ULTRASONIC ROTARY FORMING OF FOOD PRODUCTS

摘要

A system and method of ultrasonic rotary forming food products is provided. The system (400) includes a first ultrasonically activated rotary wheel (412) including a first cavity (414) for receiving a food product and a secondary rotary wheel (418). The first ultrasonically activated rotary wheel and said second rotary wheel rotate such that food product within the first cavity contacts the second rotary wheel to form an individually-formed food product. The product passes from the first cavity to form a single formed food product. The system also includes a food product delivery system for delivering food product to the first ultrasonically activated rotary wheel and the second rotary wheel. The second rotary wheel may also be an ultrasonically activated rotary wheel having cavities (420) formed on the outer circumferential edge (415) of the wheel. The food product delivery system may include a single food product delivery tube (424) that simultaneously delivers food product from the same stream to both rotary wheels.