Mega Series Corn Tortilla System
Application
The Mega Series Sheeter/Oven combination consists of a 14” diameter masa sheeter and a three pass baking/toasting oven. Used for high speed, precision sheeting and baking of masa for corn and corn flour based tortilla products, including table tortillas, tortilla chips, tostadas, and taco shells.
Capacity
- 6 rows of tortillas up to 6,000 dz/Hour
Sheeter Construction
Available with 14” diameter sheeter rollers
- All stainless steel and UHMW food contact surfaces
- Precision ground stainless steel frames
- Available with dual drive and with or without Teflonized rear roller
Corn Oven Construction
- Heavy duty stainless steel mainframe and exterior
- Stainless steel burner manifold and burners
- Side-to-side adjustable burners
- One Touch recipe software system allows repeatable results for all critical control parameters
Critical Control Point Monitors
Sheeter Head
- Single dial indicator for product thickness
- Digital readout for programmable rate of production
- Pneumatic pressure indicators for air bar, cutter tension and wire tension
- Open product zone under cutter assures excess dough and water drop into removable tote
Corn Oven
- Digital temperature readout on graphical display for each level
- Gas pressure indicators for each heat zone as well as incoming line
- Dwell time indication
Pre-Sheeter/Lift/Access Platform
- Hopper pivots for ease of access. Spring loaded moveable for easy cleaning.
- Platform mezzanine with OSHA approved stairs
- Available with mixer feed directly to Pre-Sheeter
- Stainless steel 14” diameter blasted textured primary rollers
- Integrated Masa Cart Elevator to Pre-Sheeter with interlocking safety enclosure
- PLC managed feedback loop for optimal control of masa feed to sheeter
- Heavy duty stainless oscillating paddles programmable to compensate for various masas and to assure consistent feed to the primary rollers
Standard Features
Sheeter Head
- Self-centering bearings
- Side-to-side calibration compensator
- Micro tune weight adjustment
- Single handle weight calibration
- Dial indicator handle to ensure thickness repeatability
- Flexible air fingers with independent valves for precision release of product
- Sure-Fit hopper saddles for leak free operation with manual tension system
Drive
- A/C inverter drive system with direct drive motors
Cutter Support
- Triple cutter support arms
- 3 independent air tensioned arms for precise cutting pressure
- Independent air regulators for each cutter support and air bar
- A/C drive cutter motor adjustable speed
Mesh Discharge Oven Mounted
- Magnetically driven mesh discharge
- Live roller style nose bar
- Easily accessible safety switches
- Drop away conveyor for easy sheeter cleaning
Corn Oven
- Infrared surface temperature sensing
- Side-to-side adjustable “V” burner configurations
- Dual flow double wall hood with draft induction
- Hinged insulated inner and outer doors welded with one inch gap for optimal thermal control
- All drive chains and bearings located outside firebox
- Number 80 drive chain
- All externally mounted grease fittings for ease of maintenance
- Separate main electrical control cabinet
- Self-diagnostic electrical system
- A/C inverter drive system (independent direct drive optional)
Corn Oven Baking Bands
- Slatted belts available in a variety of configurations including CB5 belts
- Metallurgically compatible cold roll steel adjustable support rails
- Hardened sprockets on roller chain slat belts
- Available with continuously guided CB5 or balance weave with magnetic drive rollers
- Exclusive Lawrence heavy duty centered roller chain
Combustion
- Programmable modulating temperature controls
- High efficiency premix combustion system
- Independent air/gas mixers
- Zero control governor
- Electronic ignition
- Variable volume blower air supply
- U/L approved flame safety panel
Lawrence Corn Counter Stacker
- Precision spun stainless steel rings reduces the risk of tortillas folding into the catch cups while improving uniform stacks
- Ultra-light high-speed digital interrupt gates eliminate inconsistency and high maintenance of pneumatic cylinders
- Patented oscillating stack cylinders assure uniform stack quality
- Dual individual stack staging platforms allows for continuous single file exit with optional single file conveyor
- Optional: with stack indexing to single file discharge
- Optional CE or CSA Conforming