Elegance® Shell Moulding Line
The ALPY Shell Moulding Line has been specifically developed with a process philosophy focused on achieving perfectly uniform chocolate shell thickness at every point of the product. Through optimized depositing, spinning and cooling technologies, the system delivers exceptional shell consistency, superior product quality and outstanding repeatability. According to the customer's available production space, the line can be configured in either a straight layout (Elegance™ Model) or a rectangular layout (Loop™ Model).
Specifications
| Model | Capacity | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Shell — shell mode | 12 moulds/min | 23 servo motors |
| Shell — one-shot | 15 moulds/min | Also runs solid/one-shot |
The capacity of the line is:
- 12 moulds per minute for shell products
- 15 moulds per minute for one-shot products
The Shell Moulding Line runs on a fully servo-controlled architecture, with 23 servo motors in the standard build, the most of any Alpy line. The design is modular, so you can add or drop process stations and configure the line around what you actually produce.
Standard Process Stations
The Shell Moulding Line, configured with its standard process stations, includes the following units:
- Mould Heating Tunnel
- One-Shot Depositor with Vibration
- Shell Forming Unit
- Horizontal Shell Cooling Tunnel
- Elevator-Type Shell Cooling Tunnel
- One-Shot Filling Depositor with Vibration
- Elevator-Type Filling Cooling Tunnel
- Mould Heating Tunnel
- Chocolate Covering Depositor with Vibration
- Scraper Drum
- Elevator-Type Main Cooling Tunnel
- Automatic Demoulding Unit
- Empty Mould Inspection Station
Optional Process Stations
The following optional process stations can be integrated into the Shell Moulding Line to meet specific production requirements:
- 3D Axis Depositor with Horizontal Cooling Tunnel
- Hollow Chocolate Production Unit
- Ribbon Depositor
- Granule & Chocolate/Cream Mixing Unit
- Biscuit Feeding System with Pressing Unit
- Wafer Feeding System with Pressing Unit
- Whole Nut & Almond Feeding Unit
- Granule Feeding Unit
Where this line fits
If your products are solid or one-shot filled, the MODUFLEX or PIN-DRIVE lines do the job at lower investment. The Shell line is for manufacturers whose business is true filled chocolates — pralines, bonbons, liquid-centre products — where shell quality is the product. Many customers run shell and one-shot production on this single line.
Send us your praline range and target output; we will return a station configuration and layout drawing.