Cheese Conveyors Handling Blocks of Cheddar UK
How to handle cheese efficiently whether in blocks, grated or coated in wax C-Trak have years of experience to assist with your cheese processing.
The video above shows a true axis bend transporting blocks of cheese in wax casing from one process to another. Fabricated in stainless steel with a blue modular belt.
Enrober Conveyor with heat tunnel
This application was a cheese enrober system where cheese is dipped in wax and then conveyed to a cooling chiller tunnel flipped over then repeated through the enrober to ensure full coating of the cheese.
Cheese Processing Elevator Conveyor
The next project involves the manufacture and control of a cheese conveyor for general information on our Swan Neck Conveyors please follow the link.
Description
'Z' shaped ( Swan Neck ) conveyors feeding grated cheese into a vibratory conveyor fed by a mixing drum via a hopper.
'Z' Shaped Design Information |
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| Product: | Grated Cheese Density: 630gm/litre |
| Throughput: | 1500 kg/hour = 25kg/min |
| Belt Speed: | 10 m/min fixed speed |
| Environment: | Hose/wipe/wash down cleaning |
Conveyors Operation for cheese production line
1 off Belt Conveyor with central tracking strip width 400mm x 1000mm long horizontal infeed x 7500mm long inclined section at 50 degrees x 750mm horizontal discharge at 400mm high infeed and 6250mm high discharge.
There were fixed sheet side guides on the infeed section & 100mm high throughout the remainder with curved overrun at the discharge.
The guides were split into 2000mm max sections and connected to the conveyor sides via hinged, lockable brackets, with removable pins allowing each to swing over the conveyor sides away from the belt for cleaning.
The belt has 50mm high flights 400mm wide x 250mm pitch, and there is a belt release arrangement at the infeed.
Supplied with two hold-down wheels fitted to the side guides at the lower horizontal to incline intersection which will have protective covers.
Supplied with clear polycarbonate, lift off covers along the incline and top horizontal section and swing down under trays on the incline section similar to the previous conveyor on site.
The conveyors are mounted on box section framework supplied with adjustable plate bolt down feet +50mm.
General construction is grade 304 stainless steel and food quality materials where possible, a shaft mounted geared motor drive unit was included.
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