Cheese Vat
INDUSTRIAL FOOD TECHNOLOGY
FT20/FT20A Cheese Vat & Cheese Making Accessories
The Armfield Cheese Vat FT20/FT20A makes an ideal research facility. When making Cheddar type cheese, approximately 1kg of cheese is produced from a ten litre batch of milk.
Features
• Ten litre capacity stainless steel jacketed vat
• Bench mounting with small footprint
• Separate console controls vat temperature and paddle speed
• Water heater fitted in console
• Temperature and pH can be monitored by microcomputer using an appropriate interface
• Range of cheese making accessories
• Simple controls
Benefits
> Makes all well known types of cheese
> Economical with raw materials
> 1kg batch provides adequate material for sampling
> Ease of use
Description
Manufactured wholly in stainless steel and bench-mounted, the vat is hygienic in use. It has a removable paddle agitator of stainless steel, driven through a guarded linkage system by a variable speed drive motor. Water is circulated through the vat jacket at a preselected temperature by the pump contained in the separate control console, which stands adjacent to the vat.
The control console incorporates:
> digital display of pH of vat contents
> digital display of temperature of vat contents
> two analog output ports for computer monitoring of vat temperature and pH
> agitator stop/start and variable speed control
> integrated data logger with USB output
The pH and temperature probes are suspended in the vat contents from a bracket on the rim of the vat.
A specially designed perforated strainer fits into the vat outlet to facilitate efficient draining.
Making cheese with the FT20A
enlargeMaking cheese with the FT20A
enlarge Capabilities
> heating and agitating milk, and holding at an exact temperature for addition of starter culture and rennet
> holding at temperature during coagulation
> cutting and healing the curd
> heating and agitating gradually and accurately to ‘scald’ the curd
> maintaining the higher temperatures and agitating for a further period
> settling the curd or ‘pitching’
> drawing the whey
> milling
> salt addition
FT20A Cheese Making Accessories
FT20A Cheese Making Accessories
Designed to be used with the ten litre Armfield FT20 Cheese Vat to produce approximately 1kg of finished cheese. Using the accessories, it is possible to carry out the following operations: curd cutting, cheddaring, pH determination (chemical) and pressing.
> Stainless steel horizontal blade curd knife with nylon handle
> Stainless steel vertical blade curd knife with nylon handle
> Stainless steel cheddaring box plus weights up to 10kg (2kg x 5) for initiating the traditional cheddaring process
> Cheese press with two moulds
> Acid testing kit comprising, including apparatus and chemicals
Stainless steel blade curd knife
enlargeFT20A Cheese making accessories
enlarge Unit Specifications
Vat:
Working Capacity: 10 litres
Perforated Strainer: Stainless steel
Hygienic Outlet Valve: ‘Pinch type’
Agitator Paddle: Stainless steel
Agitator Drive Motor: 50W, 0-30rpm
The agitator drive linkage is designed to allow the paddle to traverse the vat at rates between 0 and 60 times per min.
Control Console:
| As well as containing the necessary electrical circuitry, the console houses:- | |
| ITEM | DETAILS |
| Heating water circulator: | 0.85kW, temperature range ambient to 80°C set by analog dial, (Control accuracy: ±1°C, Safety: over-temperature cutout), max. flow 10lpm |
| Agitator paddle variable speed drive control: | Thyristor, DC |
| Analog output ports: | voltage output O-1Vdc proportional to temperature and pH (2 channels). Suitable for microcomputer connection via any appropriate interface, e.g. FT20-90IFD-USB |
| pH/temperature indication: | 3½ digit display |
| Thermocouple probe: | Type K |
| pH probe: | Food spear type, 0 -14pH |
Requirements
Electricity Supply:
FT20-A: 220-240V/1ph/50Hz, (1.2kW)
FT20-B: 120V/1ph/60Hz, (1.2kW)
Shipping Specification
Overall volume: 0.3m³
Gross weight: 80kg
Overall Dimensions
Vat:
Height: 0.40m
Width: 0.28m
Depth: 0.56m
Console:
Height: 0.28m
Width: 0.37m
Depth: 0.38m