Peripheral machines
Cutting machine - sticks
The multi tool among the Schaaf cutting machines. It is suitable for cutting a variety of strand products such as sticks, wave chips, flat bread chips, etc.
By exchange of the product guiding device, the cutting machine can be adapted to different strand dimensions. The infeed rollers can be adjusted to the different product thicknesses and ensure a constant feed of the strands to the cutting unit. The cutting speed is continuously adjustable, possible product lengths depend on the configuration in the individual case.
Three different machine sizes are available to match the three extruder series.
Product categories
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Cutting machine - spirals
In order to be able to cut unstable spiral-shaped extrudate strands which cannot be pulled off with feed rollers, a cutting machine had to be developed which can pull off up to 6 strands via a belt and feed them to the cutting unit.
The belt speed and the cutting speed can be set independently of each other and thus allow great flexibility with regard to the product dimensions that can be produced.
The selection of the suitable cutting machine depends on the product properties and the number of strands associated with them.
Colour spraying system
The colour spraying system is suitable for applying oil-based food colour to the surface of extruded strands. An appropriately selected brown colour reproduces the crust of a baked bread and increases the attractiveness of extruded products of the bread chips family.
Cutting machine - breadchips
The breadchips cutting machine was developed to cut a strand at high strand speed into comparatively thin slices of 8 – 10 mm. Special take-off rollers feed the strand precisely to the cutting unit, which cuts the strand into up to 10,000 pieces per minute.
The breadchips cutting machine is also suitable for slicing bread rolls and baguette chips which have been developed in the meantime.
This cutting machine is compatible with all three extruder series.
Product categories
This machine is part of the production for:
- Breadchips
- Breakfast cereals - open porous flakes
Filling dosing unit
The filling dosing unit is designed for dosing suitable fillings into the extrudate pipe.
Filling dosing units are available with two, four or six individually controllable dosing pumps, tailored to the extruder performance. The proportion of filling mass in the end product can thus be regulated very precisely. The pumps are mounted together with the stainless steel control cabinet on a frame made of stainless steel.
The filling hoses are connected to a coextrusion die of the extruder by means of quick couplings.
Optionally, the filling buffer is equipped with an active insulation and the dosing hoses can be designed with heating.
Embossing machine
The embossing machine is a further development of the pillow crimper for the production of co-extruded pillows with creamy fillings. Elastic extrudate textures that could not be reliably sealed by the pillow crimper can be easily processed with the new embossing machine. The embossing machine enables coextruded tubes to be formed into trapeze, arrow- or almond-shaped products as well as many other shapes.
Embossing machines for processing two, four or six coextruded strands are available to match the output of our extruder models.
In addition to the processing of co-extruded tubes, adapted versions of the embossing machine which form flat extruded strands into chip-like products are available.
Product categories
This machine is part of the production for: