| Wholesale candy stores, manufacturers, and end | | | | The drawing of the sweet mixture is similar to |
| consumers will find this article interesting. | | | | the drawing of plastic or a metal. A bullion is pulled |
| The focus is on the following techniques, | | | | through a series of forms and dies. This reduces |
| manufacturing equipment and processes: | | | | it in size by forming its perimeter to a shape that |
| - Raw material mixing and cooking | | | | is dictated by the dies. In a more sophisticated |
| - Aerating of the raw ingredient mixture | | | | manufacturing line the dies are temperature |
| - Equipment used in molding to a final end shape | | | | controlled. |
| - Stamping to shape | | | | Cooling |
| - Drawing to final diameter | | | | Cold water is often used to cool the equipment |
| - Cooling to final temperature | | | | that is in contact with the candy. Through this the |
| - Coating for color, texture or taste | | | | product is kept cool as it is manufactured. An |
| - Decorating for a pleasant look | | | | example is in the cooling of forming and drawing |
| - Mixing and Cooking | | | | dies. Other solutions may include the use of a |
| Cooking vats | | | | refrigerant. |
| These are used for raw material mixing and | | | | Coating |
| cooking. These are very technical pieces of | | | | The coating of produced items is done using |
| machinery and frequently include cookers and | | | | enrober machines. The delicious thin coating found |
| mixers with temperature controls, moving arms | | | | on candy bars and coated cookies are frequently |
| and tables. These types of devices are often | | | | applied with an enrober. The high end of these |
| used in hard and chocolate candy production. | | | | machines is extremely sophisticated and can be |
| They have multiple speed agitators, sophisticated | | | | quite large and complicated. The enrobers are |
| hydraulic lifts, and digital controllers with alarms to | | | | manufactured using stainless steel and designed to |
| control temperature, complex and highly advanced | | | | run 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. Enrobers |
| atmospheric gas burners as well as tilting | | | | contain pumps and top of the line ones are |
| functions. The higher end cooking vats are | | | | packed with sophisticated electronics which aid in |
| insulated and designed of aluminum that is foam | | | | the ability to optimize raw material consumption |
| fitted and have no rivet joints. The vats are one | | | | minimizing waste and cost. This is a huge money |
| of the first pieces of machinery used in many | | | | savor. |
| candy manufacturing processes. | | | | Automatic Decorators |
| Aerating | | | | These decorators are used in decorating candies |
| Aerated chocolate, marshmallows (like Easter | | | | and cookies. They can also be used in the |
| Peeps), and snowballs are excellent examples | | | | decorating of snack cakes. The decorators apply |
| where aeration technology is used. A specifically | | | | chocolate or icing designs on cookies, cakes, |
| designed mixing head is used for each | | | | baked items and chocolate. Designs such include |
| manufacturing process. Perfect temperature | | | | thick to thin, straight lines to single lines, zig zag |
| control during the aeration process is also | | | | lines to curves, and double/triple loops, x-ing or |
| provided by these machines. | | | | hatching and simple or random designs are all |
| Molding | | | | possible. Designs can often be modified quickly to |
| Polycarbonate injection molds, thermoformed | | | | offer a great choice of decorated product. |
| spinning molds and silicone rubber molds are three | | | | Decorators can be custom designed to |
| very popular molding techniques. The molds are | | | | accommodate many styles, speeds and sizes of |
| often used in the manufacture of chocolate. | | | | conveyors or enrobers. |
| Stamping | | | | Whether you are a manufacturer, an end |
| Stamping is a process that involves dies that cut | | | | consumer and lover of candies or wholesale |
| the processed mixture of cooled material to | | | | candy store this article should help you better |
| shape from a flat slab. An example is in the | | | | understand what goes into the manufacture of |
| processing of chewing gum or taffy. | | | | the product you are involved with. |
| Drawing | | | | |