Automatic popcorn ball forming equipment
Streamline your snack production with high-speed, precise popcorn ball forming technology, ensuring consistent shape and quality in every batch, whether creating standard or festive themed products.
Forms and Molds Popcorn Balls
The Model M563 Popcorn Ball Machine from AC Horn Manufacturing is designed to enhance efficiency and uniformity in popcorn ball production. This PLC-controlled machine, with servo motor drive, forms up to 72 sugar popcorn balls or 45 caramel balls per minute. It features food-grade UHMW Polyethylene forming cups, ensuring precision in creating both standard and holiday-shaped popcorn balls.
Ideal for snack and confectionery applications, it integrates seamlessly into existing production lines, supporting high-speed operations crucial for large-scale manufacturers. Its stainless steel frame, hopper, and catch pans allow easy sanitation, while the heated hopper and internal agitators ensure proper texture and bonding of coated nuts and popcorn.
Engineered to meet diverse processing requirements, the M563 minimizes downtime with easy maintenance and offers customization to adapt to specific recipe needs. Suitable for food industry standards, this machine aids in maintaining consistent product quality.
Benefits
- Enhances production efficiency by forming up to 72 popcorn balls per minute.
- Simplifies cleaning and maintenance with stainless steel construction.
- Maintains product consistency with precise molding using food-grade materials.
- Adapts to seasonal demands with optional holiday shapes.
- Reduces manual handling with automated, high-speed operation.
- Applications
- Japanese peanuts,Coated nuts,Snacks,Roasted nuts,Pellets,Nut butter,Chips,Sweets,Corn tortillas,Blanched peanuts,Popcorn
- End products
- Holiday-shaped popcorn balls,Caramel popcorn balls,Sugar popcorn balls
- Steps before
- Popping popcorn,Coating popcorn
- Steps after
- Cooling,Packing
- Input ingredients
- popcorn,sugar,caramel
- Output ingredients
- popcorn balls,sugar balls,caramel balls,holiday shape popcorn balls,different size popcorn balls
- Market info
- AC Horn Manufacturing is renowned for its expertise in manufacturing industrial equipment for food processing, particularly in nut processing, popping equipment, and material handling systems, known for high-quality engineering and reliable performance in demanding industrial applications.
- Speed
- Up to 72 balls per minute
- Capacity
- 72 Sugar Balls/minute
- Capacity
- 45 Caramel Balls/minute
- Automation
- PLC and servo motor drive
- Material
- Stainless steel
- Forming cup material
- Food grade UHMW Polyethylene
- Optional features
- Forms for holiday shapes and different size balls
- Automation level
- PLC
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Batch
- CIP/SIP
- Easy sanitation
- Cleaning method
- Manual
- Biological compatibility
- Food grade UHMW Polyethylene
- Cleanability
- Stainless steel construction
- Corrosive resistance (e.g. acids)
- Stainless steel
- Material
- Stainless Steel
- Frame Construction
- Stainless Steel
- Hopper Material
- Stainless Steel
- Forming Cups Material
- Food Grade UHMW Polyethylene
- Control panel type
- PLC and Servo Motor Drive
- Customization Options
- Optional Holiday Shapes
- Control panel type
- PLC and servo motor drive
- Forming cup material
- Food grade UHMW Polyethylene
- Optional forms
- Holiday shapes and different size balls