Cold forming extruder for food manufacturing
In food manufacturing, producing uniform densities and shapes from cooked doughs can be challenging. The crucial step is to cool the product down effectively without compromising its texture or quality.
Continuous cooling and extrusion of cooked doughs
The Cold Forming Extruder by The Bonnot Company offers a solution designed to continuously cool and form cooked doughs into pellets or shapes. This system is equipped with a hollow screw, shallow flights, and jacketed barrel sections to optimize thermal transfer. It features multiple cooling zones for precise process control and can be customized to meet specific production needs. The machine can also be configured with a counter-rotating packer in the hopper to enhance feeding of difficult materials. The designs conform to the latest food safety and sanitary standards, making it ideal for producing breakfast cereals, snack foods, and soft moist pet foods.
Benefits
- Optimizes thermal transfer via a hollow, shallow flighted screw
- Multiple cooling zones for enhanced process control
- Configurable designs to meet specific production needs
- Complies with food safety and sanitary requirements
- Suitable for various cooked dough products in food manufacturing