Sollich sets its sights on Germany’s iba show
German equipment and systems business, Sollich has released its key areas of focus for the upcoming iba bakery and confectionery event, showcasing latest product innovations, systems and technology for the combined industries, reports Neill Barston.
The event, which takes place between 18-22, May in Düsseldorf, is anticipated to attract more than 1,300 businesses from more than 50 countries around the world, eager to showcase their latest sector offerings.
For its part, Sollich, which has more than 100 years of heritage, will be in Hall 10, booth H26, which will be appearing alongside Chocotech, represents innovative and comprehensive solutions for chocolate and confectionery production. The product range co-vers equipment for chocolate, confectionery, snack and bakery applications.
Among its core exhibitions include its Enromat M6-1050 (1050 mm belt width) enrobing machiner with new electronic repro-ducibility aid for mechanical settings (patented). An eccentric decorator SED 1050 to produce a variety of embossed decorations is shown in the outfeed. The system is com-plemented by a Thermo-Flow®+ KSK 1400 cooling tunnel with a PU cover in Gullwing design and a roller sprinkler SWS 1400.
It will also be displaying its enrobing machine Minicoater MC 420 (420 mm belt width), demonstrated with chocolate at iba, featuring the automatic decorating device Mini-Decormatic MD 420. This small enrobing machine in modular design is ideal for the processing of small production batches.
The company will also be showing its Decorating system Decormatic DC4 820 (820 mm belt width) with a decorating belt and Minitemper MT 100 for feeding. The device enables programmable decorations and quick product changeovers. The machine will be on display with chocolate during the exhibition.
In addition, the company will also be showing its drop moulding system Sollcodrop ST – for producing chocolate drops of 3 mm and larger. The innovative drop tube is fed with chocolate at iba by the tempering machine Turbotemper TE 1100 B. I
As the company noted, the primary goal of current developments is to make customers’ production processes more efficient – with high machine availability and improved handling.
To achieve this, Sollich focuses on easy and efficient cleaning of its machines, ensuring compliance with increasingly stringent hygiene standards. Another key advancement is digitalisation: Together with other leading manufacturers, Sollich is one of the founding companies of SweetConnect.
The key digital platform enables users to centrally manage all their production machines, providing features such as digital operating manuals, spare parts catalogs, and cross-manufacturer maintenance management. This is complemented by the company’s remote maintenance system “Fast Lane”, which transmits operational data to enhance service per-formance and increase machine availability.
In the field of artificial intelligence, it has developed a self-analysis system for its tempering machines. In the future, these machines will automatically adjust temperature val-ues to reduce manual effort while optimising the quality of tempered chocolate. The continu-ous development of machines is a top priority at SOLLICH, with a strong focus on quality as-surance. Key innovations include a dew point display in the cooling tunnel and the automatic measurement of the degree of temper in the enrobing machine with the Tempergraph.
