Live at interpack 2026: IPCO’s High‑performance Chocolate Forming Solutions
- Published: April 17, 2026, By Trevor
IPCO is a major supplier of chocolate forming/moulding equipment and will use Interpack 2026 to focus on the production benefits of its flagship system, the IPCO Rotoform HP rotary drop depositor.
“Rotoform is the original drop forming systems and is at the heart of all our high capacity chocolate molding solutions,” explains Mitchell Paquaij, IPCO Global Segment Manager, Chocolate. “We invite visitors to come and see the system in operation on our stand.”
Mitchell Paquaij | Global Segment Manager Chocolate
IPCO’s chocolate moulding ranges extend from systems designed for the production of industrial ingredients – chips, chunks, drops and blocks – and decorative products such as shavings, rolls, pencils, blossoms and many more.
The company will also have details of high productivity triple pass chocolate cooling systems, including a system capable of producing chips, chunks and wafers on the same line.
Rotoform HP - High Performance
The latest model in the Rotoform range – and being demonstrated at Interpack – is the HP (High Performance) model, a purpose-designed system that brings new levels of productivity in chocolate chip forming.
The Rotoform consists of a heated stator – which is supplied with liquid chocolate or compound – and a perforated rotating shell that turns concentrically around the stator to deposit drops of chocolate onto a continuously running steel belt. A system of baffles and internal nozzles provides uniform pressure across the whole belt width, delivering chips of uniform shape and size.
The speed of the Rotoform is synchronized with that of the belt to ensure that drops are deposited without deformation. The heat of the drops is transferred to cooling air blown onto the product and also to the belt itself. A short cooling time means that very little oxygen can penetrate the product.
Chips are free flowing for easy handling, blending, storage and dosing. Chips of different sizes – from 80,000 to 300 pcs/kg – can be produced by simply exchanging the rotary shell and nozzle bar.
IPCO Rotoform HP producing chocolate
Triple Pass Chocolate Cooling Systems
A wide range of production components means IPCO can tailor systems to meet different needs, from low cost, rapid deployment start-ups to high capacity multi-layer systems. These include triple pass cooling systems that enable high throughput with low floorspace requirements. The product is deposited on the first belt and adheres to the underside for the second pass. It is then removed onto a second conveyor for a third pass.
The company recently introduced an innovative piston depositor that combines a direct-to-belt delivery approach with precision control to enable the production of perfectly circular large – i.e. wide and/or thick – wafer products.
The piston depositor can be installed alongside Rotoform and extrusion equipment on IPCO CCM (Chip and Chunk Moulding) triple pass steel belt cooler lines. This enables three depositing systems to be integrated on a single line for maximum production flexibility. It can also be installed as an upgrade to older CCM lines, or as a standalone system on new lines.
Steel Belts for Cooling and Solidification
IPCO has been supplying steel belts for use in confectionery and chocolate processing for almost 100 years, in applications ranging from simple conveying to continuous processes such as cooling/solidification, conditioning, drop-forming and casting.
Products processed this way include caramel, chocolate, hard melt candy, nougat, nut brittle and more. In each case, the product is applied to the belt as a melt, either through casting or drop depositing, and solidified as it passes through a cooling tunnel. The heat of the melt is transferred to cooling air blown onto the product and also to the belt itself.
Explore more details on the landing page: https://www.ipco.com/interpack-2026
