Corn Flakes Production Line

Corn flakes production line is also called breakfast cereal corn flakes production line, corn flake /breakfast cereal is one kind of crispy food, with the advantages of hard to be steeped broken and strong grain taste. It is the crispy  flake which  is made  from corn meal and  the other grains powder. The production  line  includes mixing, extruding,  flaking, drying, high temperature  baking,  flavoring  and cooling.  It  can  be  eaten  like  snack,  and  be  eaten with milk  or  coffee  as well. By  changing moulds  and production process, this production line can make different shapes of puffed food. Such as ring, ball, flake, star, letter etc.

Corn Flakes Production Line

People are always looking for breakfast foods that are both nutritious and convenient. Experts are working with food processing professionals to develop new solutions to produce more ready-to-eat breakfast cereals.

Corn flakes production line composition

1、Mixer

2、Screw hoister

3、Double-screw extruder

4、Vibrating feeder

5、Air conveyor

6、Flaking machine

7、Air conveyor

8、Dryer

9、Hoister

10、Vibrating feeder

11、High temperature dryer

12、Sugar sprayer

13、Vibrating feeder

14、Dryer

15、Cooling conveyor

How corn flakes production line works

The raw materials and liquid are pre-mixed according to the proportion, and continuously and uniformly fed into the extrusion platform. The thermomechanical energy provided by a twin-screw extruder is then used to cook the mixture at a suitable temperature. The texture and shape of the expanded product are determined by the final design of the insert, and the expansion rate is affected by the temperature of the extrudate, the type of ingredients used, and the moisture content. Before drying and cooling, an additional coating operation can be applied to add, for example, sweet syrup. After a short cooling period, the product is tempered, cut and tableted using a tableting device consisting of two temperature-regulated and counter-rotating cylinders. They are then transferred to a dryer/toaster and cooled before storage and packaging.

Brief introduction of corn flakes production line technology

The main raw material for the production of corn flakes is grain, that is, corn flour or other grains. It is uploaded from the transport container to the mixer ①. The mixer is used to add cocoa, starch, etc. to the formula.

Use screw conveyor ② to make the raw materials from the mixer into the feed hopper of the extruder. The twin-screw extruder ③ heat-treats the initial raw materials after the preparation stage. At the exit of the extruder, we get spherical semi-finished products, which are discharged on the vibrating conveyor ⑤ to prevent adhesion. The semi-finished product is sent from the vibrating conveyor to the flattening machine ⑥ through the pneumatic conveyor, and the semi-finished product is flattened using two shafts that move in different directions.

Then the product enters the vibrating conveyor, and then is put into the high temperature oven ⑪, the high temperature oven is used to continuously dry the products coming out of the extruder. As the product is transported along the conveyor system, the water evaporates. Then the product with the feed conveyor enters the additive adding machine, where the syrup containing dry bulk ingredients and flavor additives is added from the digester. For continuous production line operation, it is recommended to install two boilers to work alternately.

The products at the exit of the vibrating conveyor enter the roasting furnace ⑭ for the final stage of flake production. Here, the product loses the remaining moisture and gets a golden shell.

Features and advantages of corn flakes production line

Corn flakes/breakfast cereals are a kind of fragile food, which is not rotten on the outside. The flavor of the grains is strong, mainly using corn flour and other grains as the main raw materials. The chips are made by mixing raw materials, squeezing and puffing, pressing, drying, baking at high temperature, spraying sugar for flavoring, drying, cooling and other processes. They can usually be used as snacks or mixed with milk. Coffee consumption is rich in complex carbohydrates and dietary fiber, and fortifies a variety of trace elements, such as vitamins and minerals. It can be consumed directly after mixing with coffee, milk, yogurt or functional beverages. Children can eat breakfast cereal as a sweet and crunchy snack. Corn flakes production line can produce circles, balls, flakes, stars, letters and other products by replacing molds and selecting appropriate production processes.