Cheese curd preparation vat for cottage cheese
Streamline your cheese production process with a high-efficiency vat tailored for precise curd handling and reduced product waste, ensuring consistent quality across various cheese types like cottage and feta, while maintaining stringent hygiene standards.
Processes Cheese Curds with Precision and Efficiency
The Tetra Pak® Grainy Cheese Vat E4 is an automated cheese processing solution utilized by dairy processors to enhance curd production efficiency. This vat stands out with its ultra-clean design, featuring a sterile air preparation system to maintain hygiene. It utilizes a heating jacket system for rapid, even curd heating, facilitating precise syneresis control and optimizing cheese moisture content. Suitable for producing various types of cheese, such as cottage, feta, and tvarog, the vat integrates seamlessly into production lines with its automated tipping system to minimize product waste. With a robust stainless steel construction designed to resist thermal stress, the vat ensures a long operational life. Moreover, it supports continuous operation and is adaptable to custom production needs, making it an essential tool for cheese manufacturers seeking consistency and quality.
Benefits
- Enhances operational efficiency with highly automated curd production.
- Minimizes product waste through its innovative tipping system.
- Ensures precise moisture control and quality consistency.
- Maintains high hygiene standards with an ultra-clean, sterile air system.
- Extends equipment lifespan by preventing thermal stress-induced cracks.
- Applications
- Feta cheese,Soft cheeses,Fresh cheese,Curd for cheese production,Semi-hard cheeses,White cheese,Tvarog cheese,Cottage cheese
- End products
- Crumbled tvarog,Glucono delta lactone feta,Bacteriological acidified feta,Cheddar cheese curds,Formed tvarog,Semi-hard cheese curds,Cottage cheese curds,Mozzarella cheese curds,Fresh cheese curds,Soft cheese curds
- Steps before
- Milk Pasteurization,Milk Cooling
- Steps after
- Curd Draining,Packaging,Cheese Maturation
- Input ingredients
- milk,curd
- Output ingredients
- cheese curd,cottage cheese,feta,tvarog
- Market info
- Tetra Pak is renowned for providing innovative packaging solutions, specializing in carton packaging for the food and beverage industry. It is esteemed for high-quality, sustainable, and efficient processing and packaging equipment on a global scale.
- Heat Transfer Control
- Even,rapid,controlled
- Heating Jacket Placement
- Bottom and side walls
- Moisture Content Control
- Speed of syneresis
- Ultra Clean System
- Sterile air,overpressure valve
- Tipping System
- Pressure transmitter
- Curd Cutting
- Indented back wall design
- Automation Level
- Highly automated
- Cheese Type Flexibility
- Cottage,feta,tvarog
- Waste Reduction
- No product remains,gentle stirring
- Working mechanism
- Automated cheese curd preparation
- Integrated steps
- Heating,stirring,cutting
- CIP/SIP
- CIP capability
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Batch
- Automation level
- High (PLC-controlled)
- Syneresis control
- Controlled heat transfer
- Tank shape
- Vertical cylinder
- Tank size
- Not specified
- Feed method
- Extruded inlet design
- Discharge method
- Pressure activated tipping system
- Heating jacket
- Bottom and side walls
- Hygienic features
- Ultra clean,sterile air system
- Back wall design
- Indented back wall for cutting
- Control panel type
- HMI / Touchscreen
- Integration possibilities
- SCADA integration / PLC integration
- Tipping system
- Automated tipping system
- Ultra Clean features
- Sterile air preparation / Overpressure protection
- Heating jacket design
- Bottom and side walls placement
- Extruded inlet design
- Thermal stress crack prevention