Archive for the ‘Systems for the Dairy Industry’ Category
Production Line Automation
Koss Industrial panels are UL Listed! We provide you with one main control panel (configurable & scalable) and a separate high voltage motor panel. Having a separate high voltage panel helps keep the PLC cool & promotes safety by reducing unnecessary exposure to the higher voltage.
We offer touch screen operation (push button available). Touch screen operation enables the inclusion of safety features in the programming. It makes operation easy. Touch screen operation is ideal for use in a production line as it is a ‘user friendly’ interface. Operators are able to easily navigate the production line and its individual machines. With an image of the machine accompanying its specific controls, precision is easier than ever.
We do programming! Controls can be programmed to offer multiple recipes steps, ensuring consistency by reducing human input. Utilize batch control; it organizes activities/functions specifically, ensuring consistency.
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Table Top Cookers
Too-cute and under two-feet ~ stainless steel Table Top Cookers!
Koss Industrial, Inc. designs and fabricates for all aspects of cheese-making (and many other sanitary stainless industries); not just full-scale production or even lab-sized machinery, Koss offers adorable table top cookers for smaller samples.
The model shown here is the 5S-10, Koss Industrial’s 10# single screw Table Top Cooker. The sample port’s design makes taking samples a breeze with the directed flow and the feet allow you to adjust the machine’s height to suit you. A Table Top Cooker makes an excellent addition to any product development process!
Koss cookers are available with a variety of optional features in many styles and sizes. We’re dedicated to providing custom stainless steel machinery designed & engineered to best complement our customers’ unique applications.
Ribbon Blenders
Why are they called Ribbon Blenders?
- because these stainless steel machines blend using ribbon-style augers
Koss Industrial Ribbon Blenders are designed & fabricated to customer specifications, our blenders are built to USDA Sanitary Standards. Fabricated from heavy-duty stainless steel, blenders are available with capacities ranging from 5-6,000 lb’s. They possess features such as sanitary pneumatic doors, polished product contact surfaces, & ribbon-style augers.
Be sure to check out Koss conveyors and hoppers too! Koss Industrial designs and fabricates process cheese lines, customized for your unique process.
Grinders
These Stainless Steel Grinders, fabricated by Koss Industrial to USDA & WDA Sanitary Standards, are capable of grinding a variety of soft & hard cheeses.
They feature removable augers, optional face plates & grinder head plates (with several hole diameter options) as well as quick disassembly & release latches on head plates. These easy-to-clean machines (with custom interior & exterior finishes) come in various sizes; 5, 8, 11 and 14G grinders, and feature sized motors & horsepower to suit your process. Grinders are available single or twin screw (one or two augers)!
Consider Koss for your Process Cheese needs, we design and fabricate machinery for a variety of industries. Koss Industrial designs and fabricates products such as dumpers, cookers, conveyors, ribbon blenders, hoppers, fillers, filters, strainers and more! We specialize in full plant production line automation and have over 30 years of Process Automation Experience! Koss is a UL Listed 508A Panel Shop – #E330004, we offer programming, project management, consultation & training. We manufacture custom stainless steel enclosures as well.
Extruders
Extruders transfer cheese from cooker to molder, finishing the addition of grain structure, in pasta filata cheese-making.
The machines are available CIP-able (see Koss Industrial, Inc.’s CIP Systems) and are designed and fabricated to USDA & WDA Sanitary Standards. The interior body is Teflon coated, the exterior body bead blasted or polished. The machine is available with sanitary adjustable ball feet or casters for mobility, an electric or hydraulic drive option, as well as an optional cart for the extruder head.
Cheese Molders, Cooker Mixer Stretchers (CMS) and 620 Mixers are some examples of other Pasta Filata Cheese-Making machines by Koss Industrial, Inc.
Cooker Mixer Stretchers (CMS)
A Cooker Mixer Stretcher (CMS) is similar to a 620 mixer, but with two additional chambers separated by an adjustable dam which controls flow rate. The two additional chambers have arms to stretch the cheese during the filatura step of the pasta filata cheese-making technique, which creates the soft, elastic stringy texture that characterizes pasta filata cheeses.
Koss Industrial CMS machines can handle up to 4,000 lbs/hr and are designed/fabricated to USDA & WDA Sanitary Standards. The interior body is Teflon coated, the exterior body bead blasted or polished, the CMS is fully CIP-able. Steam Injection (for cooking) is among the customizable options available. The CMS also features removable chambers, for ease of Teflon reapplication.
Cheese Molders, Extruders, and 620 Mixers are some examples of other Pasta Filata Cheese-Making machinery by Koss Industrial, Inc.
Cheese Molders
Koss Industrial, Inc. Cheese Molders form Pasta Filata style cheeses into blocks. These CIP-able machines (check out Koss Industrial CIP Systems), created to USDA & WDA Sanitary Standards, feature durable stainless steel design with Teflon coated forms. Cheese Molders are highly customizable in order to complement unique customer applications, forms are available in different shapes/sizes.
620 Mixers, Extruders, and Cooker Mixer Stretchers (CMS) are some examples of other Pasta Filata Cheese-Making machinery by Koss.
620 Mixers
Koss Industrial, Inc. creates custom machinery for a variety of production techniques, including Pasta Filata Cheese-Making. 620 Mixers use hot water to cook Italian, pasta filata style cheeses in a continuous operation.
Designed and fabricated to USDA & WDA Sanitary Standards, these machines are CIP-able (check out Koss CIP Systems) with available options such as direct steam injection or steam bundles.
Materials and finishes suit the process; the machines feature Teflon coated augers and a textured body for non-stick surfaces.
Cheese Molders, Extruders, and Cooker Mixer Stretchers (CMS) are some examples of other Pasta Filata Cheese-Making machinery by Koss. Check out more Koss Cookers in action on KossIndustrial’s YouTube Channel!
Pasta Filata Cheese-Making
(Italian: “spun paste”) Pasta filata is a cheese-making technique named for its distinctive stretching step (filatura), where the cheese is kneaded/stretched in hot water/whey.
The filatura creates the soft, elastic, stringy texture that characterizes pasta filata cheeses. Mozzarella and provolone are two popular examples from this group of Italian cheeses also known as ‘stretched-curd’, ‘pulled-curd’ or ‘plastic-curd’ cheeses.
Koss Industrial, Inc. designs and fabricates custom machinery for this unique cheese-making technique and others. Contact us for information on cookers, mixers, molders, extruders and more of our machines designed and fabricated for this particular technique.
Pasteurization Process
Technological advances in refrigeration and food preservation have made an abundance of products readily available the likes of which people never would have dreamed of hundreds of years ago. One of the most important innovations, especially for the dairy industry, has been pasteurization. This process, which was developed by Louis Pasteur in the mid-19th century, is what allows us to have access to a variety of fresh, safe dairy products.
Pasteurization doesn’t destroy all of the pathogenic organisms in a substance, but rather reduces the number so that it is less likely to cause disease. Pasteur and his colleague, Claude Bernard, originally developed the process for use in wine and beer, but today it is most notable in milk. The process is quite simple: the product is simply heated to a certain level for a specific amount of time, which kills many of the antigens and increases its shelf life.