Systems and methods for efficient pellet manufacturing

Abstract

A method for separating a trimmed segment from a body of a food structure, the method comprising: forming a trimmed score line in the body of the food structure to define the trimmed segment in the body of the food structure; and actively applying a force to the trimmed segment via a force generating device to separate the trimmed segment from the body of the food structure along the trimmed score line.

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[0001] Cross References to Related Applications [0002] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Application No. 62 / 880,467, filed July 30, 2019, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety. technical field [0003] The present disclosure relates to food manufacturing methods and systems, and more particularly, to methods and systems for separating at least a portion of a food structure after scoring and / or cutting the food structure. Background technique [0004] Typically, the methods of making and packaging food products such as confectionary or chewing gum are time consuming and involve extensive machinery. For example, a method of making and packaging a gum product may include mixing and producing finished gum as a non-uniform output, extruding and forming finished gum into bars, conditioning bars of finished gum, Bar extrusion into a continuous thin sheet of finished gum, rolling the continuous sheet through a series of rollers to a uniform reduced t...

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Problems solved by technology

[0006] While this method of separating trimmed portions of gum via gravity is suitable when the edges of the formed pieces have a planar configuration, this method may not be suitable for trimming material along scores that have a non-linear configuration.

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