomaly: the ECOLINE-800 uses a DH-6 (6-cylinder), while the ECOLINE-1000 uses a DH-3½ — counterintuitive if model numbers reflect capacity; may indicate the model name refers to the demucilager capacity rather than the pulper; clarification needed from distributor
Links
- Wet Milling Equipment — Penagos products in processing context
- Pinhalense — competing equipment candidate
- Motores y Maquinaria de El Salvador — ES distributor (5 branches nationwide)
- Mayeca — Guatemala/CA distributor; Fraijanes office near ES border; no confirmed ES service presence
- Dry Milling Equipment
- Mechanical Drying