Pasta

Axor Ocrim is specialized in the design and supply of tailor made complete dry pasta lines for short-cut, long-cut and special pasta shapes. It has supplied over a hundred lines with capacities ranging from 500 kg/h to 6,000 kg/h in over 30 countries.
Thanks to its continuous investments in technology development and automation, and its strong customer service, Axor Ocrim is today the fastest growing supplier in its field. Axor Ocrim lines are operated by some of the largest pasta producers in Italy as well as in North and South America, Africa and in the Middle East meeting their most different needs in terms of pasta quality, but also for the tailor-made engineering and the construction standards, starting from single equipments up to complete turnkey projects.

Axor Ocrim range of products has grown in the past years to cover also new products lines as snacks, pellets, gluten free pasta. Also in this field, Axor Ocrim has gained an important reputation selling equipment to some of the largest players in the market in Italy and elsewhere.

Short-cut Pasta Line Double Dry from 500 to 6000 Kg/h

• Aluminum belts short-cut pasta line with production capacity from 500 kg/h to 6000 kg/h.
• Press with vacuum mixing tank and high efficiency compression screws.
• Each machine is fitted with adjustable feet leveling the pasta line to any kind of floor
• Stainless steel frames granting stability and longer lifetime to the whole installation.
• High efficiency heating batteries with flanged connections.
• High density fiberglass panels, internally lined with stainless steel sheet and silicone rubber gaskets.
• Hydraulic plants complete with 3-ways pneumatic valves, pump, by-pass, control valve, gauges and thermometers.
• Air exchange system realized with stainless steel channels and butterflies fitted with air suction and air input electro-fans with pre-heating batteries.
• High efficiency axial fans with electric motor suitable for High Temperature
• Shaker fitted with a new motion device (patented) realized with independent vibrating motors, controlled by inverter to optimize the dwell time for each pasta shape.
• The shaker pasta trays are manufactured in aluminum alloy profile and stainless steel net.
• Stainless steel pre-drying/drying separation sheet.
• New heated loading device fitted with vibrating-mass distribution.
• Aluminum profiled slotted belts to make ventilation easier.
• Belt cooling carried out by an external cooling unit.
• Ladders and handrails manufactured as per International safety rules.
• Electric control panel, automation by plc and supervision software through personal computer.
• Remote assistance via Internet.

Long-cut Pasta Line TI from 500 to 6000 Kg/h

• High temperature long-cut pasta line with capacity from 500 kg/h to 6000 kg/h
• Press with vacuum mixing tank and high efficiency compression screws
• Each machine is fitted with adjustable feet leveling the pasta line to any kind of floor
• Supporting frames are manufactured in stainless steel to grant stability and longer lifetime to the whole installation
• High efficiency heating batteries fitted with flanged connections.
• High density fiberglass panels lined internally with stainless steel sheet and silicone rubber gaskets.
• Hydraulic plant complete with 3-ways pneumatic valve, pump, by-pass, gauges and thermometers.
• Air exchange system realized with stainless steel channels and butterflies fitted with air suction and air input electro-fans with pre-heating batteries.
• High efficiency axial fans with electric motor suitable for High Temperature.
• Sticks length mm. 2000 and 2550 manufactured in reinforced aluminum alloy profiles and stainless steel hooks.
• Complete pre-dryer ventilation and sticks forwarded by coupled tightened chains.
• Drying gallery sticks forwarded by two stainless steel racks with quadrangular movements.
• High efficiency ventilation either for pre-drying, main drying and cooling phases.
• Separate cooler equipped with sticks chain forwarding.
• Storage silos with independent floors for long-cut pasta storage.
• Independent sticks storage and sticks return systems.
• Ladders and handrails manufactured as per International safety rules.
• Electric control panel with automation by plc and supervision software through personal computer.
• Remote assistance via Internet.

Special Shaped Pasta Line from 200 to 1200 Kg/h

• High temperature special shaped pasta line with capacities from 200 kg/h to 1200 kg/h suitable to output special shaped pasta on trays, such as nested pasta, lasagnas, cannelloni and large short cut pasta shapes.
• Press with vacuum tank and highly performing compression screws.
• Each machine is fitted with adjustable feet leveling the pasta line to any kind of floor
• Supporting frames are manufactured in stainless steel to grant stability and longer lifetime to the whole installation.
• High efficiency heating batteries with flanged connections.
• High density fiberglass panels lined internally with stainless steel sheet and silicone rubber gaskets.
• Hydraulic plant complete with 3-ways pneumatic valve, pump, by-pass, gauges and thermometers.
• Air exchange systems realized with stainless steel channels and butterflies equipped with air suction and air input electro-fans with pre-heating batteries.
• High efficiency axial fans with electric motors specially for High Temperature.
• Pasta trays manufactured in stainless steel and aluminum, complete with high resistance polyester mesh.
• Vertical pre-dryer fitted with high efficiency fans.
• Drying gallery fitted with vertical lifting/descending device for trays by means of PVDF guides.
• Motors fitted with high resistance transport chains.
• Storage trays section to allow a discontinuous packaging machine running.
• Independent motorized trays return.
• Ladders and handrails manufactured according to international safety rules.
• Electric control panel with automation by plc and supervision software through personal computer.
• Remote assistance via Internet.

Milling

After the cleaning and the conditioning processes, the wheat is ready for the milling operation.

The milling process has the purpose of separating the external tegument (bran) from the starchy endosperm and reducing the clean and conditioned wheat into flour or semolina. The main difference between flour and semolina lies into the product dimension: the flour is a tiny and impalpable product, while semolina is a granular product. The following machines can be employed both for hard and soft wheat milling process, by only changing type of configuration: rollermills, plansifters, purifiers etc. Other machines like detachers, finishers etc. are employed only for soft milling operation.

To be more clear, the configuration of the milling process depends on:

• • 1. • the use and number of purifiers;
         the roller passage in which there is the main separation between endosperm and bran sections;
       • the use of tool machines (like bran finisher, detachers or finishers);
       • the use of superimposed rollermill;
       • the process with which the finished product is separated;
       • the general diagram planning.
       • the dimensional characteristics of the product;

The type of milled wheat and the equipment of various machines establish the final outcome given by milling process:

Soft wheat: flour, hard wheat semolina, waste flour, germ, red dog, straight run, pollard and bran.
Hard wheat: semolina, durum semolina, re-milled, waste flour, red dog, straight run, pollard, bran.