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The potato chips production line can produce a variety of puffed snacks, including potato chips, French fries, rice crackers, popcorn, rice cakes, oatmeal, and more. While the equipment is simple to use and operate, what are the components of the equipment? What is the function of each component? Let's take a brief look.

Snacks have always been a key component of the casual food market. While traditional deep-frying and puffing methods offer a crispy texture, rising health awareness is driving a trend towards non-frying methods.

The core of the extruder lies in the physical puffing process under high temperature and high pressure. The rotating screw propels the material through a triple action of shear, friction, and heating, causing the starch structure to gelatinize. When the hot paste is suddenly released from the die into a normal pressure environment, the moisture instantly vaporizes and expands, forming a porous, crispy strip. This process eliminates the need for deep-frying, yet preserves the corn's natural aroma and achieves superior puffing uniformity compared to traditional deep-frying.

Main components of the production line

A complete potato chip production line typically consists of five modules:
-Pretreatment System: After screening and stone removal, the corn feed is fed into a grinder, where it is crushed to a fineness of 80-120 mesh and then mixed with the auxiliary ingredients in a mixing tank.
-Twin-screw extruder: Utilizing variable-speed control, the barrel temperature can be precisely controlled. The die aperture determines the product thickness.
-Cutting and Shaping Unit: Rotating blades cut the extruded continuous strips into standard lengths, while a simultaneous oil spraying system provides surface seasoning.
-Drying and Cooling Line: A multi-layer mesh belt oven uses 60-80°C hot air to remove excess moisture, while a cooling tunnel sets the product shape.
-Packaging Unit: Automatic weighing and filling, combined with nitrogen-filled packaging, extend the shelf life to over 6 months.

Raw material mixer
The mixer is used to mix the powdered raw materials and liquid seasonings evenly. The moisture and starch content of the raw materials will directly affect the degree of puffing. Therefore, when selecting raw materials, it is best to choose raw materials with moderate moisture and starch content.

Snack Puffing Machine
Corn puffing machine is the most important machine in the production of puffed food. In the corn puffing cereal machine, the raw material is steamed and shaped at high temperature. Then it will be extruded through the holes of the die. Therefore, different puffed foods can be made by changing different shapes and molds.

Seasoning Machine
In order to obtain a unique taste, a seasoning machine is required for seasoning. The seasoning machine has the characteristics of continuous operation and will not destroy the structure of the puffed food.

Packaging Machine
For storage and transportation, expanded foods need to be packaged. We offer packaging machines that can produce both bag and box packaging formats.

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