1.       Fried starch snack

Fried starch snack is one of the most popular deep fried snacks in the world. The main materials for this kind of food is starch, such as corn starch, potato starch etc. Fried starch snack has the advantages of crisp, great mouldfeel, good molding effect (good 3D effect), can be make different shapes snacks etc. The shapes of fried starch snack are diverse, such as chip, flake, tube, bugle, screw, shell, animal, number, letter etc. The flavor can be controlled by user by different target population and markets.

2.       Fried starch snack samples introduction

2.1   Raw materials: corn starch, potato starch, wheat flour, rice flour, corn meal, sugar, salt, palm oil, cocoa powder, wheat bran, vitamins, minerals, food color etc.

2.2   Humidity: the moisture is no more than 10%.

2.3   Shapes: chip, flake, tube, bugle, screw, shell, animal, number, letter etc.

2.4   Sizes: (1) diameter: up to10mm(2) length: user-defined (3) Width: depend on mould in extruder.

3.       Fried starch snack processing lines description

3.1   Fried starch snack processing lines features

3.1.1          Capacity range: our fried starch snack processing lines capacity is100-120kg/hr.

3.1.2          Our fried starch snack processing lines’ extruder is single screw extruder, there is one screw inside the barrel. The raw material of screws is 38CrMoAl (standard: GB/T 3077-1999). This material’s hardness and strength performance is excellent, which can bear high temperature and high pressure.

3.1.3          Our extruders, continuous fryer, dryers and cutting machines (if any) are equipped with inverters. The inverters are famous brands (Delta, LS, ABB, Siemens etc.).

3.1.4          Our fried starch snack processing line automation degree is high, it need only 2 workers to operate. This processing line can be streamlined production.

3.1.5          The production factors can be quantized and controllable.

3.1.6          We can custom-make all the machineries for fried starch snack processing line as per users’ requirement. We supply OEM goods.

3.1.7          All the materials touching food is food grade.

3.1.8          There are 12 die moulds in mould plate. The user can make different shapes fried starch snack at the same time.

3.1.9          Some shapes fried starch snack don’t need separate cutter, they can be cut by the blades in extruder.

3.2   Fried starch snack processing line work flow

3.2.1          Work flow: Raw material treatment---Extrusion---Cutting (option)---Drying---Frying---Flavoring---Packing & Detection

3.2.2          Machineries description in each process

3.2.2.1    Machinery in raw material treatment: Mixer, used for mixing all raw materials and adding appropriate water, to make the raw materials uniform.

3.2.2.2    Machineries in extrusion: (1) Conditioner (option), used for pre-conditioning raw materials. (2) Single screw extruder, used for extruding and shaping.

3.2.2.3    Machine in cutting: different shapes die cutting machines, used for straightening and cutting self-finished product.

3.2.2.4    Machineries in drying: different dryers, used for drying self-finished product. Our dryers’ heating power source can be electricity, gas-fired burner (Baltur,Italy), or oil-fired burner (Baltur,Italy). It is up to users’ local power situation. We suggestion to adopt electrical dryer, its heating is more balanced.

3.2.2.5    Machineries in frying: different fryers: (1) Automatic fryer, this is frying by batch, which includes frying machine (main machine), de-oil machine and finished product conveyor. (2) Continuous fryer, this fryer is belt conveying type fryer. Frying belt brings self-finished product through oil. Our fryers’ heating power source can be electricity, gas-fired burner (Baltur,Italy), or oil-fired burner (Baltur,Italy). It is up to users’ local power situation. (3) De-oil machine, used for de-oiling and collecting redundant oil to cyclic utilization.

3.2.2.6    Machineries in flavoring: (1) Flavoring hoister, used for hoisting fried starch snack and adding seasoner. (2) Single drum, used for mixing fried starch snack and seasoner (ancillary use with flavoring hoister). (3) Double-drum, used for adding seasoner, and mixing it with fried starch snack.

3.2.2.7    Machineries in packing & detection (option): (1) Cup type packing machine, used for packing fried starch snack with small size bag by heat-seal. (2) Multi-head weigher packing machine, used for packing fried starch snack with medium size bag by heat-seal. (3) Big size bag packing machine, used for packing big size bags. (4) Weight detector, used for detecting the goods after packing. It can get rid of the finished product with unqualified weight. (5) Metal detector, used for detecting if there is any metal inside the bag and removing the unqualified one. (6) Weight and metal all-in-one detector, used for detecting both weight and metal, and removing the unqualified product.

3.2.2.8    The other machineries may be adopted: (1) Transport machineries, they are screw conveyor, cooling conveyor, hoister, vertical type bucket elevator, Z type bucket elevator, vacuum suction machine and negative pressure suction machine. They are used for conveying raw materials, self-finished product and finished product between the other machineries. (2) Vibrating screen (option), used for screening fried starch snack and removing dreg. (3) Stock bin (option), used for storing raw materials or finished product.

4.       Machineries models and parameters in fried starch snack processing line (basic configuration)