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Maurer-Atmos Middleby GmbH

Continuous Maturing Process

Continuous Maturing Process

Maurer-Atmos Middleby GmbH

Description

Did you never ask yourself why no one has been able to do the maturing and drying process without rest periods?

We did, and developed the new CMP continuous maturing process.

By controlling relative humidity and temperature of inlet and outlet air, it is possible to dry products without any variation. The system is able to move air continuously (100% of the time) without any rest period.

Complete consistency means approximately 1% deviation in the entire processing room, saving up to 40% processing time and significant energy savings.

Optimal utilisation of footprint and room height with full trolley loading up to 6 m in height.

Up to 250% more product can be produced on the same footprint than with comparable systems.




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Continuous Unit Systems

Advantages

Reduced investment costs:

The system‘s serpentine-shaped product guiding conveyor is a common feature of all continuous systems. It allows for large production capacities in a relatively small factory floor area. That means there are cost savings with the construction of the factory building site.

All-purpose:

Continuous  systems can be used for continuous drying, smoking, cooking or baking depending on their design. Each design is equipped with a cooling section so the products can be packed immediately after the heat treatment process. The cooling section may consist of a showering zone, intensive cooling or re-circulated ice water cooling, air circulation cooling as well as brine chilling. Smokesticks, baskets, trays or racks that are connected to the transport chain can be used as product supports. The total processing time can be adjusted with the drive chain frequency converter and can accommodate various different product requirements.

Low maintenance costs with a high degree of automation:

The low chain speed and the drive performance increase the transport system‘s lifetime many times over. There is always sufficient time for the product transfer required for optional automation of the loading and unloading installations.

Environmentally friendly with minimum energy requirements:

Maurer-Atmos has developed an exhaust extraction system with heat recovery for continuous plants used for baking or smoking with smouldering smoke. It consists of a gas fired thermal afterburning system for reducing odour or smoke exhaust emissions. After purifying the exhaust smoke the hot air is re-circulated and used in the additional processing. Energy is also saved by a sluice separation in the individual zones as dry air, steam and smoke are not mixed. The desired process takes place in each zone without influencing the other zones; additional energy is not used.

CMS:

  • Continuous smoking system for smokesticks
  • Design with exhaust cleaning and automatic product loading and unloading (optional)
  • Performances: 1000 – 7000 kg/h
  • Products: Frankfurters in natural and cellulose casing, hot dogs, cocktail sausages, bacon and other smoked foodstuffs that can be produced on smokesticks.
  • Design in single or double row available

CMB:

  • Continuous baking systems
  • Model directly or indirectly gas-heated, with automatic loading and unloading (optional)
  • Output: 750 – 3000 kg/h
  • Products: Baked sausage meat, pies, baked ham, chicken, duck, poultry parts and similar products that can be baked flat on trays or skewered.

CMC:

  • Continuous cooking facility for baskets or other product carriers
  • Steam-heated or water-heated design with automatic loading and unloading (optional)
  • Performances: 750 – 5000 kg/h
  • Products: Boiled sausages size 45 – 140 mm, cooked ham, ham in various moulds. The system is also outstandingly suitable for pasteurizing packed products.

Loading and unloading:

Maurer-Atmos offers certain product-specific package solutions for the loading and unloading sectors. Production costs are considerably reduced for an improved product quality.

AllRoundSystem

Advantages

Wide variety of flavours and colours:

All external and various internal smoke generation systems are available for smoking. Choose the type of smoke  generation to be used. Decide what type of smoke generation suits your requirements. The system will always produce best results, you determine to use tried and tested smoking methods such as smouldering sawdust, woodchip smoke, condensate smoke, friction smoke or liquid smoke. Therefore almost boundless options are available for existing products or the development of new successful products.

Efficiency:

The strongest air circulation guarantees consistent product quality with minimum weight loss during drying and smoking despite maximum trolley loading.

Minimum space requirement:

Individually tailored solutions can be developed for both larger industrial or smaller trade companies thanks to the system’s exceedingly small width and height dimensions. Internal smoke generation systems installed in the chamber door or on the rear wall produce a very compact construction. Building investment costs are reduced considerably.

Minimum energy consumption:

Individual air circulation systems and fresh air / exhaust air  controls for each trolley place enormously reduce process times and therefore  energy requirements. Each trolley of product is processed with the same temperature and relative humidity.

Environmentally friendly:

The RONDAIR closed circulation system also solves emission problems. No additional subsequent exhaust emission cleaning equipment is required by the system for operation with friction smoke or liquid smoke generators. The optional thermal after-burning system with heat recovery is available for your applications with smouldering sawdust/woodchip smoke generators.

Characteristics

Use:

AllroundSystem units have nearly unlimited production capabilities. These units are universal allrounders, whether the products are placed on mesh shelves or suspended on smokesticks.

Possible processes:

  • Drying
  • Hot and cold smoking
  • Cooking
  • Hot air finishing
  • Showering
  • Roasting and baking

Air systems:

  • Individual fans for each trolley place
  • Optional with alternating horizontal air flow system

Hygiene:

  • Compact modular cabinet
  • Cabinet components bolted with steam-tight seals and welded floors
  • Automatic interior cleaning
  • No additional outlet wall with horizontal air flow system

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