Continuous gum base processing system with a pair of cooling towers that each have spiral conveyors therein

摘要

A system for automatically cooling and further processing chewing gum base materials is disclosed. The hot molten chewing gum base material is deposited in lined or coated pans (30), the pans are picked up by an industrial robot (40) and placed into a pair of spiral cooling towers (44) where the molten material is cooled and solidified. The same or a second industrial robot picks up the pans of cooled gum base material and transports them to a final staging and processing area. The pans of cooled gum base material are placed on a conveyor system or on pallets for further handling and processing.