Biscuit moulding machine

Technical data:

• What was needed: A biscuit moulding machine capable of producing the wide variety of shapes required by the customer and the market
• Requirements: 100% free from lubrication and maintenance, resistant to flour dust and regular hot water washing, precision
• Products used: dryspin® lead screw, drylin® W single rail WS, drylin® W pillow block
• Success for the customer: The machine, equipped with a pump installed on electric axes, performs designs of biscuits or decorations on cakes with flush pouring of dough. The axes are driven by four stepper motors, and transverse and vertical displacement is on the drylin® guide rail with built-in dryspin® lead screw. The guides are equipped with four WJ200UM pillow blocks.

CARTESIA is a robot and computer-controlled moulding machine, which unlike the standard casting machines already introduced and established in the market, is able to produce the most varied shapes required by the customer and the market. Conventional moulding machines for biscuits are rather limited in movement and creating shapes. Due to food contact and environmental requirements, for e.g. flour dust and temperature fluctuations, all installed parts must be carefully selected. Alternative guide solutions were out of the question due to regular lubrication and maintenance. In addition, all installed parts should be cost-effective.

It operates with a single nozzle equipped with a quick coupling. This facilitates format changeover, which can be performed in a very short time, at a maximum of approx. 30s. CARTESIA's quick coupling and adapters allow the use of existing spouts or spouts made with commercially available 3D printers. Thanks to its internal PC and CNC control system, CARTESIA works with different axes that permit the spout to move in all directions and hence make any design possible without shape and size constraints. The igus® solutions offer 100% freedom from lubrication and maintenance and no adherence of flour dust.