Automação do processo de fabricação de queijos em escala reduzida

Abstract

Cheese is part of the population's eating habits, with great commercial acceptance, generating profits from small producers to large industries. In this sense, the objective was to automate and control the production process of fresh cheeses through the development of a benchtop equipment, capable of optimizing the production time, through the use of the Arduino Uno logic controller, performing its programming using the C language, having as base for making Electric Pressure Cooker 4L PE-09 - Black/Stainless and stainless steel rods for correct homogenization of the product. To better visualize the electrical circuit of the equipment, it was elaborated through the Fritzing platform, because it allows the development of several different circuits. Satisfactory results were obtained regarding the manufacturing process, and the equipment is capable of performing the manufacturing process practically autonomously, demonstrating the yield of 7.69 kg of milk per kg of cheese. The prototype of cheese production in an automated way and on a smaller scale proved to be efficient after carrying out all the work, acting as expected. The equipment elaborated is of paramount importance for the laboratory application of small scales and the accomplishment of scientific researches, in this way, it will be possible to obtain results similar to the industrial automation processes, used in industries with larger scale of production, taking into account the quality. and final product result