Cooker stretcher for pasta filata cheese
Enhance cheese quality and yield with this high-capacity cooker stretcher, designed for efficient cooking, stretching, and mixing of pasta filata cheese varieties such as mozzarella and provolone.
Processes and Stretches Pasta Filata Cheeses
The Tetra Pak® Cooker Stretcher SAW 8/16 is an engineered-to-order solution specifically designed for the efficient production of mozzarella, provolone, and other pasta filata cheeses. This high-capacity unit employs a unique single auger system that stretches and aligns curd fibers while minimizing curd cutting and fat losses. The dual heat exchange system ensures precise temperature control, improving product quality by preventing protein denaturation and maintaining flavor integrity. With an impressive capacity of 7.2 tons per hour, it can seamlessly feed multiple downstream molding machines. The automated operation is further enhanced by a sensor-driven water refill system for optimal performance. Additionally, its construction supports ease of cleaning and maintenance, integrating seamlessly into your existing cheese production line to maximize yield and efficiency.
Benefits
- Enhances yield by reducing curd cutting and fat losses through single auger system.
- Ensures consistent product quality with precise dual heat exchange temperature control.
- Increases production efficiency with high-capacity throughput of 7.2 tons per hour.
- Optimizes resource utilization by automatic water refill maintaining ideal processing conditions.
- Integrates seamlessly with existing production lines to streamline cheese manufacturing operations.
- Applications
- Pasta filata cheese,Pizza cheese,Mozzarella cheese,Provolone cheese
- End products
- Provolone slices,Scamorza,Pizza cheese shreds,Mozzarella balls,Bocconcini,String cheese
- Steps before
- Milk pasteurization,Curdling,Cutting,Draining
- Steps after
- Moulding,Cooling,Packaging
- Input ingredients
- pasta filata style curd,fresh water
- Output ingredients
- mozzarella cheese,provolone cheese,pizza cheese
- 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
- 7.2 tons/hr or 16000 lbs
- Auger type
- Single auger
- Heating system
- Dual heat exchange system
- Water fill
- Automatic water fill
- Applications
- Mozzarella,Provolone,Pizza Cheese
- Working mechanism
- Single auger with baffle chamber
- Automation level
- Automatic water fill with sensor control
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Inline Continuous
- Cleaning method
- CIP
- Energy efficiency
- High yield,minimizes fat losses
- Integrated steps
- Cooking and stretching
- Curd handling
- Gentle
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Heat sensitivity
- High
- Viscosity
- Medium to high
- Abrasion risk
- Low
- Product yield concerns
- Maximized
- Product type
- Cheese (Mozzarella,Provolone)
- Foaming risk
- Low
- Fat loss prevention
- Enhanced with cream tank feature
- Feed method
- Single auger
- Control panel type
- HMI / PLC
- Integration possibilities
- SCADA / PLC
- Auger configuration
- Single auger
- Heat exchange system type
- Dual heat exchange
- Water fill automation
- Automatic water fill