Technogel Technostick 3000 Rotary 4-Lane Ice Lolly Popsicle Moulding Machine – 3,000 pcs/hour

Description

This pre-owned Technogel Technostick 3000 Rotary 4-Wide Ice Lolly Moulding Machine was manufactured in 2005 by Technogel, Italy, and is a compact, fully automatic production line with a capacity of up to 3,000 pieces per hour. Designed for the production of a wide variety of water ice and dairy-based frozen novelties, the line is supplied complete with (approx) 80 ml lolly moulds (additional mould sizes are available from the manufacturer), a remote Bitzer refrigeration system, and an integrated flow-pack wrapping machine for continuous production from freezing through to final packaging.

The rotary moulding machine is equipped with an ice cream volumetric filler, lolly filler, suction device for shell-and-core production, automatic stick inserter, chocolate coating station with circulation pump, and dry coating station for nuts, sprinkles, and other inclusions. This versatile configuration enables the production of a broad range of frozen products, including water ice lollies (up to four colours), ice cream bars, shell-and-core (tube) products, ice cream with ripple injection, and products with chocolate coating, granulated inclusions, or external syrup coatings. The entire line is PLC-controlled, making it an ideal solution for small to medium-sized ice cream manufacturers seeking a flexible and efficient rotary moulding system.  

Main production stages involve:

• The ice cream mix is first passed through a continuous freezer, where it is semi-frozen to approximately -2°C to -3°C, depending on the product formulation. For water ice products, the mix is typically filled at a positive temperature of 2°C to 3°C before being transferred to the rotary moulding machine hopper.
• At the heart of the rotary moulding machine is a large stainless steel circular tank containing separate cold brine and hot brine circuits. Above the tank, a rotating mould table carries the moulds through each production station, indexing them automatically through the freezing, filling, extraction and coating processes under full PLC control.
• Depending on the product being manufactured, the moulds are filled using the ice cream filler or lolly filler. The machine is capable of producing a wide range of frozen novelties, including ice cream bars, water ice lollies, sorbets, shell-and-core products and mixed ice cream and fruit products.
• The moulds then enter the cold calcium chloride brine section, where the product begins to freeze from the outside in, forming a frozen shell against the mould wall.
• For shell and core (shell and tube) products, the sucking device removes the unfrozen centre once the shell has reached the required thickness. This creates a hollow cavity that is subsequently filled with a second product using either the ice cream filler or lolly filler, enabling combinations such as fruit ice with an ice cream centre or other multi-layered products.
• Once filling is complete, the products continue through the freezing sector until they reach the correct consistency for automatic wooden stick insertion. The moulds then remain within the brine circuit until the products are completely frozen.
• As the moulds enter the hot brine defrosting section, thermostatically controlled hot water gently warms the moulds, allowing the frozen products to be released without affecting their shape or surface finish.
• A multi-arm extraction carousel then grips the sticks, removes the products from the moulds and transfers them through the finishing stations. Products may either bypass coating or pass through the chocolate dipping station before entering the dry coater, where the chocolate is allowed to harden while the products remain suspended on the extraction line.
• Finally, the finished products are deposited onto the discharge conveyor and transferred directly to the flow-pack wrapping machine for high-speed packaging, completing a fully automated production process from filling through to wrapping.

Technical specification

• Manufacturer: Technogel
• Model: Technostick 3000
• Function: Rotary Lolly Popsicle Moulding Machine
• Year of manufacture: 2005
• Approx capacity: 2500-3000 pcs / hour (subject to mould and recipe)
• No. of rows of moulds: 4
• Total number of moulds: 353
• Mould type: Approx 80ml
• Construction entirely made of AISI 316 Stainless Steel
• Mould level height: 1050 mm
• Includes remote Bitzer Screw Compressor (Water Cooled). Refrigerant: R507-R404A
• Includes Flow Wrapper
• Thawing: Electric
• Movement: Mechanical/Pneumatic
• Installed power (machine only): 25kW
• Installed power (refrigeration system): 30kW
• Compressed air at 7bar: 800 Nl/min
• Tower water for refrigeration sytem: 20,000 Litres/Hour
• Mains water for washing: 200 Litres/Hour
• Electrics: 3phase – 400V – 50HZ
• Documentation included

Dimensions

Lolly machine

• Length: 400 cms
• Width: 400 cms
• Height: 190 cms
• Weight: 2,500 kgs

Refrigeration system

• Length: 280 cms
• Width: 120 cms
• Height: 190 cms
• Weight: 850 kgs

Country of manufacture:

Italy