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Zhengfeng Road, Licheng District, Jinan City, Shandong Province,China
Author: Alex Song Publish Time: 2026-08-20 Origin: Site
A 300 kg/h fully automatic chicken nuggets production line — configured for the US market with customized 220V 3-phase electric supply — has been shipped to an American food manufacturer. The modular line combines forming, flour coating, batter coating, breadcrumbing, and frying in a flexible configuration, allowing the client to produce chicken nuggets, burger patties, and fish fingers on the same equipment platform.
The American client — a mid-scale food producer serving the domestic retail and food service channels — faced a classic scaling problem: demand for three different coated products (chicken nuggets, burger patties, fish fingers) was growing, but investing in three dedicated lines was cost-prohibitive at their current volume.
The solution: one modular line with swappable forming tooling and adjustable coating modules. The 300-400 kg/h capacity line handles all three products — change the forming mold, adjust coating settings, and the same line produces a different product within the same shift.
Module | Function | Nuggets | Patties | Fish Fingers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Forming Machine | Shapes raw meat/plant protein | Nugget molds | Patty molds | Finger molds |
Flour Coater (Preduster) | Dry flour layer for batter adhesion | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Batter Applicator | Wet batter coating | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Breading Machine | Crumb/panko coating | ✅ | ✅ | Optional |
Frying Machine | Continuous frying | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Full SUS304 | All contact surfaces | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
220V 3-phase electric | US grid configuration | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Modularity is the key feature: each module can be included or bypassed as the product requires. Lightly breaded nuggets use all modules. Unbreaded patties skip the breading module entirely. The line is configured per recipe — not fixed at purchase.
Parameter | Specification |
|---|---|
Line Capacity | 300-400 kg/h |
Products | Chicken nuggets, burger patties, fish fingers, coated poultry portions |
Modules | Forming + flour coating + batter + breading + frying (all combinable) |
Material | Full SUS304 stainless steel |
Power Supply | 220V 3-phase (customized for US) |
Control | Integrated PLC, per-module speed adjustment |
Changeover | Mold swap + coating setting adjustment, under 30 minutes |
Modular Line (This Project) | 3 Dedicated Lines | |
|---|---|---|
Capital cost | One line, one investment | 3× equipment cost |
Floor space | One footprint | 3× footprint |
Changeover time | 20-30 min between products | N/A |
Flexibility | Any coated product | Fixed per line |
Labor | 2-3 operators | 6-9 operators |
Utilization | High — line always in production | Each line underutilized at mid volumes |
The modular approach makes economic sense until a single product's volume justifies a dedicated high-speed line (typically 1,000+ kg/h per product).
Step | Time |
|---|---|
Drain and clean fryer | 10 min |
Swap forming mold (nuggets → patties) | 5 min |
Adjust batter viscosity | 3 min |
Adjust breading / bypass breader | 2 min |
Total changeover | ~20-30 min |
For a factory running 3 products per week, that's under 1 hour of changeover time per product switch — negligible against the capital savings of a single modular line.
Most Chinese-manufactured lines ship with 380V/50Hz motors — incompatible with US industrial power. This line was factory-configured with 220V 3-phase, 60Hz motors and controls, plug-and-play for the American client's existing electrical infrastructure.
Region | Standard Industrial Supply | This Line |
|---|---|---|
USA | 220V/3-phase/60Hz | ✅ Customized to match |
Europe/China | 380V/3-phase/50Hz | Standard |
India/Southeast Asia | 415V/3-phase/50Hz | Available |
TINDO configures motors, controls, and safety systems to the destination country's grid as standard practice — no external transformers, no field rewiring.
Product | Forming Mold | Coating Profile | Frying Profile |
|---|---|---|---|
Chicken nuggets | Nugget shape | Flour + batter + breadcrumb | 175-180°C, 2-3 min |
Burger patties | Round patty | Flour only (or none) | 165-175°C, 2-4 min |
Fish fingers | Rectangular finger | Batter + breadcrumb | 175-180°C, 2-3 min |
Chicken tenders | Strip shape | Flour + batter | 170-180°C, 3-4 min |
Plant-based patties | Round patty | Flour + batter | 165-175°C, 3-4 min |
Mozzarella sticks | Cylinder | Batter + breadcrumb | 170-175°C, 2-3 min |
Looking for a modular coating line configured for your products and grid voltage? Contact our engineering team for a specification tailored to your production requirements.
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