Socorì 182

Socorì 182 is suitable for all cereal puffing and has been designed by coupling two 180 puffing lines which are installed in tandem to get a double production capacity.

SOCORI 182 - soffiatura cereali

Socorì 182 is the machine suitable for cereal puffing industrial processes with high quantity production and it's characterised by side-by-side double phases process

Operating cycle can be summarised into the following phases:

Raw material feeding : product to be puffed is loaded into the double stocking cyclone placed on the platform above the machine by a pneumatic conveyor (pneumatic conveying in very high dense phase)
Raw material dosing : the raw material is alternately extracted from the two cyclone and dosed into the waiting hoppers by an accuracy gravimetric system
Cookers loading : the product is alternately discharged into the cookers, cooked and dried according to controlled parameters. Product flows, heating system and control algorithms are the basis of the final result.
Puffing chambers feeding: a loading pipe conveys the product from the cookers to the puffing chambers
Steam cooking : puffing pipe valve closes, cooking time begins after which steam is injected by a special valve. Time, cooking temperature, steam pressure and its residence time inside the pipe are parameters controlled by the operator panel and advanced software algorithms. During this phase product flow is controlled by dedicated devices.
Expansion : exhaust valve of the puffing pipe quickly opens and the product is injected into the expansion tunnel which has the function of collecting the product and lessening the noise caused by pressure difference. The immediate expansion causes the product volume increasing
Selection (optional) : the product is conveyed to a granulometry selection plant
Coating or transformation (optional) : the puffed cereal is coated, sweetened, salted, aromatised or ground according to needs
Packaging (optional) : in case of bulk production, we can offer automatic big-bag filling systems or bagging and palletization systems

Products processable by Socori

Socorì is suitable for puffing all types of cereal :

Rice puffing
Corn puffing
Wheat puffing
Barley puffing
Millet puffing
Quinoa puffing
Amaranth puffing
Puffing of grain-based extruded products

In general there is no limit to further new applications.

Socorì 182 features

Socori 182 main features are:

Tandem process with a double coordinated system for cereal puffing
High productivity (the highest in Socorì array) from 220 to 400Kg/hour of input cereal according to puffed cereal
High repeatability
Quick product change
Pre-cookers, cookers, puffing pipe heating by innovative systems
Cereal handling in all process phases
Advanced process controls
Devices to optimise emptying and cleaning

Socorì 182 can be supplied only with one expansion tunnel :

Turning tunnel, appositely designed to completely empty the puffed product with no remains. The exiting product goes down the vibrating channel at end of which a pneumatic system conveys it to the following processing.

The tunnel can be installed on a rail for an easy opening, inspection and cleaning.

To manage such an innovative machine, the electrical panel is equipped with state-of-the-art components and innovative software algorithms; in particular the interface with the operator takes place by a wide touch screen panel, on which the plant diagram and all data necessary to the working such as temperature, pressure, times, production, cycles number are displayed.

Sacchi can supply the whole process from cereal stocking to conveying, dosing, puffing, sugar or chocolate coating until the final bagging.