Hochland Se

Walter Hartmann

Roland Zeuschner

Franz Stadelmann

A device for forming and cooling an initially hot and therefore flowable melted cheese having (a) a first metallic cooling belt capable of moving in a downstream direction; (b) a counter-pressure roller proximal to the first metallic cooling belt; and (c) a rotatable shaping roller disposed proximal to the first metallic cooling belt downstream of the supply nozzle and upstream from the counter-pressure roller, wherein the rotatable shaping roller has a number of molding cavities formed in the surface, which are separated from one another by separating webs, wherein the separating webs are formed by the remaining surface of the rotatable shaping roller, wherein the rotatable shaping roller is capable of applying a pressure by way of the separating webs onto the cooling belt that results in displacement of the still-hot melted cheese from a region of the separating webs lying thereon, so that shaped bodies of melted cheese released from the molding cavities remain on the first metallic cooling belt for cooling.

Method for forming and cooling an initially hot and therefore flowable melted cheese

A method for forming and cooling an initially hot and therefore flowable melted cheese (), which is applied via a supply nozzle onto a moving metallic cooling belt ('), wherein individual shaped bodies () are formed out of the melted cheese () in that a shaping roller (), which comprises molding cavities () located in the surface, impinges upon the cooling belt (&#x2032;), wherein a pressure of the shaping roller () against the cooling belt (&#x2032;) is provided during forming that induces full displacement of the still-hot melted cheese () from the region of the separating webs () delimiting the individual molding cavities () and bearing against the cooling belt (&#x2032;), wherein the formed bodies () are released from the molding cavities () and are cooled by remaining on the moving cooling belt (&#x2032;).

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