Method and system for continuous chewing gum production

• Main Authors: RANCICH JOSEPH D, PETERSON CARL S, ONUSAITIS RONALD F, MORIARTY DENNIS K, BRIX RONALD A, BUCHOLZ KARL B, BANASIAK ANTHONY R, LORENZ GEORGE W
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Polish
• Published: 30.06.2005
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING; CHEWING GUM; COCOA; COCOA PRODUCTS, e.g. CHOCOLATE; CONFECTIONERY; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; ICE-CREAM; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PREPARATION THEREOF; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SUBSTITUTES FOR COCOA OR COCOA PRODUCTS; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES; TRANSPORTING; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL

Method for continuous chewing gum production, wherein chewing gum ingredients are fed continuously into a mixer and mixed therein continuously on the basis of operational parameters fed into an interface computer, whereby feeding and mixing ingredients fed into a mixer is operated automatically, characterised in that ingredient qualities are monitored with the interface computer and a signal indicating these qualities is transmitted to a programmable controller and ingredient feeding speed is controlled with an ingredient feeder controller, whereby a signal indicating this speed is transmitted to the programmable controller. 9. System for continuous production of chewing gum, consisting of an operational computer feeding operational parameters into a programmable controller connected with controllers to chewing gum ingredient feeders, ingredient mixer and extruding press controller, characterised in that a feeder temperature controller with an ingredient temperature monitoring indicator (331) and a hopper filling indicator (339) with ingredient feeding speed monitoring indicator (339) are connected to the programmable controller (316).