Highly efficient - for a large variety of ice cream products
Flexibility:
- Large variety of products (cones, cups, containers, squeeze-ups, cakes, etc.).
- Up to 10 operation stations for dispensing, filling lidding, ejecting.
- Short change-over time between products.
Capacity:
- Cups and cones: up to 12,000 products/hour.
- Boxes: up to 4,800 products/hour.
Easy Operation :
- Product programs pre-stored in the PLC.
- Access to the machine from all sides.
Operational Reliability:
- Flexible plug-in equipment.
- Stainless Steel table segments.
- Low service and maintenance costs.
Operation Principle :
The cups, cones or containers are dispensed from the magazine into the segments. The motion of the segments is step-driven. Filling of the products takes place with either a time-elapse or extrusion bottom filler, depending on the viscosity and the volume of the product, and the ingredients.
Decoration with a number of viscous or solid ingredients is possible.
A large variety of lid types and lidding techniques can be applied, according to the design of the product. Lid tamper, heat-sealing of pre-stamped lids or sealing with foil from roll is possible. After lidding, the products are pushed or lifted out of the segments, and transferred into the hardening tunnel by a roll or belt conveyor.
Date-coding can be placed on the outlet conveyor. Semi-automatic handling systems are available.
Main Drive :
By means of the mechanical varited gearbox an exact and containable filler speed is achieved. The cam drum, which is mounted on the main shaft, indexes the working table. The equally mounted cam disk drives the filling station.
Compressed Air and Vacuum System :
All components are of the highest standard; for example all valves are electrically activated.
Control System :
If required, any of the working stations can be manually controlled or disconnected. The RUF filling machine can be supplied with two different control systems:
- Siemens S7 or Allen-Bradley SLC 5/04 PLC with TFT Colour Touch-Screen. All products are pre-programmed in the PLC. The operator panel is placed at the exit end of the machine.
- PLS control system, consisting of an electronic
