Equipment suppliers highlight the latest innovations in cheesemaking equipment.

3D MODELS AID IN CHEESE-CUTTING

When it comes to high throughput cheese cutting, COPRODEV PLUS knows how cheese losses can pit the profitability of a cutting line, from cheese on the floor, give-away or abnormally high trim. The company’s cheese-cutting technology offers simple, easy-to-clean and easy-to-maintain equipment, yet is sophisticated and smart in its software, the company says. 3D laser cameras scan the cheese bars to produce a 3D model, and a special algorithm produces the perfect cutting solution to optimize the yield, the company adds.

514 217-4728; www.coprodev.com/?lang=en

AN ENERGY-SAVING COMPACT COOKER

Hart Design & Manufacturing entered into a partnership with MilkyLAB and now offers mixers, blenders, and cookers. For small to medium productions, the Compact models combine stretching-molding machines all-in-one, using steam or hot water, which are ideal for small to medium productions of analogue mozzarella, string cheese, pizza cheese, and processed cheeses. Equipped with an electrical steam generator (Italian patent) to produce the steam during the stretching phase, they provide considerable energy savings and an increased final product yield, the company says.

920-468-5927; www.hartdesign.com

GRINDING TO A HALT

Koss Industrial cheese grinders are an industry standard when it comes to making processed cheese. Whether grinding a 40-pound block, rework cheese or up to a 640-pound block of cheddar in one shot. The company features the 14GT Grinder with 60HP motors that provides a throughput of up to 65,000 pounds per hour, the company says.

920-469-5300; www.kossindustrial.com

WEIGHER-STOMPER FOR CHEESES

The Kusel Equipment Weigher-Stomper can increase companies’ cheese productions dramatically. By using the Weigher-Stomper in conjunction with a Wilson-style cheese mold, a mold funnel, and the Kusel Curd Elevator, operators can fill up to five 40-pound cheese hoops per minute at the touch of a button, the company says. Each mold placed on the elevator is filled to the desired weight and then moved under the automatic stomper station. From vats to curd handling, Kusel has the equipment to increase efficiency in their clients’ cheesemaking process, the company says.

920-261-4112; www.kuselequipment.com/

FEEDER FOR SANITARY PROCESS APPLICATIONS

The MechaTron 3-A feeder from Schenck was designed specifically for use in food and dairy industry process applications where equipment must meet 3-A sanitary levels or the equivalent. All welds, radii, seals, surface finishes, gaskets, and contact and non-contact materials meet 3-A standards. Available product features include AC and DC drive packages, an FDA/USDA accepted “Coni-Flex” flexible conical feed-hopper, helix configurations for feed rates from 0.30 to 330 cubic feet (8.5 to 9,300 liters) per hour, and an unmatched ability to disassemble, clean, reconfigure and service from the non-process side of the feeder, the company says.

262-473-2441; www.schenckprocessfpm.com