| 摘要 |
<p>This invention refers to a cheesemaking apparatus, particularly designed for dairy manufacturers willing to process small volumes of raw milk. The apparatus is made of stainless steel, allows sequential steps of coagulation, cutting and draining, and comprises mechanical performance with variable speed and reverse direction, via removable blades (1) for stirring milk or cutting curd depending on the rotational direction, a heating/cooling jacket (2) that uses a temperature-controlled fluid/liquid, a curd/whey sequential discharge system (A) into perforated moulds (3), a temperature control device, a whey level and a proximity control device (4), a control panel and an integrated cleaning system. The apparatus further comprises a vat (5), supported by four legs (6), an upper cover (7) with a lid (8) used to add the rennet and/or starter cultures, two side inlets, one for milk (9) and the other for the cleaning solution (10), and, in the bottom end, a whey outlet (4) and a vertical connection with a cylinder with perforated walls (11), which allows pre-moulding of curd via filling the moulds (3), hence avoiding any type of manual handling during the whole cheesemaking process. The said cylinder (11) comprises two horizontal cutting plates (12, 13), which will eventually determine cheese dimensions.</p> |
