The Industrial Revolution of Rotary Machines (1950 – 1980)
To understand TITAN's impact, one must look at the history of high-capacity production:
- 1950 | Hoyer (Denmark): Launched the HOYER ROLLO, the pioneer of continuous circular tables (10,000 to 30,000 popsicles/h).
- 1958 | FMC Corporation (USA): Patented the VITALINE, pioneering linear systems with vertical mold inversion loop for continuous sanitation.
- 1960s | Gram Equipment (Denmark): Revolutionized with the GRAM RIA, setting the global benchmark for high capacity (>40,000 popsicles/h).
- 1970s | Glacier Industries (USA): Introduced continuous extrusion with wire-cut stainless steel and forced-air freezing tunnel.
- 1980s | LAIEF (Italy): Created the 'oval track' rotary machine (technology expanded by Teknoice in the RO line), optimizing the dosing area.
Finamac's Disruptive Vision: The Invention of TITAN
Until TITAN's launch, rotary machines were a monopoly held by very few global manufacturers. The reason? Manufacturing a circular rotary table with welded pockets was an engineering nightmare: it required ultra-expensive stainless steels to resist extreme brine (calcium chloride) corrosion.
Finamac broke this paradigm with ingenious and exclusive solutions:
- Modular Sector Table: Finamac divided the rotary table into independent sectors sealed with rubber gaskets. This eliminated steel warping during pocket welding and simplified maintenance immensely.
- Ultra-Thin Pockets and Record Heat Transfer: Using an optimized stainless steel alloy allowed manufacturing pockets with much thinner walls, accelerating heat exchange and dramatically reducing freezing time.
- Goodbye Corrosive Brine: Aggressive calcium chloride was replaced with a special high-performance thermal fluid, approved for food contact and corrosion-free.
- Optimized Tank Engineering: Since the new fluid had a higher value, Finamac redesigned the inner tank geometry, drastically reducing the required fluid volume and providing direct savings for producers.
