Festo CRD pneumatic cylinder is designed specifically for cheese making

The new cheese press cylinder from Festo improves control for greater consistency and quality in the pressing stage of cheese making.

Cheese presses have a new solution from Festo Canada: the CRD pneumatic cylinder. This is an application-specific unit designed to boost both quality and consistency in large operations as well as low-volume artisanal cheese making. The cylinder comes in four bore sizes, with forces from 3,016 to 18,850 newtons at six bar.

The CRD optimizes quality by holding accurate pressure for the desired time, in order to ensure exact process control.

The latest in sanitary innovation

This pneumatic cylinder has a stainless steel outer body that represents the latest in sanitary innovation, with a unique bell-shaped construction that offers best-in-class hygienic design. The device is lubricated with biodegradable NSF-H1 food-safe grease, which complies with the standards of the United States Food and Drug Administration. Since low-friction seals extend operational life, Festo also offers the CRD with a dry-running seal option for optimum operation, even when harsh wash-down has dissolved cylinder lubricant, for work environments that experience intensive cleaning.

Other key features of this unique pneumatic cylinder:

• reinforced bearing that absorbs lateral forces during pressing operations;
• optimized performance for synchronized operation;
• NSF-H1 grease; and
• high anti-corrosion protection.

In addition, the CRD offers a stable pressing process for cheese producers, by enabling the adaptation of pressing pressure to the cheese size. This results in consistent formats and high-quality end products. The unit is also easy to clean, and it meets all of the relevant food-safety requirements.

Watch the video below to get a better look at the CRD cylinder:

Festo offers a broad variety of pneumatic solutions for high-quality food processing. For example, cheese manufacturers can further enhance control with the VTEM piezo operated directional valve, which synchronizes large banks of cylinders in automated systems. Offering pressure accuracy of one per cent, the VTEM is the world’s first intelligent pneumatic valve.

In addition, Festo customers can choose from among intelligent energy-monitoring solutions, pre-assembled and tested valve terminals for quick installation, compressed-air filtration systems for food processing, pressure-regulation systems, and online engineering tools.

For more information, contact Festo.

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