Innovations by WDS

Winkler und Dünnebier Süßwarenmaschinen GmbH (WDS) is one of the world‘s leading manufacturers of confectionery production machines. With this comprehensive machinery and production portfolio WDS has the capability to cover the whole spectrum of deposited confectionery products within various applications and capacity ranges.

Right before interpack 2017 the company will be presenting new trends and innovations. Beside the ConfecECO line for small production capacities, the emphasis in 2017 will be on starchless moulding plants as well as on WDS Service, Support and Product Development – the increasingly important topics over the past years.
In addition to that, one can look forward to the presentation of the new mogul plant type 660, a new processing line for the high-performance range. More than ever before, the development of the new Mogul Plant type 660 was based on standardization as well as a consistent modular design. The result is a highly efficient, long-lasting machine of high quality, which can nevertheless be offered cost-effectively due to its construction and design features.
The Mogul Plant type 660 is customised for the manufacturing of all starch-moulded products, such as jelly and gum (on pectin basis, gum arabic, gelatine, agar-agar, carrageenan) as well as liquorice, fondant, cream, marshmallow foam and similar items. Furthermore, the equipment is suit­able for depositing liqueur. A large selection of depositors, e. g. full-tray, mono, one-shot, starlight with filling, etc., facilitates a great variety of depositing processes. The new Mogul 660 comes up with a number of innovative technologies as well as new design features and components to ensure a diverse and particularly cost-effective production.
WDS starchless plants are an alternative for producing fondant, toffee, pectin or carrageenan products. The modularly designed manufacturing plants offer a great product variety –depending on the installed technical components with mono, one-shot or triple-shot depositing.
The ConfecECO series for chocolate products, which was introduced in early 2016, has been expanded by a model for pectin, toffee and fondant products. With a production capacity of up to 600 kg per hour choco­late (300 kg / h pectin, toffee and fondant), depending on the product size, mass and weight, it is the ideal machine to meet the demands of small confectionery manufacturers.
The product range that can be produced on this line includes high-quality solid and filled confectionery of
various sizes. In particular, WDS would like to accompany start-up companies as well as small and medium-sized confectionery manufacturers, whose high manual and personnel-intensive production stand against sales increases, from the product idea to the finished product and beyond in order to help them growing their business.
WDS knows the requirements of its customers but also the market mechanisms with which they are dealing day by day. This is why WDS is no longer only a manufacturer but also a service provider that supports its customers in all fields related to production. “This could be, for example, retrofits of ­older plants or parts, but also active support and advice on product development,” says Thomas Kleppel, Sales Manager at WDS. He adds: “More often just relatively small technical changes in production lead to product improvements, increase of capacities or significant reduction of energy consumption”.
The WDS Product Technology Lab is specialized in the development of new and the optimization of existing depositing processes as well as the improvement of process technology in confectionery production. For this purpose, servo-electric-driven lab?depositors, cold-stamping units and other state-of-the-art components are available. The Product Technology Lab can flexibly adapt to the most different product requirements. The WDS Service Department offers a 24 / 7 service: In case of an unexpected plant stop outside business hours, WDS is at customer‘s disposal with qualified electronic support via remote maintenance system. Thanks to a standard access system, possible standstill times will be reduced to a minimum.