Ice cream dipping and transfer unit
Streamline your ice cream production with a multi-lane system designed for precise dipping and efficient transfer, optimizing coating processes and minimizing product waste in high-speed operations.
Transfers, Dips, and Coats Ice Cream Products
The Tetra Pak® Dip and Transfer Unit A2 is a precise and efficient solution designed for ice cream manufacturers. This unit excels in transferring, dipping, and coating a variety of frozen desserts, utilizing a high-capacity, multi-lane system to streamline production lines. It features overlapping grippers that ensure minimal product waste and a modular dipping system that supports up to 16 stations for diverse coating options, including chocolate, caramel, and juice. With a throughput of up to 30,000 products per hour, it integrates seamlessly into automated lines, leveraging a PLC-controlled system to enhance operational efficiency. The dipping control system ensures product accuracy and repeatability, minimizing ingredient waste. Available with options like multi-dip stations and additional tanks, it maximizes flexibility and uptime while meeting hygiene standards with a sensor-controlled chocolate tank and minimal contact during operations. This robust and compact equipment is designed for continuous, high-speed operations, supporting easy cleaning and maintenance for sustained performance.
Benefits
- Achieves high throughput of up to 30,000 products per hour, enhancing production efficiency.
- Minimizes waste with precise gripper system, ensuring consistent product quality.
- Offers versatile coating options to expand product variety and market offerings.
- Enhances food safety with no-contact handling and automated operations.
- Reduces ingredient costs with accurate coating control and reduced giveaway.
- Applications
- Frozen desserts,Ice cream products
- End products
- Chocolate-dipped ice cream bars,Almond-encrusted ice cream sticks,Juice-covered wafer cups,Caramel-coated ice cream sandwiches,Multi-coated ball top cones
- Steps before
- Extrusion,Tray Loading
- Steps after
- Wrapping,Packaging
- Input ingredients
- frozen ice cream sticks,sandwich products,wafer cups,ball top cones,chocolate,caramel,juice,coating ingredients,dry inclusions,split almonds
- Output ingredients
- coated ice cream sticks,coated sandwich products,coated wafer cups,coated ball top cones,variety multipacks,chocolate coated ice creams,juiced coated ice creams,multi-layered chocolate ice creams
- 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
- Up to 30,000 products/hr
- Automation
- Recipe handling system
- Product Range
- Ice cream sticks,sandwiches,ball top cones,wafer cups
- Dipping Stations
- Up to 16 stations
- Gripper Quantity
- Up to 20 grippers
- Overlapping Grippers
- Yes
- Coating Precision
- High
- Temperature Control
- Steady temperature maintained in chocolate tank
- Automation level
- PLC / Recipe handling system
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Continuous
- CIP/SIP
- CIP system
- Changeover time
- Minimal due to modular design
- Cleaning method
- CIP
- Flexibility of product coating
- Supports multiple coatings
- Energy efficiency
- Designed for low operational cost
- Product accuracy and repeatability
- Ensured by automation controls
- Lay down system
- Servo-driven for precision
- Level control sensor
- Monitors coating supply
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Machine footprint
- Compact and robust design
- Discharge method
- Lay down system with servo driven placement
- Tank size
- Multiple sections with up to 16 dipping stations
- Control panel type
- Recipe handling system for dipping control
- Gripper Type
- Overlapping Grippers
- Dipping System
- 16 Modular Dipping Stations
- Chocolate Tank Control
- Temperature Controlled
- Dipping Control System
- Automatic Recipe Handling
- Lay Down System
- Servo Driven System
- Light Curtain
- Safety Sensor System
- Multi-dip Stations
- Enhanced Coating Thickness
- Extra Tank
- Quick Exchange System
- Exchange Parts
- Grippers,Lamellas Options
- Dry Coating Function
- External Coating Options