CHOCOLATE CHIPS PRODUCTION LINE

Tecno 3 provides a new chocolate chip production line from the LG series, designed and manufactured to mould chocolate chips with different weight and size, which are used by confectionery companies as a semi-finished product to be included in a wide range of products or to obtain liquid chocolate by melting.The line consists of a moulding machine, a polyurethane belt, on which the chocolate is deposited, and a cooling tunnel.The depositor, located upstream of the line, has horizontal pistons and doses the chocolate with high precision on the belt, which advances at alternate pitch. The weight of the chips can be easily changed by varying the travel of the pumping pistons via the electronic control that acts on Brushless drives. It is mounted on a specific frame, which can be removed to facilitate cleaning.The chips are levelled on the belt thanks to an adjustable vibrating floor placed in the lower part of the casting area. The correct centering of the belt is assured by a control and correction unit. The cooling tunnel is divided into two independent temperature regulation areas. The refrigeration batteries, located in the bottom centre, are equipped with deflectors and they create forced circulation of the air into the two halves of the tunnel, favouring optimal heat exchange. The tunnel is made entirely of AISI 304 stainless steel. The safety guards higher than the shell can be opened on two sides and insulated with thermosetting resins.A pen for reference reduced diameter, located at the bottom of the line, allows the cooled and solidified chips to be removed from the belt. These chips are then collected in the hopper and moved to the packaging line.All recipe parameters, referring to both the depositor and the cooling tunnel, can be set on the user panel touch-screen and controlled by PLC.