| Title |
Rolling Process Automation For Uniform Thickness of Dough Sheet of Ramen Noddles |
| Authors |
Dong-Sang Yoo ; Byung-Kook Yoo |
| DOI |
http://dx.doi.org/10.5207/JIEIE.2012.26.11.097 |
| Keywords |
Instant Ramen ; Dough Sheets ; Process Automation ; Roll Process ; Roll Gap Adjustment |
| Abstract |
The basic processing unit for instant ramen noodles includes mixing, rolling, boiling, frying, cooling, and packing processes. For uniform thickness of dough sheets in rolling process, the roll-gap in rolling process needs to keep uniform thickness of flour sheets in spite of different kinds of raw materials. In this paper, we have developed a roll gap adjustment system using a PLC (Programmable Logic Controller) with a touch panel and an AC servo-mechanism to make dough sheets with a good gluten starch-network structure and uniform thickness and to contribute to process standardization by transferring from tacit knowledge of skilled workers to explicit knowledge. The developed system can adjust the roll gap in units of 0.01mm and correspond to various product items which have different thickness specification by recalling the presetting values of the desired thickness from database. |