EXTRUSION – CO-EXTRUSION
PROFORM: experts in the domain of Extrusion
Application/Product:
- Bubble-gum & Chewing-gum
- Caramel
- Toffee
- Soft Chews / Chewy Candy
- Sugar Paste
- Animal feed or other thick viscous pastes…
Capacity:
- Up to 36 ropes/Extruder
- 5 to 6 000 kg/h according to the size of the machine
- 1 color/flavor, 2 or 3 colors and flavors (co-extrusion)
Construction:
- Lacquered / painted steel
- Stainless steel
Options:
- Sizing
- Filling
- Infeed by skip
- CIP systems…
Our extruders ensure :
- A stable, constant extrusion speed, even with fluctuations in voltage
- After setting, the Extruder produces continuously without operator intervention
- Easy cleaning
- Minimal maintenance and easy access
- Extrusion of a wide variety of formats
- Precise extrusion, for the optimal functioning of downstream equipment
- User-friendly controls of the Extruder via a touch screen (intuitive and multilingual)
- Constant temperature is maintained of the barrel and the compression head via a specific tempering system
- Manual infeed of the Extruder or PLC controlled
- Progressive investment possible; options can be added later without modification
Co-Extrusion :
A PROFORM Co-Extruder can make 2 color products simultaneously with single color products, for greater flexibility. For example, a Co-Extruder equipped with 4 outputs, forming red and white chewing gum can extrude :
- 4 two color ropes or
- 2 red ropes and 2 white ropes or
- 2 ropes of 2 colors and 1 white rope and 1 red rope
Also, the sections of these 4 ropes can all be different.
Ranges of Extruders :
Pre-Extruders GPE: installed if necessary, in order to well homogenize the product for an optimal infeed of the downstream Extruder.
A GPE can extrude up to 4 product ropes.
Different hopper sizes are available as well as infeed by skip
Extruders GE: Forming the final shape of all viscous products, with or without filling (Sugar paste extrusion or filling)
Extruders CE: forming the final shape of all viscous products, in stainless steel execution
Extruders HE: for hard candy extrusion, co-extrusion / single-color or multiple-color stripes…
Extruders HY:
- High hygiene
- High level of safety
- Stay clean design
Extruders BR: extruding filling of bubble gum or chewy candy into hard candy.
An Extruder BR coupled to a batch roller can make a double filling:
- 1st filling: chewy candy or chewing gum
- 2nd filling: semi-liquid (inside the 1st filling) to make lollipops for example…
Filling Options: powder, semi-liquid, bubble gum, chewy candy….
- Powder filling system (installed on the Extruder pressure head)
- Semi-Liquid filling system via a (Filling Pump).
Rework Extruders: for efficient reinjection of rework into the process
Side Feeders: another option to directly inject rework into the process / Also sugar paste filler