IMPROVED SHAPING AND COOLING PROCESS FOR MAKING CHEWING GUM Russian patent published in 2016 - IPC A23G3/00 A23G4/00 

FIELD: food industry.

SUBSTANCE: variants of the systems and methods of molding and cooling the chewing gum and caramel product. In one of its variants a system for forming and cooling gum, the system includes a forming system configured to size the gum to include a substantially uniform thickness, a cooling device that is disposed in-line with the forming system and configured to continuously receive the gum from the forming system at an entry point of the cooling device, and a multi-pass conveying system configured to continuously transport the gum from the entry point to an exit point of the cooling device. Wherein upon the exit from the cooling device the gum is to be in a condition for stacking or collecting. And the gum is a continuous structure when delivered to the entry point of the cooling apparatus from said forming system.

EFFECT: invention allows to reduce the conditioning time and amount of powder to prevent adhesion during the manufacturing of the product.

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