Automated cheese prepress PRP-AP

Cheese prepress PRP-AP is automated, user-friendly prepress with adjustable programs for automated pressing and cutting. This multipurpose device is intended for receiving the cheese mass, draining the whey, automatic prepressing using compressed air, automatic or manual cutting of the cheese mass into desired cheese blocks and automatic pressing of cheese mass in cheese moulds. It is distinguished by its wide usability – it is suitable for making semi-hard and hard cheeses in smaller batches from 1.000l up to 4.000 l.

Plevnik prepresses enable better quality control of cheese and excellent yield -approximately 10 % cheese mass from the source quantity of milk.

Advantages

Advantages
1.
Automatic execution
2.
Adapting grid
3.
Draining
4.
Prepressing
5.
Cutting
6.
Moving
7.
Simple maintenance
Complete automatization.
1.

Automatic execution

Prepress PRP-AP is user friendly device. It helps you with prepressing, moving and cutting of cheese mass. Pressure can be regulated. Pressing time can be set.

2.

Adapting grid

Draining grid is movable to adapt to different quantities of milk. PRP-AP is appropriate for smaller batches from 1.000l up to 4.000 l.

3.

Draining

Draining is done through the draining grids in the front and the back. The movable grid in the back allows the same cheese block height with different quantities of milk.

 

4.

Prepressing

Automated prepressing of the cheese mass in sections. The bridge moves along the table and presses a section of the cheese block under the pressing plate. The pressure can be regulated by setting the pressing cylinder pressure from 1–4 kg per kilogram of cheese mass. The time of pressing can be set. The controller enables multiple passes with different steps.

5.

Cutting

The cutting format can be set. It is based on the movement of the bridge and the distance between the knives. The bridge movement is based on the length of the cheese block.

6.

Moving

Automatic cutting of the cheese mass and pushing the cut pieces to the front of the table.

 

7.

Simple maintenance

Stainless steel enables easy cleaning of surfaces.

Additional Equipment

Automatic pressure and cutting regulation

Touchscreen controller that allows preprograming of pressure and compression time in three steps. You can design the program independently according to your needs and save the presets.

Manual three-stage pressure regulation

Supports three-stage pressure regulation with preset pressures – manually.

Whey collecting tube

Enables the pumping of whey to the appropriate location.

Whey/cleaning agent vessel

Adjustable blades

Enables adjustable cutting of cheese mass

Technical Information

More information about possibility of processing cheese mass, pressing points, cylinders, dimensions, working height, …

More information

Video

Plevnik prepress PRP-AP: Complete automatization

Operation with Plevnik prepress PRP-AP – draining the cheese mass, prepressing and pressing cheese mass in cheese moulds – production of hard cheese.

PRP-AP in action