PRESSING EQUIPMENT AND PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF MOZZARELLA HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY BIDIMENSIONAL GEOMETRY

摘要

A press machine, particularly for producing mozzarellas having a substantiallytwo-dimensionalgeometry, comprising a station for sorting preformed balls of mozzarella andobtained with amilk-based paste and a press station for shaping said preformed mozzarellaballs in pieces ofmozzarella having a substantially two-dimensional geometry, said press stationcomprising anrecessed plane defining at least one recessed seat suitable for containing atleast one of saidpreformed balls of mozzarella and coining from said sorting station, alsocomprising at least onepressing element that is mobile between a resting position, wherein saidpressing element islocated distant from said recessed plane for arranging said preformed ball ofmozzarella in saidrecessed seat, and a pressing position, wherein said pressing element islocated above saidrecessed seat for pressing said preformed ball of mozzarella.