CHEWING GUM IS ON EVERYONE'S LIPS!
... and literally. On average, every German chews 100 sticks a year. Chewing gum isn't a new invention. People were already buying birch resin in the Neolithic period. The ancient Greeks chewed on the resin of the mastic tree, and the Chinese on ginseng roots. The Mayans used chicle, the milky sap of the muscari tree. Today, chewing gum is no longer made from natural ingredients. The gum base is largely made from petroleum-based plastics. That doesn't sound very appetizing, but no study has yet proven any health risks associated with chewing gum.
The food and pharmaceutical industries place the highest demands on process quality, purity, plant safety, and environmental protection. Filtration solutions from Filtration Group Industrial in the field of air filtration are used, among other things, in the production of chewing gum. These filtration solutions filter the finest particles and contaminants from the air, minimize dust pollution, and effectively contribute to the highest levels of hygiene, quality, and product recovery. Bulk material transport in chewing gum production requires the mixing of components. Highly efficient dust filter elements from Filtration Group Industrial, type 852 804 Ti 07/1-0.3 V4A FOOD, are used for powder handling on a suction scale.
Delica AG
Delica AG was founded in 2021 as a merger of five traditional Swiss companies and combines the highest levels of culinary expertise under the Migros Industrie umbrella. With around 2,000 employees at five locations in Switzerland, as well as in Germany, France, the Netherlands, Spain, and North America, the company develops innovative products in the areas of coffee, chocolate, biscuits, ice cream, snacks, cooking products, and chewing gum.
True to the motto: Reinventing the good.
Challenge
The powder is drawn from three silos into the scale. Dosing, weighing, and transport to a transfer point (mixer) then take place using a pneumatic suction conveyor. A vacuum pump provides the necessary suction line. Dosing devices feed the products into the conveyor line. These are then transported by suction into the scale container. The control electronics ensure that the product quantities of mannitol, sorbitol, xylitol, and others specified in the recipe are maintained to within a few hundred grams.
For dosing, the powder is then distributed via a screw conveyor and mixed with other components such as gum base, lycasin, glycerin, and liquid flavors until the final product – chewing gum – is created.
Solution statement
- FG dust filter elements in a cylindrical design with open-bottom pleats (free of dead space) are optimally matched to the specific dust load to separate the powder side from the clean air side.
- By being installed on the raw gas side, the elements ensure high separation efficiency, economical product recovery, and meet all safety and environmental requirements.
- Specially developed filter media and sealing systems with FDA and EU 10/2011 approval
- Thermal and chemical resistance
- Excellent hydrolysis resistance
Customer benefit
- The supplied Filtration Group dust filter elements filter the finest particles and contaminants from the air, minimize dust exposure, and effectively contribute to the highest levels of hygiene, quality, and product recovery.
- The filter material used is a polyester fleece with a PTFE membrane for the filtration of electrostatically charged and ignitable fine dust.
- With the Ti 07/1 composite material, the advantages of surface filtration are also utilized in explosion-protected areas (ATEX).