We are a Professional Chin Chin Plant Machine Supplier
Heshan Machinery Co., Ltd. based in Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China, is a leading manufacturer of advanced food processing equipment, specializing in turnkey solutions for snack production, including fully automatic Chin Chin production lines. Established in 1998, Heshan has earned a reputation for delivering high-quality, reliable, and hygienic chin chin plant machines, certified under ISO9001 standards.
Our Chin Chin production lines are designed to produce the popular West African fried snack, Chin Chin, as well as similar fried snacks like Scandinavian klenat, fried biscuits, and dough-based products. These machines cater to global markets, including Nigeria, other African countries, and beyond, offering automated, efficient, and scalable solutions for industrial snack production.
About Heshan® Automatic Chin Chen Production Line
Chin Chin is a crunchy, fried snack made from wheat flour dough, popular in West Africa, particularly Nigeria, and enjoyed worldwide. Traditionally made by hand, industrial production using Heshan's Chin Chin factory machines ensures higher hygiene standards, consistency, and efficiency. Heshan's Chin Chin factory machines are fully automated, incorporating advanced technologies such as Siemens motors, PLC programming, and HMI interfaces to streamline the process from dough mixing to packaging.
We Built This Chin Chin Processing Line In Nigeria
Our chin chin plant machines are robust and highly automatic that make Nigerian chin chin and other traditional African, Asian and European fried foods. We have been building Turnkey Chin Chin factories in Lagos, Nigeria and all over the world.
Key Components of Heshan® Chin Chin Production Line
Heshan's Chin Chin production lines are turnkey systems, meaning we provide a complete solution from raw material processing to finished product packaging. Below is a detailed breakdown of the key chin chin plant machine units in the production line, based on information from Heshan Machinery's official resources:
Chin Chin Dough Mixing Machine
Double shafts, rotating blade mixing machine, with Siemens motor, inverter speed control, PLC programming and HMI interface; inspection window for mixing monitoring; lid with safety lock which will stop mixing when the lid is opened.
Function: This machine mixes wheat flour and other ingredients (e.g., sugar, salt, and water) to form a consistent dough.
Features:
-
Equipped with double shafts and rotating blades for thorough mixing.
-
Powered by a Siemens motor with inverter speed control for precise operation.
-
PLC programming and HMI interface for automated control and monitoring.
-
Includes an inspection window for sequential mixing observation.
-
Safety features, such as a mixing gate with a safety lock that stops operation when opened.
-
Automation: Sensor detection automatically feeds the prepared dough into the next stage, ensuring a seamless process.
Chin Chin Dough Preparation Machine
Function: Prepares the dough for shaping by rolling it into a continuous sheet.
Features:
-
Continuous rolling mechanism to create a uniform dough sheet.
-
Adjustable settings to achieve desired thickness, typically ranging from 0.3 to 0.8 mm, suitable for Chin Chin and similar snacks.
-
Designed for compatibility with various snack types, including Nigerian Chin Chin, Go-Fresh Chin Chin Mix, Cofresh Chin Chin Mix, and East End Punjabi Chin Chin Mix.
Chin Chin Cutting Machine
Function: Cuts the dough sheet into uniform strips and small granules for frying.
Features:
-
Precision cutting to ensure consistent Chin Chin sizes, critical for uniform frying and product quality.
-
Food-grade components to maintain hygiene standards.
-
Automated cutting process integrated with the production line for efficiency.
Conveyor System
Function: Transfers the cut dough granules to the fryer.
Features:
-
Utilizes a food-grade plastic chain conveyor, suitable for turning and escalating conveying.
-
Designed to handle small dough granules without damage.
-
Ensures smooth transition between processing stages, minimizing manual intervention.
Automatic Chin Chin Fryer
This is a Plant Built By Us In Operation Nigeria. Our chin chin making machine and Chin Chin Production Line can make all type s of Nigerian Chin Chin, Go-Fresh Chin Chin Mix, Cofresh Chin Chin Mix and East End Punjabi Chin Chin Mix.
Function: Fries the dough granules to achieve the characteristic crunchy texture of Chin Chin.
Features:
-
Equipped with multiple oil inlets at the front, middle, and end sections to precisely control frying temperature.
-
Temperature control tailored to different Chin Chin sizes, ensuring consistent quality.
-
Constructed with SUS304 stainless steel for durability and food safety.
-
Automated frying process with adjustable settings for optimal results.
Seasoning and Cooling System
Function: Seasons the fried Chin Chin with sugar or other flavorings and cools it before packaging.
Features:
-
Automated seasoning application for uniform flavor distribution.
-
Cooling system to prepare the product for packaging, preventing moisture buildup.
-
Integrated with the production line for a continuous workflow.
Packaging System
Before Chin Chin goes for packaging, it comes to the Multi-head weigher for quantitative weighing. The Multi-head weigher is the most accurate and fast weighing system especially for vertical packing. Chin Chin Sealing Machine - Vertical Packing System
Function: Packages the finished Chin Chin into bags or other containers for distribution.
Features:
-
Fully automatic packaging, including options for bagged or cupped products.
-
Compatible with high-speed packaging systems, capable of handling large volumes (e.g., up to 1 million cups per day for similar noodle lines).
-
Automatic carton boxing for efficient bulk packaging.
Chin Chin Making Machine, Production Line
Unit Operation Equipment
Chin Chin Dough Mixing Machine - Horizontal Chin Chin Mixer
One of the Material Handling Units of Processing Line of the Chin Chin Dough Mixing Machine: This is a double shafts, rotating blade mixing machine, with Siemens motor, inverter speed control, PLC programming and HMI interface. The inspection window is designed for sequential mixing monitoring and the mixing gate has a safety lock which will stop mixing when the lid is opened.
Alkaline Water Tank
Chin Chin Dough Mixing Machine - Alkaline Water Tank
Chin Chin Dough Mixing Machine on the automatic chin chin production line:
-Overhead motor
-Straight mixing blade design
-Applicable for normal Chin Chin additive, eggs, water, salt, and alkaline water, etc
-Sequential mixing
-HMI interface and PLC control mixing timing
Chin Chin Dough Mixing Machine - Homogenizer
Material Handling Units of Processing Line:
- Jacket tank design applicable for steam heating
- Used for sticky Chin Chin additives dissolving and mixing, eg. margarine and sugar
Chin Chin Dough Mixing Machine - Feeder
Chin Chin Dough Mixing Machine
With sensor detection, this machine automatically feeds the Chin Chin dough into the compound rolling machine.
- HMI interface and PLC control mixing timing
Chin Chin Dough Prepare Machine - Compound Rolling
One of the Dough Processing Units of the Production Line of the Chin Chin Dough Prepare Machine
Chin Chin Dough Prepare Machine - Continuous Rolling
Chin Chin Dough Prepare Machine - Continuous Rolling
Chin Chin Making Machine that presses the dough into a long sheet.
Chin Chin Cutting Machine - Slitting Machine
One of the Dough Processing Units of the Production Line: The dough sheet is being cut into strips.
Chin Chin Cutter
The dough strips are being cut into small uniform size. Chin chin mixer and cutter, along with the chin chin fryer, are the key unit operations of the chin chin production line.
Granule Conveyor
This is a food grade plastic chain conveyor applicable for turning and escalating conveying. It transfers the small Chin Chin dough granule will be transfer to the fryer.
Chin Chin Fryer
Oil inlets located at the 3 entrances perfectly control the temperature of the front, middle and end sections to meet the need of various sizes of Chin Chin. Oil filter prolongs oil use life, and the sediment separator removes small particles in oil.
Chin Chin Making Machine - Oil Remover
This machine is designed with vortex pressurization and air knife blowing to remove extra oil from Chin Chin product so that oil consumption is reduced.
Finished Production Conveyor
Multi-routes turning conveyor is installed at the end of the production line that conveys the finished product to different packing sections.
Chin Chin Weighing System
Before Chin Chin goes to packing, it comes to the Multi-head weigher for quantitative weighing. The Multi-head weigher is the most accurate and fast weighing system especially for vertical packing.
Chin Chin Vertical Packing System
- Individual Production Line PLC control
- HMI interface
-Various length setting in order to meet different product weight requirements
Chin Chin Snack (fried biscuit) Plant Specifications
Click to view:
📄
Chin Chin Fried Snack Production Line Process Description
Chin Chin Is A Popular Deep Fried Snack In Nigeria As Well As In The West Africa. It is a traditional snack for both children and adults. People are so fond of this fried food that the demand is growing much bigger nowadays. Every
household know how to make this food in their own ways. But as the market's
demand is still not satisfed, some people start to make it in an industrial way
using machines or production line to do the job instead of making it
manually. The most important aspect of making chin chin by using machines
instead of hands is that chin chin would be much more hygienic.
ZHANJIANG HESHAN MACHINERY CO., LTD. is a professional producer of
chin chin making assembly - fully automatic chin chin making machines and chin chin
production line. Over the years, we have devoted ourselves in designing and
improving our chin chin line. We pay high attention to our customers'
feedback and try our best to optimize our machines/lines for better and
smoother running, so that we can meet customers' requirements. What is
more, we provide our customers with efective solutions if any problem comes
out.
Below are brief introductions on each machine unit for our chin chin
production line.
Chin Chin Mixer
Chin chin mixer is in fact a double-arm mixer, which consists of equipment body,
frame, mixing shaft, cylindrical or leaf-shape agitator, discharging door,
water adding device, transmission as well as controlling part. All food
contact surfaces such as the equipment body, discharging door, cylindrical
agitator, the two shafts and so on are made of stainless steel. If it is angled
leaf-shape agitator, such agitator is normally made of aluminum alloy and
coated with PTFE. There are teeth scrapes on the agitator which helps with
mixing the dough as well as cleaning the four and dough that stick on the
inside wall of the mixing chamber. The gap between the agitator and the
chamber bottom is 5mm, while the agitator to the chamber sides is 10mm.
The water adding device is installed at the back of the mixing chamber.
Water pipe is sealed on both sides and connected from the middle with the
quantitative tank. There are a row of equidistant holes at the pipe bottom
with a defection of 45 degree. The total area of all the holes is smaller
than the sectional area of the pipe, so as to make sure the water fows fast
and is spayed evenly between the two shafts. There are two types of
discharging device: manual discharging device and electric discharging
device. Manual discharging device mainly adopts the principle of rack-and-
gear linear movement changing into connecting-rod arc movement, so as
to control the discharging door. By replacing the manual part with the
electric part, then comes the electric discharging device.
Working Principle of Chin Chin Mixer
Double arm chin chin mixer has helix racks on its two shafts which go alternatively
and continuously from the two sides, then downwards, then to the middle
and then upwards. The two pairs of helical vanes on the two ends of the
shafts keep stirring the chin chin dough, and at the same time keep
transferring it to the middle. This mixing process brings convection motion
and difusion motion in between four and water. chin chin dough is
tumbled back and forth inside the mixing chamber. As its temperature
goes up gradually, the chin chin dough turns from white four into light-
yellow bean dregs. After mixed for some time, the wheat four is fully
mixed with water and additives, and forms into an elastic, resilient,
extensible and plastic dough.
Based on the position of agitator blades, chin chin mixer can be divided into tangent
chin chin mixer and overlapping chin chin mixer.
Tangent Chin Chin Mixer
Its two agitator blades are built apart on the common tangent. The two
blades operate independently and without interfering with each other. The
speeds of the two blades can be decided diferently. It is like two single-
arm mixers operating inside one same chamber.
Overlapping Chin Chin Mixer
Its two agitator blades are built crosswise. As the blade moving trails are
overlapping, their design, shape, motion path and moving speed must not
interfere with the other. Normally, their moving speeds should be 1:2 or
1:1. If it is 1:2, the blade with faster speed will chase the blade with lower
speed which will make the dough fully folded, stretched and kneaded.
Main Parameters for Double-arm Chin Chin Mixer
Chin Chin Upright Aging Machine
Upright Aging Machine is also called Disk-type Aging Machine or Disk-type
Feeder. Its transmission shaft is vertical with two mixing rods in diferent
lengths. This design is characterized in that its rotating speed is slow and
therefore good for the aging process. By comparison, Horizontal Feeder is
more complex in design and causes many dough clumps during production
which results in problems in feeding, while Upright Aging Machine is neat
in design and requires small foor area. And it is also easier to clean.
Structure of Chin Chin Disk-type Aging Machine
It mainly contains equipment body, mixing rod, discharging device,
and transmission device. Food contact surfaces are all made of stainless steel. Mixing rod is
made of aluminum alloy or stainless steel (if it is made of aluminum
alloy, it should be coated with PTFE). Mixing rod is arched in the
middle. The feeder volume should not be too small and it should
equal to one third of the chin chin line output. Feeder shape should
be round and its height-to-diameter ratio (H/D) is 1/6. Rotating
speed of the vane should be 2.5 to 5 r/min. chin chin dough should
stay in the feeder long enough (preferably 30 minutes) so as to
achieve aging efect.
The mixing rod rotates slowly and counterclockwise during
operation. The disk is 250 to 300mm in height with diameter of
1000 to 1800 mm in diameter. The rotating speed of the main shaft
is 5 to 8 r/min. This speed is reduced through primary gear
transmission and then further reduced by the worm reduction box.
The disk is without cover so that the heat is easily emitted. On the
bottom of the disk while near the edge, there is a discharging hole
which is adjusted by a fashboard. A safety head is installed above
the discharging door. Underneath the safety head, there is a contact
micro switch which is connected with the mixing motor. When the
discharging door is obstructed and the block needs to be removed
manually, workers have to open the safety head by hands. At this
time, the micro switch will be disconnected and the mixing rod will
stop working. This device can efectively avoid hands crushed by
the mixing.
Working Principle of Chin Chin Aging Machine
As the aging process requires a low-temperature and steady
environment, the mixing rod retains at low rotary speed. And this
not only ensures even feeding, but also helps to loosen the dough
and keep it in an incompact state and in particles. The aging time is
determined based on volume, the size of discharging door, the size
of the fashboard and the rotary speed of the mixing rod. The dough
from feeder will go into Compound Rolling Machine and this is the
complete process of feeding. The dough from feeder is loosened
and soft. Its staying time in the aging machine should be between
15 to 45 mins.
Chin Chin Compound Rolling Machine
Compound rolling is a process that rolls the aged dough through multiple
rollers and make it into the required dough sheet. Compound rolling is also
called pressing. The traditional way of chin chin making is by hand. The
dough is kneaded by hand and rolled over and over again by a rolling pin.
Gradually, the dough is pressed into a dough sheet with certain thickness.
Machine rolling is developed based on this traditional way. The dough goes
through multiple sets of counter-rotating rollers and forms into a dough
sheet. By putting pressure on the dough, scattered wet gluten in the
dough will be connected together. The wet gluten network surrounds
starch particles and spreads evenly on the dough. This improves the
processability and the cooking properties of the dough. Compound rolling
is the central processing link in the whole chin chin line and greatly afects
the quality of fnal chin chin products.
Chin Chin Dehydrating and Frying Machine - Basic Principle and Requirements of Chin Chin Dehydrating and Frying
Dehydrating and frying is a process that fries the chin chin squares
in an automatic fryer. In the fryer pan with high-temperature oil,
chin chin temperature goes up quickly and water
contained in chin chin evaporates fast. That makes the chin chin
squares a porous structure and increases its texture. Dehydration
helps to reduce the water content in chin chin and hence it is better
for storage.
Requirements of Frying: even frying, unanimous color, no over-
frying, less oil content and other quality requirements.
Chin Chin Cooling Machine - Basic Principle of Cooling
After frying, chin chin has a comparatively high temperature. Its
temperature still remains from 80 to 100 °C. When chin chin comes
out from the hot-air dryer, its temperature is around 50 to 60 °C. If
chin chin is packed in bags in such temperature without cooling
down, its shelf life would be very short. What is more, if cooling is
not conducted the right way according to requirements, the steam
will be generated inside the bag and chin chin will get mildewed. So
it is necessary to let chin chin go through the cooling process. There
are two ways of cooling: natural cooling and forced cooling.