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News Release from: APV | Subject: Cheese production lines
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 16 June 2003
New cheese production line for Sweden
Arla Falkenberg, the Swedish cheese producer, has awarded Invensys APV a contract to design and install a new cheese production line.
Arla Falkenberg, the Swedish cheese producer, has awarded Invensys APV a contract to design and install a new cheese production line The project is part of Arla Foods strategy of centralising and increasing its annual cheese production from the Falkenberg Dairy, which is the biggest cheese producer in Sweden, from approximately 20,000 tonnes per year to 35,000 tonnes per year
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 10 Jan 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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The OPD pre press produces a cheese block measuring 11.5 metres long by 1.7 metres wide.
A unique laser scanning system has been developed to ensure that a consistent height of 170mm is achieved before cutting into blocks.
The cheese blocks are passed by conveyer to the Sanipress mould, where a rubber membrane applies an even pressure to the surface of the cheese for a period of 45mins.
The process results in compressed cheese blocks that are consistent both in size, weight and quality.
The approximate weight accuracy of the cheese produced is as follows: +/- 2.5% for 92% of the Gouda cheese types.
+/- 3.5% for 92% of the Tilsitter cheese types.
+/- 7.0% for 99% of the Gouda and Tilsitter cheese types.
In today's flexible manufacturing environment the capability quickly to change from the production of one end product to another is a prerequisite for any company operating in the food industry.
At the Arla Falkenburg plant, the recently commissioned APV line can easily switch from the production of Gouda to Tilsitter cheese.
Wash down and mould change, giving finished product sizes of 360 x 240mm or 760 x 380mm, have been engineered to minimise downtime.
When asked why Arla Falkenburg awarded the contract to Invensys APV, Allan Nilsson, the plant production manager said, "We were impressed by the innovation demonstrated in the Invensys APV engineering solution.
It is very important to produce end products of a consistent quality, size and weight.
Equally the new line had to fit the same footprint as the old machinery.
Invensys APV exceeded all the project criteria.
The expertise of Invensys APV in cheese production has resulted in improvements in the cheese industry by helping manufacturers increase capacity, drive down costs and increase return on investment.
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