Corn Fryer Line
Corn Storage Tanks
Pre-Cleaned Storage Tanks – Mild steel constructed tanks includes handrails, ladder, and support frame. Structure is painted with food grade paint. Pneumatic slide gates at the tank discharge will control the flow of corn to the corn cleaning system. High and low levels will control the supply and demand of corn
Product Weighing
Product Weighing Equipment – Mild steel constructed support frame, food grade painted, hosts a stainless steel hopper that is located below the clean corn-receiving tank. Hopper is suspended by four load cells to accurately weigh the exact corn for the given recipe. A pneumatic slide gate will control the flow of corn transfer to a bucket elevator. Hopper capacity designed according to desired line output.
Product Cooking & Soaking
Product Cooking and Soaking Equipment
Modular design of corn cooking and soaking system. Cooking system controls the cooking of various batch sizes to the exact recipe requirements with precise process repeatability. Cooked corn is automatically transferred to the soak tanks without damage to the kernels and allowed to rest for a predetermined time before final processing.
Product Washing
Product Washing – Corn Washer System all stainless steel construction to include Dewatering device, receiving hopper, tumbler drum, feeding auger, drain conveyor, overflow tank, high pressure booster pump, scrape removal drum and spray bar, and mill water feed tank. System is all pre-assembled and pre-wired to an electrical control panel.
Product Milling
Product Milling Equipment – All stainless steel frame and hopper food grade painted quill assembly. Quill is driven by a 50 Hp motor and HTD timing pulleys. Corn is feed into the mill housing via an auger driven by the main quill. Aluminum Oxide Stone grind the corn into Masa.
Masa Product Transfer and Pumping
Masa Transfer and Pumping Equipment
The Masa Feeders main hopper houses counter rotating paddles that are constructed from stainless steel and an 6” to 8” plastic auger feeds the masa to the pump. A displacement pump with 3-4” ports and double wing rotors transfer masa to the sheeter head.
Hydraulic Extruder for Corn Chips
Hydraulic Extruder for Corn Chips
Extruder is operated by a powerful hydraulic power unit with a stainless steel loading cylinder and portable support frame. Unit is comes with its own control panel, and 12” head/die assembly.
Equilibrating Conveyor
Product Equilibrator Equipment
Incline conveyor design to transfer product onto the equilibrating conveyor from the oven discharge. Conveyor frame is constructed of stainless steel and belting is high temperature plastic with ½” flights. The Equilibrator is a 3-pass conveyor constructed with stainless steel. All three tier levels are driven separately with the second and bottom tiers reversing for abort purposes. All levels have high temperature plastic belt.
In-line Fryer
Multi-Product In-Line Fryer
Multi-product fryer allows for uniformed frying of tortilla, corn, and tostado chips. Cooking oil is heated with a remote heat exchanger and is circulated continuously through the fryer. Special fryer pan and filter design allows fryer to operate at low oil volume reducing oil turn over issues, which enhances product shelf life.
Oil Management Skid
Oil Management Skid for Batch Fryer – This system allows a quick oil transfer from the fryer to the holding tank. At the same time the oil is going through a series of filters that helps extend the life of the cooking oil. This skid comes with a stainless steel holding tank, oil cooler, filters, and pump. Complete module is mounted over a stainless steel catch pan frame, pre-piped, and pre-wired.
Oil Management Skid
Oil Management Skid for Batch Fryer – This system allows a quick oil transfer from the fryer to the holding tank. At the same time the oil is going through a series of filters that helps extend the life of the cooking oil. This skid comes with a stainless steel holding tank, oil cooler, filters, and pump. Complete module is mounted over a stainless steel catch pan frame, pre-piped, and pre-wired.
Product Cooling Conveyor
Product Cooling Conveyor – All stainless steel constructed conveyor designed to cool the product. Product will be received from the fryer and carried on a high temperature plastic belt A collection plenum with an In-line axial fan is mounted on the main support frame of the conveyor. A manual stack damper will control airflow through the product. Stainless steel grease filters are installed in the plenum to trap oil particles before the exhaust fan. These filters are removable for cleaning.
Seasoning Distribution System
Seasoning Distribution System
Electro-magnetic vibrating conveyor with proportional gates will evenly feed the product to the seasoning equipment. Vibrating conveyors are mounted on a stainless steel access platform.
Volumetric Salt & Seasoning Application
Volumetric Salt and Seasoning Feed System Volumetric feeder can accommodate both a seasoning and/or a salt application. Feeder is mounted on a portable stainless steel frame. A low level sensor will signal when hopper needs to be filled.
Loss-in-Weight Salt & Seasoning Application
Loss-in-Weight Salt and Seasoning Feed System Controlled by load cells, this system will be programmed to operate by weight and signal the control of seasoning or salt flow through the system. Feeder can accommodate both a seasoning and/or a salt application. Feeder is mounted on a portable stainless steel frame. The weight will determined when hopper needs to be filled.
Continuous Oil Spray System
Continuous Oil Spray System
Accurately and evenly applies a surface coat of oil to the base chip.
Incline Conveyors to Packaging
Incline Conveyors to Packaging – Plastic belt incline conveyor with straight or scooped flights will transfer the product from the processing to the packaging bag maker system.
CORN SNACK FOOD PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT
Quality Fabrication & Design, LP.
Has been manufacturing inline fryers since 1987. Our fryers have been designed and built to the same high “Quality” standards that have become synonymous with Quality Fabrication’s equipment.
These fryers are designed to cook Corn Products, such as corn chips and tortilla chips, with production capacities ranging from 1000 lbs/hr up to 6000 lbs/hr.
All fryers are supplied with vertical heat exchangers, with a rang of up to 5 million BTU’s. The Control Systems and Instrumentation on these fryers have been designed to utilize the latest state of the art PLC Technology. These fryers greatly enhance the line of Quality Fabrication supplied snack food processing equipment. Our Fryers allows for uniformed frying of tortilla, corn, and tostada chips. Cooking oil is heated with a remote heat exchanger and is circulated continuously through the fryer.Special fryer pan and filter design allows fryer to operate at low oil volume reducing oil turn over , which enhances product shelf life.
Vertical Heat Exchanger
Horizontal Heat Exchanger
Please give us the opportunity when the time comes to replace or add a fryer, or any other piece of processing equipment to your production line.
Quality Fabrication & Design is here to support your needs.
Pick up the phone and call Alex Pier at 972-304-3266, Ext. 402, or
e-mail me if you prefer at AlexPier@quality-fabrication.com
.…and remember… ”Quality, is just not our name, it’s the way we do things”
Corn Fryer Line
CORN SNACK FOOD PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT
Quality Fabrication & Design, LP.
Has been manufacturing inline fryers since 1987. Our fryers have been designed and built to the same high “Quality” standards that have become synonymous with Quality Fabrication’s equipment.
These fryers are designed to cook Corn Products, such as corn chips and tortilla chips, with production capacities ranging from 1000 lbs/hr up to 6000 lbs/hr.
All fryers are supplied with vertical heat exchangers, with a rang of up to 5 million BTU’s. The Control Systems and Instrumentation on these fryers have been designed to utilize the latest state of the art PLC Technology. These fryers greatly enhance the line of Quality Fabrication supplied snack food processing equipment. Our Fryers allows for uniformed frying of tortilla, corn, and tostada chips. Cooking oil is heated with a remote heat exchanger and is circulated continuously through the fryer.Special fryer pan and filter design allows fryer to operate at low oil volume reducing oil turn over , which enhances product shelf life.
Vertical Heat Exchanger
Horizontal Heat Exchanger
Please give us the opportunity when the time comes to replace or add a fryer, or any other piece of processing equipment to your production line.
Quality Fabrication & Design is here to support your needs.
Pick up the phone and call Alex Pier at 972-304-3266, Ext. 402, or
e-mail me if you prefer at AlexPier@quality-fabrication.com
.…and remember… ”Quality, is just not our name, it’s the way we do things”