Mechanized systems for hard cheese molding rooms
Optimize your cheese production with advanced systems designed to streamline the forming process, enhance product consistency, and maximize space utilization within your facility.
Forms and Transports Hard Cheese Efficiently
The Meccanizzazioni per Sale di Formatura from Progema Engineering represents a sophisticated solution for hard cheese production, designed for efficient shaping, compacting, and transportation. This system’s dual motorized forming benches and multi-tier conveyor systems facilitate precise handling of cheese such as Grana Padano and Parmesan. Utilizing robust stainless steel construction, it withstands the rigorous demands of continuous, high-speed operations in dairy and food processing industries. Each unit is equipped with a comprehensive automation suite, including PLC and PC supervision, ensuring seamless integration into existing production lines and enhancing operational efficiency. The system also features automated storage and cheese turning capabilities, optimizing space usage and ensuring uniform formation and curing. Designed with hygiene in mind, it supports CIP systems for efficient cleaning, maintaining high sanitary standards. Progema offers custom engineering support to tailor the equipment to specific plant requirements, making it an ideal choice for cheese manufacturers seeking reliability and scalability.
Benefits
- Enhances production efficiency with automated shaping and transportation processes.
- Saves space with compact, vertical storage and forming systems.
- Reduces labor costs through automation and minimal manual intervention.
- Ensures sanitary compliance with stainless steel construction and CIP capability.
- Increases yield consistency with precise cheese forming and turning.
- Applications
- Hard cheese,Dairy products,Food manufacturing,Cheese production
- End products
- Grana padano cheese,Asiago cheese,Sbrinz cheese,Parmesan cheese,Pecorino romano cheese,Provolone cheese,Caciocavallo cheese
- Steps before
- Milk dosing,Curd transportation,Plastic mold application,Polyethylene block placement
- Steps after
- Metal mold application,Storage in multipiano machine,Ripening,Salting
- Input ingredients
- latte,cagliata,fascera plastica,fascia marchiante,fascera metallica
- Output ingredients
- forme di formaggio,Grana,formaggi a pasta dura
- Market info
- Progema by Omnia Technologies is known for manufacturing custom-engineered industrial equipment, with a reputation for innovative solutions and reliable engineering, catering to diverse industrial needs with precision and commitment to quality and performance.
- Motor Type
- Motorizzati
- Material
- Acciaio inox di forte spessore
- Automation
- PLC and PC-controlled
- Capacity Utilization
- Maximizes space utilization
- Movement Type
- Circular movement
- Storage System
- Automatic multipiano
- Transfer Mechanism
- Chains of plastic material
- Working Mechanism
- Motivated bench systems
- Integrated Steps
- Form shaping and relocation
- Automation Level
- PLC and PC Supervisory Control
- Batch vs. Continuous Operation
- Batch (motorized conveyors and multi-level belts)
- Material Handling Method
- Plastic chain conveyors and modular belts
- Maintenance Accessibility
- Design allows for form access for maintenance
- Automation Features
- Management of lot position and sequence
- Corrosive resistance (e.g. acids)
- Stainless steel
- Cleanability
- Compatible with food-grade cleaning agents
- Biological compatibility
- Food-grade certified
- Abrasion resistance
- High durability materials
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Machine footprint
- Compact design to fit in tight spaces,adjacent to walls
- Material
- Thick stainless steel construction
- Discharge method
- Automated transfer to multipiano for storage
- Storage Capacity
- Capable of storing multiple cheese forms across different days
- Stacking method
- Multi-tiered conveyor system
- Automation
- PLC and PC supervision
- Conveyor system type
- Plastic chain conveyors
- Panel type
- Control panel for operation management
- Machine type
- Automated multi-level elevators for vertical space utilization
- Material movement
- Circular movement of cheese forms on polyethylene boards
- Adaptability
- Suits Grana and hard cheese types
- Forming mechanism
- Banks with motorized formers
- Construction material
- Stainless steel and certified for food contact
- Material
- Stainless steel construction
- Footprint
- Space-saving design
- Integration options
- Easy installation adjacent to walls
- Transport method
- Plastic chain conveyors