Kompletna linija za proizvodnju euro blok sira

van ’t Riet

Complete euroblock cheese production line designed for efficient processing of milk into Euroblock cheeses.
The system can be easily expanded to produce various sizes of round cheeses with a weight of approximately 4–5 kg.
It can process 6.000 liters of milk per batch, up to 4 batches a day.

The line exists out of:

Milk reception (by a mobile centrifugal pump)
Milk receiving pump from the truck or truck with pump unloaded itself.

1. 2 pieces raw milk storage tanks (refrigerated), 6.000 liter per tank.
• Manufacturer: Mueller
• Year of make: 2012
• Horizontal, insulated and cooled milk storage tank, cip cleanable.
• Cooling compressor Freon

2. Milk reception valves
• Valve manifold to automatically send the milk to the selected tank,
to pump the milk from the tank into the pasteurizer and to CIP (cleanable).
• Set of 4-way butterfly valves with controls.
• Manufacturer: GEA – Tuchenhagen

3. Complete pasteurize installation
• Manufacturer: C van ’t Riet
• Year of make: 1996
• Capacity: 6.000 liter
• Complete on a skid.
• With Balance tank, pumps, heat exchanger, holding tube, hot water control, valve interconnecting piping. Control system with temperature recorder.
• In 4-65/75°C Holding tube -> 25/35°C cheese-making temperature.

4. Buffer tank for pasteurized milk 6.500 liter.
• Manufacturer: Zero
• Top insulated
• Function: To store/ buffer warm milk so that the pasteurizer can continue running and two batches can be processed more quickly directly after each other.

5. Cheese vat
• Manufacturer: Damrow (Gea) Double 'O'
• Volume: 6.000 liter per batch
• Closed cheesevat with whey extraction sieve from above.
• Self-priming pump for cip and whey.
• Placed on a stainless-steel frame for a free fall to the drainage tank.
• Separate control system.
• Valve manifold (Tuchenhagen) for importing milk from a pasteurizer or buffer tank, valved design so buffertank can independently be cleanded.

6. Automatic prepressing and cutting vat
• Manufacturer: C van ’t Riet
• Year of make: 2010
• Including CIP-pump
• Capacity of the curd mixture 6.000-liter vat (for curd processing)
• Transfer from curd vat: by gravity
• Number of cheeses from 6000 liter: 42 cheeses of 15 kg (approximately)

7. Pressing system
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• Tunnel press, 42 positions for euroblock.
• Pall lane system by pneumatic cylinders to convey the moulds automatic in and out of the press. With controls and press program.

8. Moulds
• Micro-perforated LAUDE moulds, 15 kg euroblock.
• Molds have been partially replaced and are only a few years old.

9. Mould washing
• 2 pieces of mould washing bassins

10. Brine
• 8 pieces brine cages/racks (without brine boxes, those are cast in concrete)
• 2 pieces brine cooling compressor and tanks (on top)

11. Whey tank
• Horizontal whey tank (+/- 7.000-liter capacity)

12. CIP-system (fully automatic Siemens S7)
• Consisting one tank with three compartments
• Heat exchanger
• Automatic valves
• CIP pressure pump
• The entire pre-factory has a fully automatic CIP and automatic control CPU Siemens S7 (support from the original supplier is possible/delivered by Gea)