Left: A sugar B sugar feeding C lactose D lactose feeding E glucose feeding F water supply G Glucose H warmed water I industrial water L washing M steam N condensate O utilisation This plant produces semi-finished products suitable for the production of sweets and similar products, saccharose and glucose syrups, fondant, etc. In the preparator, equipped with a fast agitator with flat shovels and a heating coil, the liquids are batched by an accumulating litre-counter. Glucose is stored in a service tank, which has been adequately thermostated. The batching of solids can be carried out by a double-speed conveyor or driven by an inverter. Ingredients are taken from storing tanks placed on load cells which weigh in deduction the quantity to be fed. Once the batch is concluded, the quantity is transferred to the utilization unit by a delivery pump. Using a PLC allows to accumulate different production runs and to memorize a certain number of preset recipes which are recalled each time by the operator. In the preparator the temperature of dissolution and maintenance is controlled and kept at the desired level by a regulating system with a temperature bore and automatic on-off valves on the steam circuit and industrial water. The pump useful to transfer the product to the utilization unit can be either centrifugal or volumetric with lobes, according to the products. The plant is completely washed by a CIP. Different plant sizes are available according to the efficiency. The system used to store the ingredients is chosen each time on the basis of specific productive needs and of the supply.

NECESSARY DATA FOR THE DESIGN
NECESSARY DATA FOR THE PLANNING (TO BE DEFINED WITH THE CUSTOMER)
Required productive efficiency
Chemical-physical features of the finished products
Chemical-physical features of the ingredients
Type of supply of ingredients (sacks, cisterns, etc.) and way of storing
Necessary or required time terms for feeding the ingredients
Characteristics of the washing plant linked to the preparation plant
Amount of steam, warm water and industrial water available

Tank for mixing and dissolution, with fast agitator with flat shovels, coil and cooling jacket, external insulation. A insulation B CIP C well water output D cooling jacket E well water input F Condensate G steam

Storing tank for glucose, with heating jacket and external insulation. A heating jacket B insulation C warm water output D warm water input

TECHNICAL DATA
TECHNICAL FEATURES
Automatic plant for batching and mixing liquid and solid components for the preparation of semi-finished products suitable for sweets, saccharose and glucose syrups
Automatic load of solid components, carried out by double-speed conveyors and batching in deduction carried out by load cells (saccharose and lactose)
Batching carried out by a litre-counter and accumulator of liquid components (water and glucose)
Tank for storing glucose with external heating jacket
Tank for storing saccharose and lactose
Mixer- dissolution machine with heating coil, fast agitator and external cooling jacket
Temperature regulation system with bore and on-off valve
CIP washing circuit of the preparator and of the delivery pipes
Two-connection dispatching distributor, with automatic valves for delivering washing solutions
Automatic management through PLC of the production run and of the various pre-settable recipes.
Used heating fluids: steam and warm water
Used cooling fluid: industrial water
All components are in stainless steel AISI 304