Steam boilers are indispensable core power equipment for biscuit manufacturing enterprises, running through the entire production process of biscuits from raw material pretreatment to finished product removal and packaging. They directly determine production efficiency and the stability of product quality, and also profoundly affect the energy consumption cost and safe production of the factory. They are the cornerstone of large-scale and standardized production in biscuit factories.
In the process of biscuit production, baking is the key to shaping, flavoring and locking in the quality of biscuits. The core heat source of the mainstream tunnel baking oven in biscuit factories is steam. The advantage of steam heating is that it ensures uniform heat transfer and high temperature control accuracy, allowing the cookie dough to be heated simultaneously from the inside out, thus avoiding the problem of being burnt on the outside but burnt on the inside and having a poor taste. At the same time, steam can regulate the humidity inside the baking oven, meeting the baking process requirements of different types of cookies such as flaky, tough, soda, and filled ones.
The equipment cleaning and pipeline disinfection in the factory (meeting the requirements and standards of food-grade hygiene) must use high-temperature hot water/high-temperature steam generated by steam to achieve sterilization without chemical residues, in compliance with food-grade production hygiene standards.
Some factories also utilize the pressure of steam to power the transfer pumps and forming machinery on the production line, achieving automated production linkage.
Biscuits are mass-market foods that sell at low profit margins but high volumes. Production efficiency and energy consumption costs directly determine the profit margins of factories. Steam boilers play a crucial role in both of these dimensions and are an essential condition for the large-scale development of biscuit factories. In conclusion, the steam boiler is not only the “heating equipment” of the biscuit factory, but also the core hub that runs through production, quality, cost and compliance. A high-quality and stable steam boiler is the fundamental guarantee for the biscuit factory to achieve efficient, high-quality and profitable production.