Extrusion system for color changing confectionery strands
Easily switch colors in confectionery strands mid-production, enhancing flexibility and enabling new and dynamic product designs without halting the extrusion process.
Switches Colors in Extruded Strands
The Dieswitch® from Extrugroup revolutionizes the extrusion process by enabling seamless color changes within individual strands, catering to confectionery, pet food, and plastics industries. By integrating into continuous production lines, it enhances product variety and flexibility, essential for producing colorful gummies, licorice, and pet kibbles without downtime. The Dieswitch® employs precise color switching technology, allowing manufacturers to create diverse, multi-colored products efficiently. PLC-controlled for swift integration, it supports high-speed operations while boosting production volumes. Designed for energy efficiency, it optimizes motor control to reduce consumption. Available in durable materials, it ensures longevity and minimal maintenance, meeting industry quality standards.
Benefits
- Enhances product diversity with seamless color transitions, increasing market appeal.
- Boosts operational flexibility by allowing rapid color changes without halting production.
- Increases production volume by maintaining high-speed, continuous extrusion.
- Reduces energy consumption through optimized control systems, lowering operational costs.
- Durable design ensures long-term reliability and meets stringent industry standards.
- Applications
- Snacks,Pet food,Confectionery,Sweets,Plastics
- End products
- Striped sweets,Plastic filaments,Colored pet kibbles,Cereal bars,Gummy candies,Pet chews,Fruit-flavored candies,Multi-colored snacks,Licorice,Confectionery strands
- Steps before
- Mixing,Cooking,Forming
- Steps after
- Cooling,Cutting,Packing
- Input ingredients
- color additives,extrusion materials,confectionery ingredients,pet snack ingredients,plastic raw materials
- Output ingredients
- colored strands,confectionery products,pet snacks,plastic products,multi-colored products
- Market info
- Extrufood is known for manufacturing custom-engineered food extrusion equipment, particularly in the confectionery sector. They excel in designing machinery tailored to specific client needs, emphasizing innovation, quality, and efficiency in the production process.
- Color Change Capability
- Yes
- Strand Color Switch
- Individual Strand Switching
- Production Volume
- Higher per line
- Process Efficiency
- High
- Flexibility
- Greater
- Color change capability
- Single strand switchable
- Flexibility
- High due to multiple color and shape combinations
- Production volume
- Increased per line
- Efficiency
- Greater overall
- Changeover time
- Rapid color switching
- Integration
- Diemix® compatibility
- Special effects
- Sun downer,natural color ripening
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Production type
- Continuous
- Color change capability
- Single strand color change
- Color combination possibilities
- Multiple color switch per strand
- Additional effects
- Sun downer,natural color ripening