01 / THE REQUIREMENTThe requirement
The customer needed a custom line to make their intended Ball Wafer product. Starting with the product requirements, we designed the module layout and operating mechanisms from the ground up so spreading, transfer, nut placement, closing, pressing and cutting would work together.
02 / THE SOLUTIONThe implemented solution
We developed the complete line design around the way the product is formed, then translated it into connected modules and mechanisms. The solution includes a cream spreader, conveyors moving wafer sheets between stages, a robot placing almonds or hazelnuts in the ball cavities, a product-closing mechanism, a Servo-driven press to bring the two sheets together before separation, and a machine cutting and separating the balls from the wafer sheet.