probat (industrial)

probat has been building roasters in germany since 1868, and they're the benchmark for industrial-scale production. machines are built heavy, designed for decades of daily operation, and engineered around repeatability at volume. the saturn and neptune sit at the high end of their lineup: fully automated drum roasters for operations running 30 kg batches and up. these aren't machines you tweak by hand. they're production workhorses built for multi-shift facilities where batch-to-batch consistency matters more than artisan flair. expect tight temperature control, automated profiling, and the kind of durability that makes them hold resale value better than most. probat's reputation comes from commercial bakeries, contract roasters, and high-volume operations that need to hit the same profile day after day without drift. if you're scaling past 100 kg an hour and need equipment that won't become a bottleneck, probat makes sense. if you're still dialing in single origins by feel, you're not the target buyer.