RFKM SoftBar Rotary Forming Machine for Soft Bars and Candies
RFKM SoftBar is an industrial rotary forming machine designed for producing soft bars, candies and flat-bottom confectionery blanks from plastic and semi-plastic product masses.
The machine is suitable for marzipan, date paste, dried apricot and prune masses, hematogen, protein mixtures, coconut mixtures, fruit mixtures, nut-based mixtures and other sticky, homogeneous and formable confectionery products.
The key feature of RFKM SoftBar is scrap-free rotary forming. The product mass is pressed into individual forming cavities, which helps reduce raw material loss, preserve product structure and achieve stable geometry of each bar or candy blank.
Prepared product mass is loaded into the hopper manually or automatically by a conveyor or lifting-tipping system. Pressing rollers evenly feed the mass into the cavities of the forming drum, where each product is shaped according to the required geometry.
Forming cavities are manufactured individually according to the required product shape and size. This allows the machine to produce a wide range of soft bars, protein bars, fruit bars, coconut bars, nut bars, marzipan candies and other molded confectionery products on one platform.
RFKM SoftBar can be used as a standalone confectionery forming machine or integrated with conveyors, cooling tunnels, sprinkling modules, rounding units, chocolate enrobing machines and Flow Pack packaging equipment for manufacturers in the UAE, GCC countries, the Middle East, Africa and other international markets.
| Technical capacity, max, kg/hour | 200 |
| Product type | Soft bars, candies and molded confectionery blanks |
| Forming principle | Rotary forming in individual cavities |
| Product mass type | Plastic and semi-plastic confectionery masses |
| Feeding type | Roller feeding |
| Working machine width, mm | 200 |
| Product discharge height, mm | 910 ± 50 |
| Hopper volume, l | Up to 20 |
| Conveyor belt speed, m/min | 1–2 |
| Power supply voltage, V | 220 ± 22 |
| Power supply frequency, Hz | 50 ± 1 |
| Installed power, kW | Up to 1.5 |
| Protection rating of control panels and cabinets | IP54 |
| Operating pressure in pneumatic system, MPa | 0.60 |
| Permissible pressure drop on air preparation unit, MPa | 0.02 |
| Compressed air consumption at 0.60 MPa, l/min | Up to 60 |
| Machine length, mm | 940 |
| Machine width, mm | 780 |
| Machine height, mm | 1,805 |
| Machine weight, kg | Up to 280 |
RFKM SoftBar can be configured for different soft bar recipes, product shapes, forming cavities and downstream processing tasks.
The machine is designed for sticky and formable confectionery masses where stable product shape, minimum waste and careful handling of the mass structure are important.
Standard accessories:
- Main machine frame
- Food-grade forming drum designed to reduce product sticking
- Forming cavities manufactured according to product shape and size
- Product hopper
- Pressing rollers for feeding product mass into forming cavities
- Control panel with recipe storage
- Forming drum moistening / spraying unit
- Electrical control cabinet
- Product discharge conveyor
- Tail-cutting / product removal unit for transferring formed blanks to the next stage
Optional equipment:
- Additional forming drum moistening unit depending on product recipe
- Heated hopper for temperature-sensitive confectionery masses
- Corrugated pressing rollers for improved gripping of slippery product masses
- Diagonal-tooth pressing rollers for improved product distribution across the forming drum width
- Enlarged loading hopper for higher-capacity configurations
- Rounding unit for producing spherical candy shapes
- Sprinkling module for nuts, coconut chips, chocolate crumbs or other dry toppings
- Integration with cooling, enrobing, conveying and Flow Pack packaging equipment
Advantages:
- Designed for plastic and semi-plastic confectionery masses
- Suitable for soft bars, candies, marzipan, fruit paste and protein mixtures
- Scrap-free forming without trimming losses
- Stable product geometry and repeatable product weight
- Individual forming cavities for each product format
- Adjustable roller and forming drum speed for different recipes
- Food-grade forming drum designed to reduce sticking
- Recipe storage on the operator panel
- Optional rounding and sprinkling modules
- Integration with downstream confectionery and packaging equipment
- Soft bars
- Protein bars
- Fruit bars
- Nut bars
- Coconut bars
- Marzipan products
- Date paste products
- Dried apricot and prune mass products
- Hematogen bars
- Soft candies
- Molded confectionery blanks with flat bottom
- Other sticky, homogeneous and formable confectionery masses
