HR Hot-Smoking and Cooking System

SORGO hot-smoking systems are smoking and cooking chambers for meat and sausage products, poultry, fish and cheese, built from single-trolley units up to industrial multi-trolley installations. Strong airflow, precise process control and hygienic stainless steel construction give uniform colour, flavour and core temperature with short process times and low weight loss.

Process

A typical programme runs through product-specific drying, smoking to the desired smoke character, cooking with controlled temperature and humidity, and control of the core temperature until the target is reached.

Airflow

Each trolley position has its own fan motor with a stainless steel impeller made by SORGO. Air distribution is designed for comparable results at the top, bottom, centre, left and right of the trolley, and individual fans can be serviced or replaced separately.

Construction

• Housing and chamber floor entirely in stainless steel, double-welded inside and outside for a completely sealed chamber.
• Dimensionally stable stone-wool insulation that does not collapse and limits heat losses over decades.
• One-piece, 90 mm fully insulated door with acid- and temperature-resistant silicone seal; heavy-duty rising hinges engage automatically when the door opens to about 100°.
• Chamber floor reinforced underneath with solid U-sections; extra-thick, smooth inner floor for easy cleaning.
• Floor drain as standard; optionally pneumatically actuated with water-level sensor so the door stays closed during showering.

CIP cleaning

Automatic, programme-controlled CIP cleaning (cleaning, contact time, fresh-water rinse) is standard and covers the chamber, all smoke pipework and the smoke generator. The number and position of cleaning units are set during planning.

• One central cleaning station supplies several connected systems and cleans them automatically one after another.
• Detergent dosing adjustable from 1 to 10 %.
• A stainless steel booster pump delivers approx. 10 bar cleaning pressure, independent of the mains water pressure.
• Automatic fresh-water rinse after cleaning and contact time.
• The cleaning circuits reach all relevant areas, including the smoke pipework and the smoke generator.
• External distribution in stainless steel Mapress pipe; all cleaning valves are stainless steel.

Heating

The heat source is chosen to match the plant's energy supply:

• HP steam: finned-tube coil built in-house by SORGO from stainless steel 1.4301. The spiral fins give a far larger heat-transfer surface than smooth tubes and therefore a higher efficiency.
• Electric: heating coil made entirely of chromium-nickel steel 1.4876, installed in the upper part of the system.
• Gas or oil: SORGO tubular heat exchanger of thick-walled, heat-resistant steel 1.4876 in the upper part of the system, fired by a high-performance gas or oil burner and designed for low flue-gas temperatures.

Supplementary electric heating is available as an option, for example for weekend operation without steam, for using solar power or for specially designed higher process temperatures.

Installation and system floor

Three floor designs are available:

• Standard floor: the chamber stands on a finished production floor of sufficient load-bearing capacity; an entry lip or a made-to-measure entry plate gives a safe transition. Simplest building preparation.
• Recessed, flush with the floor: the system is set into a floor opening, levelled with four adjustment screws and grouted with fluid concrete, so heavy trolleys can be pushed straight in.
• Hygienic floor with underfloor cleaning: a sealed, welded system floor stands on adjustable feet in a hygienic tray; two upward-facing nozzles rinse the area underneath.

All three variants can be reinforced for loads of up to 3 tonnes per trolley position.

Control

The system is operated with the SORGO SCS X1 control on a 15.6-inch industrial touchscreen with storable programmes and precise process control. SORGO INSPECT adds central process documentation, and remote operation from a smartphone or tablet is optional.

Sizes

The HR series runs from 1 to 12 trolleys (HR 1.900 to HR 36.000), single or double row, with single-side loading or as a pass-through system. The table lists the multi-trolley sizes with electric heating, single-row loading and friction smoke; the single-trolley sizes are shown separately.

All table values are guidelines for the standard configuration; every SORGO system is designed and built individually for the product, process, capacity, installation and available utilities.