Cheese curd production vat for semi-hard cheese
Optimize your cheese production with a vat designed to ensure precision in curd formation, offering versatile processing capabilities for various cheese types, from Gouda to Mozzarella, while enhancing yield and product quality.
Processes and Produces Semi-Hard and Specialty Cheeses
The Tetra Pak® Cheese Vat OO SH9 is purposefully engineered for precise semi-hard and specialty cheese production, addressing the diverse needs of food and dairy industries. This cutting-edge cheese vat incorporates a unique vertical shaft and patented knife design, which enables flexible curd processing across applications like Gouda, Cheddar, and Mozzarella. It employs a dimple heating jacket to control heating and cooling processes efficiently, thereby reducing energy consumption and minimizing thermal stress. The system supports both batch and continuous operations, and seamlessly integrates into existing production lines, offering comprehensive PLC control for optimal process management. Constructed from high-grade materials, it provides corrosion resistance ideal for rigorous dairy conditions. For hygiene assurance, the Cheese Vat OO SH9 includes a fully automated Cleaning in Place (CIP) system, ensuring minimal downtime and maintenance. With customizable configurations available, this vat offers engineering support to align with specific production requirements.
Benefits
- Enhances product consistency through precise curd processing and control.
- Minimizes product losses with efficient whey suction and curd handling.
- Extends equipment lifespan by accommodating thermal stress effectively.
- Reduces cleaning downtime with fully automated CIP system.
- Expands production flexibility with multi-level vertical shaft capability.
- Applications
- Mozzarella,Pasta filata,Fresh cheese,Cheddar,Semi-hard cheese,Grainy cheese,Cottage cheese
- End products
- Queso fresco,Colby,Cheddar blocks,Provolone,Feta,Cream cheese,Gouda,Halloumi,Cottage cheese curds,Edam,Maasdam,Ricotta,Monterey jack,Havarti,Mozzarella sticks,Neufchâtel,Cheddar slices,Mozzarella balls,Paneer
- Steps before
- Cheese milk filling,Ingredient mixing,Milk coagulation
- Steps after
- Whey discharge,Emptying,Cleaning in Place (CIP)
- Input ingredients
- cheese milk,ingredients for cheese,curd/whey mixture
- Output ingredients
- semi-hard cheese,Gouda,Edam,Maasdam,whey
- 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.
- Capacity
- Designed for semi-hard cheese production
- Automation
- Fully automated with integrated plant control system
- Heating Method
- Dimple heating jacket with hot water
- Coolant Type
- Hot water option,controlled temperature
- Knife Design
- Patented knife welded at one end
- Control System
- Can be integrated into plant systems
- Shaft Design
- Double vertical shaft
- Whey Suction Capacity
- High-capacity suction
- Cleaning method
- CIP (Cleaning in Place)
- Heating,Cooling
- Simultaneous inner and outer wall heating
- Product Type
- Gouda,Edam,Maasdam,other semi-hard cheeses
- Working Mechanism
- Vertical vat design
- Integrated Steps
- Cheese milk filling,ingredient mixing,milk coagulation,coagulum cutting,stirring,whey discharge,water addition,emptying
- CIP Principles
- Cleaning in Place (CIP)
- Control System
- Independent or fully integrated into plant control system
- Batch vs Continuous Operation
- Batch operation
- Automation Level
- Manual / PLC
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Vertical vat design
- Enables wide variety of cheese types
- Patented knife design
- Unique knife,frame design
- Vat dimensions
- Variable depending on configuration
- Dimple heating jacket
- Bottom of the vat,optional on side walls
- Coating method
- Dimple heating jacket
- Control system type
- Independent or integrated
- Vertical shafts
- Double vertical shaft design
- Cordless whey sieve
- Stainless-steel cylinder lowering/lifting
- Control panel type
- Integrated or standalone options
- Integration possibilities
- Fully integrated or independent operation
- Vertical shaft adjustment
- Variable filling levels
- Heating jacket configuration
- Bottom and optional side wrapping
- Whey suction capacity
- High-capacity option
- Knife design
- Patented,elastic design