SMOKING SYSTEM INOX MECCANICA TECHNOLOGY

Inox Meccanica was founded more than 40 years ago in the area that could be defined as the ‘triangle of taste’, between Mantova, Bologna and Parma. Today it has more than 50 employees in the production, administrative, sales, purchasing, warehouse and marketing departments. The activity takes place on an area of about 20,000 square metres, of which over 3,000 are covered. The growth over the years has been constant, following the expansion of the reference markets; the products have been refined step by step, offering absolutely reliable and very high quality equipment. In addition to more traditional...

SMOKING PROCESS IN TUMBLER Inox Meccanica has been developing since a while a new and innovative patented system that allows the smoking of products to be cured or cooked directly in the tumbler.

HOW OUR PROCESS TAKES PLACE This patented system, using one of our friction generators, produces low temperature smoke which, alternating with vacuum phases, penetrates faster into the meat. Specifically, the process developed by our R&D department is divided into 2 phases that alternate until the desired degree of smoking is achieved.

During the first phase, smoke is sucked into the tumbler and recirculated between the tumbler and the smoke generator. The smoke generator provides low temperature smoke (26-28°) with the possibility to adjust its density according to the product to be smoked and contains 65% less carbon residues than traditional smoke generatos with brazier. During this phase (which lasts about 15 minutes), the recirculating smoke condenses and settles on the product (which has a lower temperature) and on the walls of the tumbler and, thanks to the slow rotation, is distributed evenly over the product.

Once the automatic smoke phase is completed, valves set up so that the smoke is extracted from the pipes and the inside of the tumbler. It then proceeds with the vacuum inside the tumbler while the product is stirred slowly so that the aroma can penetrate more quickly into the product. The two phases described above alternate until the desired degree of smoking is achieved.

PRODUCTIVE & TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANTAGES • No need to have a smoking chamber to carry out the process; Savings in space, plant and energy costs; Significant time savings; Less product weight loss compared to the loss obtained in traditional ovens; The product takes on a decidedly more delicate taste, allowing the aroma of the wood essence to be perceived much more; Smoking is more uniform on the surface; Thanks to the quality of the smoke used during the cycle, the quality of the finished product improves; The product can be declared smoked with beech wood or other wood essence; Reduced quantity...

OPERATING SCHEME

SMOKE GENERATOR 1. Our friction smoke generator produces smoke by rubbing beech beams (certified) with a cogwheel. 2. The smoke produced (at a temperature of between 25 and 28°) is channelled into the tumbler through a system of pipes and valves. 3. This patented system eliminates the risk of fire because there is no production of embers or flames 4. The generator has an internal safety sensor that sprays water if the friction generates excessive temperatures.

Inox Meccanica S.p.A. Strada Solarolo, 20/B-C-D 46044 Solarolo di Goito Mantova - Italy web. inoxmeccanica.com email. [email protected] tel. +390376608282