Shrimp paste is a traditional food in Vietnam, it has a layer of minced meat which mixed with shrimp wrapped around the sugar cane. Currently, most of the shrimp paste is sold in the market are made by hand in the forming process. Therefore, shrimp paste products are very variety in size and style. The production of shrimp paste by manual method is not high productivity. It doesn’t guarantee the problem of safety food and hygiene. Therefore, the research and development of forming system for this product is an urgent requirement. It meets the demand of enterprises as well as the high demand of the households.
This project describes the processes of research, design and manufacture of the forming system including as automatic delivery part of sugar cane core, extrusion part of meat and shrimp. The most important part of system as well as the innovative structure is the forming system. This system meets the requirements of factory producing shrimp paste in forming of the product. The forming system has several new and innovation features. It guarantees high productivity, uniform product quality, food safety and hygiene is guaranteed, investment costs is low as well as easy maintenance.
