Apparatus and method for producing cheese where cheese molds are filled with curd, closed with a lid, pressed and then the cheese molds are heated prior to removing the cheese from the mold

摘要

A method for producing cheese, wherein cheese molds are filled with curd, are subsequently closed with a lid and are pressed, whereafter the obtained cheeses are removed from the cheese molds, characterized in that prior to removing the cheeses from the cheese molds, the cheese molds still filled with cheese are heated. An apparatus for producing cheese, comprising at least one filling station for filling the cheese molds with curd and arranging a lid on the curd in the cheese molds; at least one pressing device for pressing the cheese in the cheese molds and at least one unpacking station for removing the cheese from the cheese molds, as well as conveying means for conveying the cheese molds through the apparatus, characterized by a heating device for heating the filled cheese molds after they have left the pressing device and before they reach the unpacking station.