With the right manufacturing plants it is possible to make the widest variety of products from chocolate. WDS Plants enable you to produce an almost infinite combination of shapes, fillings and colours. Thereby you can always react to the challenging market and offer the products which are expected by trade and consumers.
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Confectionery of gum and jelly is very popular with the consumers. With the WDS plants there is hardly any limit in the manufacture of attractive products. Combine exceptional shapes with the widest variety of colour and filling possibilities and produce confectionery that stands out on the markets.
Hard candies are not only expected to taste good but also have to be attractive in shape and colour with sophisticated fillings. With the WDS Manufacturing plants you are able to create attractive products and you will always meet the taste of consumers – worldwide.
Confectionery products made of fondant and toffee are not only expected to taste good but also have to be attractive in shape and colour with sophisticated fillings. With the WDS Manufacturing plants you are able to create attractive products and you will always meet the taste of consumers – worldwide.
OTC sweets are innovative products with health-promoting and biologically effective properties due to the addition of different ingredients.
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Cross-manufacturer platform for the central monitoring and optimisation of the complete production
During production, the moulds used in chocolate plants are stressed thermally and mechanically. The polycarbonate moulds in solid chocolate and shell moulding lines -used to shape the final products- are conveyed through the line und pass through all required workstations.
In order to detect maladjustments or wear and tear of the polycarbonate moulds at an early stage, the line can periodically be driven through by the WDS SmartMould. For that reason, one mould of an existing mould set is equipped with appropriate sensors to identify purposefully the influencing variables. These influencing variables are compared “online” to already archived variables.
The sensors are connected to a detection electronics unit. The acquisition is completely self-sufficient, it collects the data in an intermediate store and makes it available to a bidirectional transceiver unit. The radio connection used for this is enduring so that the data can be accessed permanently online.The measuring electronics are encapsulated in the mold - the potting material used is specially approved for use in food industry machinery.
The transmission is done via radio communication and is therefore independent and free of any WLAN use. On the receiver side a corresponding remote is set up. The data sent by the WDS SMARTMOULD are logged directly on the receiving side. For this purpose, the detection unit is installed in a WDS control cabinet. The necessary radio connection is established by means of a rod antenna, which is placed on the outside wall of the switch cabinet.
WDS SmartMould operation is determined for the exterior of the production process. The mould is forwarded through the plant in repetitive cycles at constant, predefined plant parameters. The use is especially recommendable after maintenance works or before starting the production process. The cyclical comparison is based on the data set recorded during a “good run” under specified boundary conditions. The teach-in can take place as needed. A mixed operation in a running production is currently notintended and seems to be pointless due to different influencing parameters.
Essentially, the software shows the recorded data of a machine run in terms of curves on a time axis. The machine positions are marked on the x-axis. For each machine position, it is possible to fix limits in percent for the excess or the shortfall of absolute values or of analysis results. The defined limit is matched to a colour (for example yellow or red). If this limit is exceeded the background of the machine position in question is marked in the selected colour to stress it.
It is possible to match various signal values (e.g. temperature and acceleration in direction z) to different limits and colours.
This is a diagram of recorded measuring curves.In the programmed version the shown numbering of sections is replaced by the station names of the shifting register
Recognition and supervision of mechanical influencing variables
Principle of the representation of recorded measurement curves.The shown numbering of the sections is replaced in the programmed version by the station names from the shift register.
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