MULTI-STAGE STEAMER FOR PRODUCING NOODLE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a multi-stage steamer for producing noodles, wherein high-quality noodle products can be produced though with high thermal efficiency. SOLUTION: A noodle strip group 1 transported from the former step, and assuming a constant wavy form is transported in a horizontal part of a main transporting conveyor 3 forming a lower stage, further passed through a transferring rotation wheel part composed of a rotating drum 5, a steam float chute 7 etc., transported from the lower stage to the middle stage while holding the wavy form, and also subjected to the transportation from the middle stage to the upper stage in the same manner. During the period, the noodle strip group 1 is steamed while utilizing calories still held by steam with the highest calories jetted from a steam jetting pipe 18 in the lower stage even after steaming the noodle strip group in the lower stage for supplying the calories in the middle stage and the upper stage. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT