Diseño y simulación de una línea de producción piloto de queso de leche de vaca

Abstract

In recent years at the national level, milk production has increased due to the high demand for its derivatives such as: yogurt, powdered milk, cardboard milk, cheese, among others, in such a way that artisanal producers opt for the industrialization and automation of their processes to generate greater productivity with greater profits and entering the national market and international. With this project, the behavior of the production of milk and its derivatives was thoroughly investigated, determining the feasibility of using a production line in the Ecuadorian Sierra, adopting regulations that establish specific longitudinal parameters for the correct design of the equipment necessary for the production of cheeses. Each of the equipment of the production line was designed covering parameters established by the regulations and complying with the daily production capacity. With the help of a simulation software, each of the equipment and the behavior of the production line in general was simulated, obtaining an analysis of time results verifying the feasibility of desired daily production, detailing a schedule of times established within the production line and the operators necessary to carry out the daily work, taking an adequate control of production times and the quantity of product to be elaborated.