High pressure extruder for expanded snacks
Producing expanded snack foods like curls, rings, and balls requires a precise combination of mixing and cooking processes. You face the challenge of achieving consistent textures and flavors while ensuring quick changeovers for diverse product lines.
Versatile extrusion for expanded snack production
The High Pressure Extruder by Reading Bakery Systems is designed for creating a variety of expanded snack shapes. Its flexible design allows for easy and fast changeover of screws, barrels, and product dies, enabling the production of multiple snack varieties with different textures and flavors. The machine integrates automatic controls and safety features to ensure operator protection, with guards allowing for inspection during production and interlocked systems preventing exposure to moving parts. An advanced control system with a touchscreen interface adds to operational efficiency, allowing extruder controls to be tied into a cascade system for modulating production speeds throughout the line.
Benefits
- Quick and easy changeover for production variety
- Enhanced operator safety with interlocked guards
- Automated control system for efficient operations
- Produces diverse snack shapes and textures
- Integrated inspection capabilities during production