WO2010106546A1

WO2010106546A1 - A device for continuous preparation of hot mass and a process therefor

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Publication number: WO2010106546A1
Application number: PCT/IN2009/000542
Authority: WO
Inventors: Madhukar Balvantray Parekh
Original assignee: Pidilite Industries Ltd
Priority date: 2009-03-20
Filing date: 2009-09-30
Publication date: 2010-09-23

Abstract

The invention relates to a device for continuous preparation of hot mass, which can be used for manufacturing of chiki, sweetmeat and other allied food products. The device comprises a control mechanism, which will, (i) Measure and control the continuous feeding of ingredients such as sugar, glucose, peanuts, flavors etc. (ii) Measure and control the temperature of hot mass of the ingredients used for the preparation of chiki, sweetmeat and other allied food products and such a device if attached to a device for making chiki, sweetmeat and other allied food products the production capacity can be varied and the resulting final product will satisfy (iii) all the desired requirements.

Description

A DEVICE FOR CONTINUOUS PREPARATION OF HOT MASS AND A PROCESS

THEREFOR Field of the invention:

The invention relates to a device for continuous preparation of hot mass and a process therefore . The present invention particularly relates to a device for continuous preparation of hot mass which can be used for manufacturing of chiki, sweetmeat and other allied food products. The device of the present invention can particularly useful for preparation of large quantities of hot mass continuously in hygienic condition which can be used for manufacturing of chiki and other allied food products. The hot mass used for manufacturing chiki, sweetmeat and other allied food products prepared by using the device- of present invention, has standardized uniform tastes, improved and consistent product characteristics.

Background of Invention:

There are varieties of chiki made from peanut, sesame, coconut, cashew, pistachio, other nutshell cereals available in the market. They are preparing the hot mass required to manufacture the chiki in small quantity batches with manual operations. The other allied food products are also made from the above ingredients and by same operations

Traditionally, chiki is made manually, using small utensils, trays and hand rollers. The quality of such manually prepared chiki is inconsistent due to non-uniform processes employed. The chiki produced are non-uniform and inconsistent in quality, taste and appearance because it produced in manually and batch type operation. The commercial production of higher volumes by the manual and batch type operational method is non viable due to higher man power cost. It is unhygienic too due to manual handling.

Since chikis are very popular amongst the people as a food, there is a need to improve its quality and capacity of production under hygienic conditions with longer shelf life.

We have developed a device for the manufacture of chiki, sweetmeat and other allied food products for which a patent bearing no 208268 has been granted . The Device disclosed in the said patent is shown in Figs 1 to 4 of the drawing accompanying this specification . In the drawings Fig. 1 is an isometric view of the device disclosed in our patent no 208268 , Fig.2 is a batch cooker provided adjacent to the said device , Fig.3 is a non-contact hand held type temperature sensor and Fig.4 is control panel. The device for manufacturing of chiki, sweetmeat and other allied traditional ethnic Indian food products disclosed in our Indian patent no , 208268 comprises a batch cooker (18) and a main frame (1) provided with a stainless steel feeding tray (2) for holding the hot materials which are used for manufacturing of said products, a first gauging roller (3) for converting the hot material into a sheet / slab form, driven by motor (4), the motor (4) being fixed to the main frame (1), an inclined conveyor belt (5) driven by motor (6) which is also fixed to the main frame (1) said belt (5) carrying the sheet / slab formed to the guiding unit (7) which is fixed above the conveyor belt (5) for maintaining uniform thickness, a second gauging roller (8) attached to motor (6) for final adjustment of the thickness of sheet / slab as per settings in the thickness adjustment unit (9) fixed on the second gauging roller (8), the gauging roller (8) provided with mechanical screw for adjusting the thickness of the sheet / slab, a second conveyor belt (10) driven by motor (11) for carrying the sheet / slab formed to the longitudinal scrolling unit (12) driven by motor (15) for making cutting impression on the sheet / slab to the desired width, the holding roller (16) used for gripping and feeding the sheet / slab to the cross cutter (13) driven by motor (14) for cutting the sheet / slab at the desired length which is finally collected on a product tray (17),the motors (4,6,11,14,15) being powered by Control Panel (25) connected with Three Phase Power supply

In the device of the patent no 208268 the hot mass required to manufacture chiki , sweetmeat and other allied food products is made in the batch cooker where the complete operations like weighing of sugar , glucose and other raw material (peanut, sesame and coconut etc..) and handling of hot mass from batch cooker to above mentioned patented device are done manually. Because of the manual operation there may be chances of human error and so there may be chances of batch to batch variation in quality of the hot mass produced . Quality in terms of taste, colour, crispiness and hardness are also consequently effected. Besides as the hot mass prepared in the batch cooker is transferred to the device manually, it requires lot of man power and involves human touch to food material which is not advisable from safety and hygiene point of view. Besides that the hot mass prepared in the batch cooker and supplied to patented device is not continuous. So the device remains idle for some time which leads to low productivity. In case of the batch cooker, after using the batch cooker for 3 to 4 batches it requires cleaning which leads to wastage of material as well as wastage of time. And thus it affects the productivity too. To overcome the above mentioned drawbacks of the device of the patent no 208268 if a device is developed which will can used for continuous preparation of the hot mass used for manufacturing of chiki, sweetmeat and other allied food products in large volumes and having uniform qualities such as consistent tastes and uniform appearance , it would benefit the industry and the consumers.

Recognizing the importance of such a device for achieving the above objectives, we initiated R & D towards that direction. It should be noted that in this application, the invention is described with reference to chiki but it should not be construed to limit the scope of the invention as the invention can be applied to similar allied food products also.

Therefore, the main objective of the present invention is to provide a device for continuous preparation of hot mass used for manufacturing of chiki, sweetmeat and other allied food products in large volumes for commercial purpose.

Another objective of the present invention is to provide a device for continuous preparation of hot mass used for manufacturing large quantities of chiki, sweetmeat and other allied food products by fully automatically controlled process without manual handling at any stage .

Yet another objective of the present invention is to provide a device for continuous preparation of hot mass used for manufacturing large quantities of chiki, sweetmeat and other allied food products in varying production capacity as per requirement.

Still another objective of the present invention is to provide a device for continuous preparation of hot mass used for manufacturing of large quantities chiki, sweetmeat and other allied food products that can be carried out with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and untouched by hands so that the products manufactured are hygienic to eat.

Another objective of the present invention is to provide a method for continuous preparation of hot mass used for manufacturing of large quantities chiki, sweetmeat and other allied food products in the desired uniform consistency, appearance in different varieties and flavors.

This invention has been developed based on our sustained R&D work and the observations that a device is fabricated and provided with a control mechanism which will, (i) measure and control the continuous feeding of ingredients such as sugar, glucose, peanuts , flavors etc and . (ii) measure and control the temperature of hot mass of the ingredients used for the preparation of chiki, sweetmeat and other allied food products and such a device if attached to a device for making chiki, sweetmeat and other allied food products such as the device disclosed in our patent no 208268, the production capacity can be varied and the resulting final product will satisfy all the desired requirements.

The details of the device for continuous preparation of hot mass used for manufacturing of large quantities chiki, sweetmeat and other allied food products of the present invention is described with reference to the Fig-5 which represents general arrangement of the device of the invention.

Fig 6 A represents the side view of mixer / cooker and figure 6 B represents the top view of mixer/ cooker with section taken through "A" "A"

Summary of the invention

Accordingly, the device for continuous preparation of hot mass which is useful for manufacturing of large quantities chiki, sweetmeat and other allied food products which comprises a Sugar feeder (1) , mounted on to a load cell (15) and driven by geared motor (10), a Glucose Tank(2) also mounted on to a load cell (16) and having pneumatically operated Control Valve (9). A stainless steel tubular heating coil(48) is placed inside the glucose tank ,coil is connected to hot water supply for heating the glucose. The sugar feeder (1) and Glucose Tank (2) is being connected to a Continuous Cooker (4) which is SS jacketed vessel and having two hollow shafts (45) and (46) with hollow blades mounted on the shafts at equal distance in helical pattern , the shafts being provided with rotary joints (34),(35), (36)and (37), one of the shafts (45) being directly connected with the Geared motor (13) and the other shaft (46) being capable of rotating in opposite direction to shaft (45) through gearing arrangement (38), the continuous cooker being provided with an outlet (32) to drain hot syrup to continuous mixer (5), a pneumatically operated discharge valve (19) and a temperature sensor (30), the outlet (32) being attached to continuous mixer ( 5), which is also SS jacketed vessel and having two hollow shafts (47) and (49) with hollow blades mounted on the shafts at equal distance in helical pattern the shafts being provided with rotary joints (39),(40),(41) and (42), one of the shafts (47) being directly connected to the Geared motor (14) and the other shaft (49) being capable of rotating in opposite direction to shaft (47) through gearing arrangement (43), the continuous mixer (5) being provided with an outlet (33) for taking out the hot mass prepared , the outlet of the mass feeder (3) being mounted on to a load cell (17) and being driven by the geared motor (1 1) ,a flavor dosing system (6) comprising a Flavor Tank (20) connected to a peristaltic pump (12) and mounted on to a load cell (18) and being connected to the Continuous mixer (5) , the sugar feeder(l), Glucose tank(2), Mass feeder(3), Falvour dosing system (6), continuous cooker (4) the outlet of the flavour dosing system ( 6) being connected to a control panel (8) provided with a PLC (44) , variable frequency drives (21),(22),(23),(24),(25) and Loss in weight system (26), (27), (28), (29), the connections being effected through the Load cells (15), (16),(17) and (18) to the loss in weight system (26),(27),(28),and (29) respectively, the Loss in weight system (26),(27),(28),and (29) being also connected to a Variable frequency drive (21) , motorized discharge control valve (9), variable frequency drive (22) and (23) respectively, the Variable frequency drive (21), (22),(23),(24) and (25) being also connected to the geared motors (10),& (11), peristaltic pump (12) , geared motor (13) and (14) respectively, the control panel ( 8 ) capable of being connected to a computer system (7) .

It should be noted that though the device has been shown in the fig 5 having one sugar feeder, one Glucose tank, one mass feeder and one flavour dosing system. It is an illustration only and other variations such as more than one mass feeder and flavour dosing system are also envisaged within the scope of the present invention.

Fig 7 indicates the device being connected to a chiki making machine (31) through the outlet of the continuous mixer so that the hot mass produced in the mixer can be passed on the chiki making machine for further processing

In a preferred embodiments the specifications of the various components are used in the device may be as follows :

Sugar Feeder (1) : This unit is a known stainless steel screw feeder, along with hopper and driven by geared motor (10) and mounted on to a load cell (15). Feeding rate of sugar is continuously controlled by varying the speed of the geared motor (10) by the use of variable frequency drive (21) based on feedback of weight taken from the load cell (15) and loss in weight system (26).

Glucose Tank (2) : This unit is also known stainless steel tank having a storage capacity preferably of 200 kg of glucose and coil (48) of stainless steel pipe inside the tank for heating of glucose up to 70 degree centigrade temperature by the use of hot water of 95 degree centigrade and mounted on to a loadcell (16). Feeding of liquid glucose is continuously controlled by automatic adjustment of the pneumatically operated Control Valve (9) based on the feed back of weight taken from the load CeIl(16) and loss in weight system (27).

Mass Feeder (3) : This unit is also a known stainless steel screw feeder, provided with a hopper. It is driven by the geared motor (11) and mounted on to a load cell (17). Feeding rate of Raw material like Peanut, Coconut or Sesame is continuously controlled by varying the speed of the geared motor (11) by the use of variable frequency drive (22) based on feedback taken from the load cell (17) and loss in weight system (28).

Continuous Cooker (4) : This unit is SS jacketed vessel and having two hollow shafts (45) and (46) with hollow blades mounted on the shafts at equal distance in helical pattern to push the material in forward direction, having hot oil circulation through SS jacket and hollow shaft by using rotary joint (34),(35), (36)and (37), Out of two shaft (45) is directly connected with Geared motor (13) .and another shaft (46) being capable of rotating in opposite direction through gearing arrangement (38) so sugar and glucose gets heated by conduction of the heat from the walls of the continuous cooker and also by the heated blades on the shafts. Speed of geared motor (13) is controlled by variable frequency drive (24). At the feeding end , sugar and glucose are fed in to this unit and transported to discharge end by movement of two shafts with blade. The mixture also gets heated during travel from feeding end to discharge end. Temperature sensor (30) continuously measures the temperature of hot syrup and at the set temperature the pneumatically operated control valve (19) open the outlet (32) and delivers the hot syrup of glucose and sugar to continuous mixer(5).

Continuous Mixer (5) : This unit has the similar construction as continuous cooker (4) and it is also SS jacketed vessel and having two hollow shafts (47) and (49) with hollow blades mounted on the shafts at equal distance in helical pattern to push the material in forward direction, having hot oil circulation through SS jacket and hollow shaft by using rotary joint (39),(40), (41)and (42), Out of two shaft (47) is directly connected with Geared motor (14) and another shaft (49) being capable of rotating in opposite direction through gearing arrangement (43) so Hot syrup , raw material ( peanut, sesame or coconut) fed by mass feeder(3) and flavour fed by flavour dosing system (6) gets mixed and heated by conduction of the heat from the walls of the continuous mixer and also by the heated blades on the shafts. Speed of geared motor (14) is controlled by variable frequency drive (25), outlet (33) is provided on the opposite side from where homogeneous hot mass continuously falls by gravity in the stainless steel feeding tray of patented chiki manufacturing machine (31). Flavour dosing system (6) : This unit is a known Peristaltic pump with stainless steel Flavour tank, it is only another part namely Flavor Dosing system of invented continuous cooker and continuous mixer device (system). It comprises stainless steel flavor tank (20) mounted on load cell(18) and connected to peristaltic pump (12). The Feeding rate of flavor like mango, orange or butterscotch is continuously controlled by speed variation of peristaltic pump (12) by use of variable frequency drive (23) based on feedback taken from load cell(18 ) and loss in weight system (29).

Computer system (7) : It is a the known standard desktop computer system equipped with state of art Installation of 'SCADA' readily available software , which communicates with PLC (44) on mod bus communication Protocol. Set values of the weight as per required production volume are pre loaded for all the variants as per pre determined recipe. All temperature set points and sequence of the operations are programmed in this software so that complete process runs automatically without any human interference.

Control Panel (8) : This is a Panel box mainly contains Variable frequency drive ( 21, 22, 23, 24, 25) and Loss in weight system [ (26), (27),(28),(29) ]. Besides that it also contains PLC(44) , temperature controllers and other electrical instruments. This loss in weight system is a electronics hardware which continuously measures weight of hopper mounted on loadcell and checks the mass flow rate from the hopper and gives its feedback to PLC(44). PLC(44) will compare this actual mass flow rate data with the preset data received from SCADA system and accordingly it will increase or decrease the speed of screw feeder's motor by means of Variable Frequency Drive to maintain the feeding rate as per the recipe. The loss in weight system also displays Gross weight of hopper and mass flow rate (Grams / minute). Four different loss in weight systems have been used each for Glucose Tank , Sugar feeder and Mass feeder and flavour dosing system. It also gives signal to refill the hopper manually when mass weight reaches to minimum level.

Chiki Manufacturing Machine (31) : This is the device which we had developed for the manufacture of chiki, sweetmeat and other allied food products for which a patent bearing no 208268 has been granted . The Device disclosed in the said patent is shown in Figure 1 This device is having motor driven conveyor system equipped with stainless steel feeding tray, first gauging roller, second gauging roller, longitudinal scrolling unit and cross cutter. This device converts the hot mass prepared for chiki in to sheet/slab of desired thickness while passes through a stainless steel feeding tray, first gauging roller and second gauging roller. Then this sheet /slab passes through the longitudinal scrolling unit to get desired width and through motorized cross cutter desired length and finally equal size chiki pieces are collected on the product tray.

According to another embodiment of the present invention there is provided a process for the preparation of hot mass which is useful for manufacturing of large quantities chiki, sweetmeat and other allied food products which comprises

(i) filling up the sugar feeder with sugar, mass feeder with appropriate raw material(s) and the

Glucose tank with Liquid Glucose after thorough cleaning of feeders and the tank.

(ii) Heating the Glucose contained in the Glucose tank up to a temperature of 70 degree C by circulation of hot water through internal heating coil (48).

(iii) Switching on the device to energize the PLC(44) to start the operational sequences which consequently automatically opens up pneumatically operated control valve (9) facilitating feeding of glucose from the glucose Tank (2) and starts the geared motor (10) of the sugar feeder (1) to start the feeding of sugar simultaneously as per recipe of the particular desired product to the continuous cooker

(4)and also starts the geared motor (13) of continuous cooker (4) at pre-decided speed

(iv) measuring the loss in weight per minute of sugar by the loss in weight system (26) and continuously regulating the speed of geared motor (10) by using variable frequency drive (21) to maintain the desired accurate feeding of sugar as per pre-set desired product .

(v) Similarly measuring the loss in weight per minute of glucose by the loss in weight the system (27) and continuously regulating the position of the pneumatically operated Control Valve (9) to maintain the accurate feeding of Glucose as per pre-set recipe

(vi)The sugar & Glucose being passed on to the continuous cooker (4) where sugar and glucose mix together and the mixture being pushed forward. During which sugar gets melted and converts in to hot syrup due to hot thermic oil being circulated through the jacket and hollow shaft of the continuous cooker (4) at a temperature in the range of 200-220 degree centigrade through side

(vii) on getting the feedback from the Temperature sensor (30), the computer system (7) gives command to open the pneumatically operated control valve (19) and the hot syrup flows out from the outlet(32) and falls in to continuous mixer (5).

(viii) Simultaneously the computer system also gives command to start the geared motor (14) of continuous mixer (5) , geared motor (11) of Mass feeder (3) and peristaltic pump (12) of flavor dosing system (6).

(ix) the raw material (such as roasted peanut, desiccated coconut, sesame , rajgira etc..) and flavor (such as mango, orange , butterscotch etc..) passed in to continuous mixer(5).

(x) The hot syrup, solid mass and flavor mixed homogeneously while pushing it towards the outlet provided on the opposite end of continuous mixer (5). and

(xi) recovering continuously the homogeneous hot mass from the outlet (33) of the continuous mixer

(5)

Details of the Method of Continuous preparation of the Hot mass

The present invention is provided with a method for continuous preparation of hot mass of the ingredients used for manufacturing of chiki, sweetmeat and other allied food products using the device of the present invention.

As a first step, fill up sugar feeder hopper with sugar, mass feeder with roasted peanut powder, desiccated coconut or sesame as per requirement and Glucose tank with Liquid Glucose after thorough cleaning of hoppers and tank. Heating up Glucose up to 70 degree C temperature by circulation of hot water through internal heating coil. Switch on the power supply of all the equipments from the control panel (8). Make sure the continuous availability of utilities like hot thermic fluid oil of 210 degree C and compressed air of pressure 5 kg/ cm2.

The computer system (7) is equipped with SCADA software which is a readily available software used for designing process flow control. The software is customised as per requirements of various process sequences, temperature set points , process parameters, process recipe. By means of this software Computer system communicates with PLC (44) for automatic control of whole system. (like starting On / Off of Geared motor, speed control of geared motor through variable frequency drive ,operating control valve, controlling of various feeding rate etc.. ) In SCADA software of Computer system (7) select the pre-set recipe of product need to be manufacture and start the process. When the process starts through computer system(7), It gives commands to PLC(44) to start the operational sequences and it automatically opens pneumatically operated control valve (9) and thus starts feeding of glucose from the stainless steel glucose Tank (2) and starts the geared motor (10) of sugar feeder (1) to start the feeding of sugar simultaneously as per recipe of particular product to continuous cooker (4). It also starts the geared motor (13) of continuous cooker (4) at pre-decided speed. When feeding of sugar starts, the overall weight of sugar feeder(l) which is mounted on loadcell (15) start reducing continuously. Loadcell (15) gives continuous reading of weight of sugar feeder to loss in weight system (26) The loss in weight system (26) continuously measures the loss in weight per minute and regulate the speed of geared motor (10) by using variable frequency drive (21) to maintain the accurate feeding of sugar as per pre-set recipe, e.g. If the feeding of sugar is lesser than the required pre-set quantity, system will increase the speed of geared motor (10) by using variable frequency drive (21) and vice a varsa if feeding of sugar is more than the required pre-set quantity system will decrease the speed of geared motor by using the variable frequency drive (21). In the same way when feeding of glucose starts, after reaching the set temperature of 70 degree centigrade, the overall weight of Glucose Tank(2) which is mounted on loadcell (16) start reducing continuously. Loadcell (16) gives continuous reading of weight of Glucose tank(2) to loss in weight system (27) The loss in weight system (27) continuously measures the loss in weight per minute and regulate the position of pneumatically operated Control Valve (9) to maintain the accurate feeding of Glucose as per pre-set recipe.

The highly accurate flow of sugar and glucose goes in to continuous cooker (4). Hot thermic oil of 210 degree centigrade is circulated through the side jacket and hollow shaft of continuous cooker (4) to give required amount of heat to melt the sugar. The two stirrer like shafts (45) and (46) mix sugar and glucose and push the mixture forward. While traveling from one end to other end sugar gets melted and the hot syrup gets prepared. Temperature sensor (30) measures the temperature of hot syrup continuously. After achieving the set temperature, the computer system (7) gives command to open the pneumatically operated control valve (19) and the hot syrup flows out from the outlet (32) and falls in to continuous mixer (5) . At the same time computer system gives command to start the geared motor (14) of continuous mixer (5) , geared motor (11) of Mass feeder (3) and peristaltic pump (12) of flavor dosing system (6). The loss in weight system (28) continuously measures the weight of mass feeder(3) by using loadcell (17) and regulate the speed of geared motor (11) by using variable frequency drive (22) to maintain the accuracy of feeding of Raw material like Peanut , Sesame, Coconut or Rajgira. Similarly the loss in weight system (29) continuously measures the weight of flavor tank(20) by using load cell (18) and regulate the speed of peristaltic pump (12) by using the variable frequency drive (23) to maintain the accuracy of feeding of flavor as per recipe. The two stirrer like shafts (47) and (49) mix hot syrup, solid mass and flavor homogeneously while pushing it towards the outlet provided on the opposite end of continuous mixer (5). From the outlet(33) of continuous mixer (5) , continuous flow of homogeneous hot mass used for manufacturing chiki is received in large quantity. Method for Continuous Chiki manufacturing For the continuous manufacturing of chiki, the presently invented device for continuous preparation of hot mass is attached to the chiki making machine as disclosed in our Patent no 208268 . The attachment is to be made in such a way that from the outlet of continuous mixer (5) of the device of the present invention , continuous flow of homogeneous hot mass falls in to stainless steel feeding tray (2) of the Chiki manufacturing machine (31) as shown in Fig 7 by gravity. In the Chiki manufacturing machine (31) the hot mass is converted into sheet /slab of desired thickness while passing through the stainless steel feeding tray(2) , first guaging roller (3) and second gauging roller(8) . Then , this sheet /slab passes through the longitudinal scrolling unit (12) to get desired width and through motorized cross cutter (13) to get desired length and finally equal size chiki pieces are collected on the product tray(17)

Advantages of the device( system) of the present invention:

•As the process of making chiki, sweetmeat or other allied food products using the device is fully automatic and continuous, it is possible to get uniform homogeneous hot mass in large volume through out .

•Since the feeding of each ingredient is fully automatic and through highly accurate there is no loss in weight system which results in consistent taste of the each product

• The device can be used for more than 12 hrs continuously without any cleaning. So its efficiency and productivity is higher.

•The device facilitates manufacturing the desired products without physically handling, in a completely mechanized operation and in large quantities under hygienic conditions employing good manufacturing practices.

•The device and method of using the device to manufacture the products is simple to operate so trained or skilled personnel are not required.

Claims

We claim

1. A device for continuous preparation of hot mass which is useful for manufacturing of large quantities chiki, sweetmeat and other allied food products which comprises a Sugar feeder (1) , mounted on to a load cell (15) and driven by geared motor (10), a Glucose Tank(2) also mounted on to a load cell (16) and having pneumatically operated Control Valve (9), & internal heating coil (48) the sugar feeder (1) and the Glucose tank( 2) being connected to a Continuous Cooker (4) which is SS jacketed vessel and having two hollow shafts (45) and (46) with hollow blades mounted on the shafts at equal distance in helical pattern , the shafts being provided with rotary joints (34),(35), (36)and (37), one of the shafts (45) being directly connected with the Geared motor (13) and the other shaft (46) being capable of rotating in opposite direction to shaft (45) through gearing arrangement (38), the continuous cooker being provided with an outlet (32) to drain hot syrup to continuous mixer (5), a pneumatically operated discharge valve (19) and a temperature sensor (30), the outlet (32) being attached to continuous mixer ( 5), which is also SS jacketed vessel and having two hollow shafts (47) and (49) with hollow blades mounted on the shafts at equal distance in helical pattern the shafts being provided with rotary joints (39),(40),(41) and (42), one of the shafts (47) being directly connected to the Geared motor (14) and the other shaft (49) being capable of rotating in opposite direction to shaft (47) through gearing arrangement (43), the continuous mixer (5) being provided with an outlet (33) for taking out the hot mass prepared , the outlet of the mass feeder (3) being mounted on to a load cell (17) and being driven by the geared motor (11) ,a flavor dosing system (6) comprising a Flavor Tank (20) connected to a peristaltic pump (12) and mounted on to a load cell (18) and being connected to the Continuous mixer (5) , the sugar feeder(l), Glucose tank(2), Mass feeder(3), Flavor dosing system (6), continuous cooker (4) the outlet of the flavor dosing system ( 6) being connected to a control panel (8) provided with a PLC (44) , variable frequency drives (21),(22),(23),(24),(25) and Loss in weight system (26),(27),(28),(29), the connections being effected through the Load cells (15),(16),(17) and (18) to the loss in weight system (26),(27),(28),and (29) respectively, the Loss in weight system (26), (27),(28),and (29) being also connected to a Variable frequency drive (21) , motorized discharge control valve (9), variable frequency drive (22) and (23) respectively, the Variable frequency drive (21), (22),(23),(24) and (25) being also connected to the geared motors (10),& (11), peristaltic pump (12) , geared motor (13) and (14) respectively, the control panel ( 8 ) capable of being connected to a computer system (7)

2 A process for the preparation of hot mass which is useful for manufacturing of large quantities chiki, sweetmeat and other allied food products which comprises

(vi) The sugar & Glucose being passed on to the continuous cooker (4) where sugar and glucose mix together and the mixture being pushed forward. During which sugar gets melted and converts in to hot syrup due to hot thermic oil being circulated through the jacket and hollow shaft of the continuous cooker (4) at a temperature in the range of 200-220 degree centigrade through side

3. A device for manufacturing of large quantities chiki, sweetmeat and other allied food products which comprises a device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the outlet of the continuous cooker being connected to the stainless steel feeding tray (2) of the Chiki manufacturing machine (31) as shown in fig 7 of the drawing accompanying this specification