The lollipop production line is an automatic system that integrates lollipop production line and thermal insulation roller, which can complete the whole process from sugar dough thermal insulation, stretching, molding to packaging. Compared with manual or scattered equipment production, it can greatly improve production efficiency and ensure uniform product specifications, and is the core equipment for large-scale production of lollipops.

Understanding the working principle can help you judge whether the machine meets your needs from more levels. The core process of typical lollipop production line is as follows:

1.Feeding and heat preservation: 

The warm sugar dough which is kneaded evenly and colored is put into the heat preservation roller. The rolling bed keeps rolling gently, keeping the sugar soft and even in temperature, and preventing hardening.

2.Stretching and shaping: 

the sugar dough is smoothly sent from the roller to the stretching, forming and packaging integrated machine. Firstly, it is stretched into candy bars with uniform thickness through a pulling mechanism with adjustable gap. 

3.Stamping forming: 

The candy bars enter a forming mechanism with a mold with a specific shape, and are accurately stamped into individual special-shaped lollipop embryos. 

4. Automatic packaging:

 the formed sugar embryo is sent to the packaging mechanism by the conveyor belt, and under the precise control of the color selection sensor, it is automatically wrapped and sealed with film to become a commodity.

Knowing how do candy machines work, and then knowing the complete production process, can help you more intuitively judge whether this equipment is suitable for your own production scene, such as whether the space is enough and whether the production capacity matches.

Step 1: Front-end preprocessing

Objective: To prepare the best candy for automatic production line.

The specific process: the syrup is boiled in a sugar boiling pot to reach the required temperature and concentration → transported to a cooling table for rapid cooling to a state suitable for kneading → entered into a sugar kneading machine for full kneading and stretching, and evenly added with pigments and spices.

Finally, a large sugar mass with uniform color, moderate hardness and suitable temperature was obtained.

Step 2: constant temperature rolling and feeding

Objective: To keep the best processability of the candy mass and send it into the molding machine smoothly.

The specific process: put the pre-treated large sugar mass into a thermal insulation roller → the heating tube inside the roller continuously provides low-temperature heat to prevent the surface of the sugar mass from hardening → the roller rotates at a uniform speed, gently and continuously rolls the sugar mass to make its internal texture more uniform, and discharge possible small bubbles → the sugar mass naturally forms thick strips during rolling, and is pushed out smoothly and continuously from the outlet, ready to enter the lollipop forming machine part of the core.

Equipment core: thermal insulation rolling bed. Its gap and height are adjustable, which can adapt to different volumes of sugar balls and ensure perfect docking with the next station.

Step 3: Preparation for molding

Objective: To accurately stretch the coarse candy bar to a uniform thin bar that meets the weight and shape requirements of the final product.

The specific process: the coarse candy bars from the roller enter the pulling mechanism of the pulling, molding and packaging machine → pass through one or more pairs of rollers with adjustable speed and precise gap → the candy bars are gradually stretched and extruded, and the diameters become uniform.

Process control: The final weight and size of each candy can be accurately controlled by adjusting the gap and speed of the lacing, which is the key link to ensure product standardization and control cost.

Step 4: Core forming step

Objective: To give candy a final and attractive special-shaped appearance. This is the core function of machine.

The specific process: the uniform candy bars are sent to the molding station → the punching mechanism equipped with a specific molding die carries out high-speed and accurate punching → the cutting and three-dimensional shape can be completed in one action, and the stick insertion can be completed at the same time.

Equipment core: quick change mold system. This enables a lollipop forming machine to switch products with different shapes in a short time, which greatly improves the production flexibility and market response speed.

Step 5: Automatic identification and precise packaging

Objective: To automatically package the shaped candy with film to form a commodity.

The specific process: the molded candy is accurately conveyed to the packaging station by the conveyor chain → the pre-installed packaging film ensures the accurate positioning of each packaging pattern under the tracking control of the color selection sensor → the candy is wrapped by the film, sealed vertically and horizontally by the heat sealing knife, and cut into independent individuals.

Technical points: the servo motor drive ensures that the conveying positioning is not bad; The color selection sensor eliminates the waste of pattern dislocation and cutting deviation caused by tensile deformation of packaging film.

Step 6: finished product collection and back-end processing

Objective: To finish the final finishing, so as to facilitate packing or entering the next process (such as labeling and secondary packaging).

The specific process: the packaged lollipops are output from the end of the production line → collected by conveyor belt or chute, which can be connected to an automatic counting and packing machine or transferred to a manual inspection station for final inspection and packing.

Production line expansion: here, you can easily connect more back-end pillow packaging machines, etc., and package multiple products together.

The whole process is completed in a continuous line, only need to pay attention to the preparation of lollipop candy ingredients and the final product inspection.

1. Round lollipop production line: it is suitable for the production of conventional round lollipops, with strong mold versatility and high production efficiency, and is suitable for large-scale production in mass consumer market.

2. Special-shaped lollipop production line: equipped with customizable molds, it can produce lollipops with special shapes such as animal shapes and cartoon shapes. The core lies in mold adaptability and parameter debugging accuracy, which is suitable for enterprises pursuing product differentiation and making customized orders.

To truly understand how do candy machines work , we should not only look at the parameters, but also look at these practical details, which can really affect your long-term production efficiency, cost and experience. Orange Mech summarizes the following key points for you, hoping to help you:

1. Core adjustability and flexibility

1.1) Thermal insulation roller:

It depends not only on the size, but also on whether the rolling clearance can be adjusted steplessly. This determines the size range of sugar clusters it can handle. Is the overall support height adjustable? This is directly related to the seamless connection with the front and rear equipment and adapting to the ground conditions of your workshop.

1.2) brace forming machine:

What is the adjustment range of the core brace clearance? Is the adjustment method a manual quick knob or a tool? Fine and convenient adjustment ability is the basis of ensuring stable weight and rapid production change.

1.3) Mold system:

In addition to the replaceable mold, it is also necessary to understand the complexity and time-consuming of replacing the mold. Excellent equipment is equipped with quick-change device and locating pin, which can be switched within 30 minutes, and is equipped with clear operating instructions.

2.Humanized design and maintainability

2.1) Operation interface: 

Is the size and operation logic of the touch screen intuitive? Do you support multilingual and parameter storage functions? Whether to display alarm information is convenient for quick investigation.

2.2) Safety protection: 

the machine should have an emergency stop button and a basic physical protective cover, which should be easy to open for plot and maintenance.

2.3) Maintenance convenience: 

Are there multiple maintenance windows? Is the lubrication point easy to access? Are the parts that often need cleaning (such as sugar troughs and molds) easy to disassemble? These designs can greatly reduce the difficulty and time of daily maintenance.

3. Manufacturing quality

3.1) Material of the machine: 

All parts in contact with materials must be made of food-grade stainless steel, so as to be durable, and suppliers are required to provide material certificates.

3.2) Wiring process: 

Open the electric control cabinet, and observe whether the internal wiring is neat, the label is clear and the wiring is standardized. Messy wires are a hidden danger of future failures.

4. Energy consumption and operating costs

4.1) Rated power and actual power consumption: 

Understand the total peak power and average running power of the whole line. Equipment using servo system often saves more power when it is in standby and non-high speed operation.

4.2) Versatility of spare parts: 

Understand whether the key wearing parts are standard parts or special parts that suppliers can supply stably for a long time. Spare parts with poor versatility will increase the later maintenance cost.

1. Qualification verification: 

confirm that the supplier has basic qualifications such as business license and production license, and the safety inspection report of food contact materials.

2. Product quality: 

Understand the brand of the core components of the equipment (servo motor, heating pipe, touch screen), and give priority to the suppliers who use well-known brand components to reduce the failure probability.

3. After-sales service: 

confirm that the supplier provides on-site installation and debugging services, define the warranty period, and understand the after-sales response speed.

4. Industry word-of-mouth: 

Understand the supplier's word-of-mouth through peer recommendation and online word-of-mouth platform, focusing on the feedback (equipment stability, after-sales attitude) of the enterprises that have cooperated.

5. Customization ability:

 If there are special-shaped or special product requirements, confirm that the supplier can provide mold customization and equipment modification services.

6. Cost and cost performance: 

comprehensively evaluate the equipment price, energy consumption cost, maintenance cost and service life, and select suppliers with high cost performance; Avoid blindly pursuing low prices. Low-priced equipment often has shortcomings in quality and service, which will increase the comprehensive cost in the future.

The procurement of industrial production line involves a wide range of questions. The following answers to common questions can help you solve the core concerns in the procurement process and ensure the scientific and reasonable procurement decision.