Overview Fill extruders are used to produce the inner filling in the center of a hard sugar rope product (hard candy). This inner filling can be either a gum, soft sweet rope chewing sweet rope or liquorice.
Facts
The fill extruder and the basic extruder designs are identical. The main element, components and characteristics of the fill extruder are the same.The hard sugar rope is made issuing from the extruder by an downwards-leading batch former. The inner filling of the hard sugar rope is delivered by the fill extruder and which is fed to the batch former from a fill tube. An articulated arm connects the extruder and the fill tube.
Height adjustment
Batch formers can be fitted at different angle heights. The output can be varied by changing the batch former angle: the steeper the angle, the higher the output. TOGUM has designed and patented an apparatus for height adjustment. In this apparatus the extruder is positioned on a hydraulic surface that can be moved 350 mm vertically. The extruder height can therefore be adjusted parallel to the batch former angle. The hydraulic system is connected by two bushings that deliver the force.