Case studies: Solids and liquids dosing for pastry production
Customer
The customer is one of the world’s leading major bread and baked goods manufacturers. The installation was implemented in one of their production centres in Latin America.
Project
The customer needed a new fully automated system for dosing different solid products (flour and sugar) and water for subsequent sourdough production.
“Having collaborated on numerous projects, we have full confidence in INOXPA's facilities.“
“Having collaborated on numerous projects, we have full confidence in INOXPA's facilities.“
Installation characteristics
Two twin installations for storing and dosing flour and sugar, each comprising:
- A big bag station with a bottom extractor and a discharge rotary valve.
- A suction pump to transport solids from the big bag station to the cyclone via 304L stainless steel pipes.
- A metal profile structure with three levels for the cyclone, the sieving machine, and the intermediate silo. Comes with a safety guard rail and a cat ladder.
- Solids are extracted from the cyclone via an ATEX rotary valve with stainless steel blades and sent to the sieving machine
- 1,600 micron sieving machine to automatically reject foreign particles. Sugar and flour transferred to the intermediate silo.
- 8m3 volume intermediate silo. Bottom scraper with 3 outlets used to extract solids, feeding 3 mixers simultaneously.
- Suction pump for transfer via 304L stainless steel pipes to the weighing scale with 1% accuracy.
- Stainless steel scale with 200kg load cells for dosing to production.
- Connection to nearby mains water point for dosing water to production lines, with automatic flow and temperature control.
- A fully automated installation, and control using PLC and Scada Rockwell.
Special features
- Proprietary manufactured stainless steel parts, including sieves, electrical panels and PLC.
- Top-tier brand components for the proper functioning of the system.
- Skid fully automated to reduce any potential human error and to avoid repetitive tasks for operatives.
- Skids with ATEX protection for use in highly complex environments due to the presence of airborne dust.
- Compliance with FDA food grade standards.
The company fully trusted INOXPA’s solutions due to a solid track record of collaboration with excellent results. Moreover, the proven experience in developing projects from scratch further strengthened customer confidence.
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Solids and liquids dosing for pastry production
