Assembly to shape candy mass into product strand for further processing has dosing feed unit to deliver mass strand in volume dosage by time units into roller gap to be shaped into the product strand

摘要

To shape a candy mass (5) into a product strand (12), the mass strand (11) is fed into a roller gap (10) in a volume dosage by time units. The gap is between two rollers (8,9), which determine the cross section of the product strand in the gap between them. At least one roller is heated. To convert a candy mass into a product strand, a number of mass strands are fed into the roller gap to give shaped product strands to be carried away for further processing. The number of mass feed strands matches the number of shaped product strands. The strand(s) of candy mass is (are) carried through the roller gap by a carrier belt (20). The feed mass is twisted around the longitudinal axis of the strand as it enters the roller gap. An Independent claim is included for an assembly to shape a candy mass into product strand(s) with at least one dosing feed unit (7) at the paired rollers, to deliver a number of feed strands of the candy mass. Preferred Features: The rollers are set so that the gap between them sets the cross section of the product strand(s), to be carried away by a conveyor (14). A separate feed unit is for the dosed delivery of each mass strand into the roller gap, with dividers between them. The mass dosed feed unit has at least one rotating jet as an extruder, dosing pump and the like.