Automatic Gummy Making Machines & Production Lines

Kitchen, depositing, cooling and demolding in one line — 80 to 600 kg/h, gelatin, pectin or carrageenan.

You’re buying gummies from a co-packer, or running a hand-poured kitchen that can’t hold weight. We build the whole line in our own plant — cooking, depositing, cooling, demolding — from 80 to 600 kilograms an hour. And we’ll send you the formula if you don’t have one.

  • Output — 80 to 600 kg/h across four line sizes
  • Bases — gelatin, pectin and carrageenan
  • Materials — SUS304 throughout, SUS316L on contact parts
  • Controls — Siemens PLC with UL or CE certified components

Why Choose Our Gummy Making Machines?

Full-Servo Depositing

Advanced Drive Dynamics & Thermal Preservation

The depositing pistons run on servo motors with solid screw rods and linear guides. Chain-driven depositors are the common alternative — the chain stretches, and fill weight drifts after a few months. That’s a difference you see in your weight checks a year in, not on day one.

Three-Layer Jacketed Cooker

Energy-Efficient 3-Layer Jacketed Melting Tank

200 litres working volume, electric or steam heating. Three walls: the middle packed with insulation, the outer one cool enough that an operator brushing past it doesn’t get burnt. Scraping side stirring, an internal thermometer, and a CIP ball that connects to your cleaning system.

Lobe Transfer Pumps

High-Efficiency Leak-Free KM Hyperbolic Reducer

Syrup moves between the cooker, the storage tank and the depositor on lobe pumps rather than gear pumps. Two rotors turning against each other carry the syrup through in separate pockets — gentler on the product, steadier flow, and a longer service life than a gear pump under the same duty.

Vertical Dynamic Mixing

Active Anti-Settling Vertical Dynamic Blending

Flavour, colour and actives are blended in a vertical mixer rather than a horizontal one. Horizontal mixing lets dense material — mineral powders, botanical extracts, organic acids — settle at the bottom of the pipeline. The vertical design forces the mass upward, and there’s a window so the operator can see it.

Anti-Scald Hopper

Anti-Scalding Protective Rhombic Hopper

The depositing hopper is shaped and guarded so operators working at the head aren’t exposed to the hot surface. All welds inside the hopper are polished — no dead corners where syrup can sit.

Suspended PU Belt

Cylinder-Tensioned Suspended PU Diamond Belt

The blue PU belt runs suspended off the tunnel floor with a pneumatic cylinder holding tension automatically. Belts that sit flush against the tunnel trap spilled syrup underneath — they glue down and they’re hard to clean. Mechanical tensioners wear the belt out faster.

Industry Applications

Vitamin and mineral gummies
Pectin and vegan formulations
Functional and botanical gummies
CBD and THC gummies

Four Line Sizes

Model

Output

Depositing speed

Steam

Power

Length

Weight

APK-GM80Q

80 kg/h

25–35/min

80 kg/h, 0.4–0.6 MPa

55 kW

8 m

2,500 kg

APK-GM150Q

150 kg/h

25–45/min

250 kg/h, 0.5–0.8 MPa

65 kW

16 m

3,500 kg

APK-GM300Q

300 kg/h

25–45/min

300 kg/h, 0.8–1.2 MPa

75 kW

18 m

4,000 kg

APK-GM600Q

600 kg/h

25–45/min

500 kg/h, 1.6–1.8 MPa

85 kW

20 m

5,000 kg

 

All four run the same servo depositing, the same full-plate demolding and the same mold system. What changes is throughput — and what that costs you in steam, power and floor.

Two things worth noting before you choose on output alone. Steam pressure climbs steeply: the GM600Q needs 1.6–1.8 MPa against 0.4–0.6 for the GM80Q, and that boiler requirement stops more buyers than floor space does. And the GM600Q is only 2 metres longer than the GM300Q for twice the output.

What Your Plant Needs to Supply

Utilities

Steam — 80 to 500 kg/h depending on line size, at 0.4 to 1.8 MPa. Compressed air at 0.2 to 0.3 m³/min. Electricity, water inlet and drainage.

Air handling

Two dehumidifiers — one for the cooling area, one for the packing room. Two air conditioners, same two rooms.

Room conditions

Forming area: 25–30 °C, humidity 45% or below. Cooling tunnel: 5–10 °C. Drying room for pectin: 25–30 °C, humidity 25–45%.

Floor and people

8 to 20 metres of line length depending on size, plus working clearance. Two to three operators — that number is the same on every line we build, so a smaller machine doesn't save you headcount.

What we supply

The line, a layout drawing against your actual room, installation, operator training — and the formula if you don't have one.

Two things worth raising early. Steam is the one most buyers overlook: if you don’t have a boiler, tell us and we’ll quote the electric heating option instead. And no machine fixes a room that swings — if you can’t hold the forming conditions yet, say so before you order rather than at commissioning.

Don't have a formula yet?

That’s not a problem, and it’s not a reason to wait. We’ll send you production formulas for both gelatin and pectin — ingredient ratios and process steps — free, whether you buy from us or not.

Documentation & Selection Support

Verify our quality standards and simplify your procurement process with our official documentation.

Product Portfolio

Product Portfolio Catalog

Download complete technical specs, engineering schematics, and factory floor footprint blueprints for our full automated confectionery plants (APK-GM80Q to APK-GM600Q).
Quality Assurance

CE Declaration of Conformity

Issued for the machine you buy, not for a range. Material certificates for SUS304 and SUS316L contact parts available on request.
Formulation & Processing Guides-1

Gelatin and pectin formulas

The production formulas we give our customers — ingredient list, ratios, and the process steps for both bases. Free, and yours whether you buy from us or not.

Gummy Making Machine Technical FAQ

What are the strict room curing environmental targets required after demolding across different compound bases?

Moisture stabilization varies heavily based on the hydrocolloid or stabilizer base material used. Once candies exit our full-plate pneumatic demolder, they must enter a dedicated drying environment with these precise bounds: (a) Gelatin base: Temp 22-25℃, Humidity <40%, Curing time: 8-12 hours; (b) Pectin base: Temp 25-30℃, Humidity 25-45%, Curing time: 20-24 hours; (c) Carrageenan base: Temp 35-40℃, Humidity <16%, Curing time: 12-15 hours.

How does the alternate cooking method across the frame-mounted cooker kitchen optimize processing timelines?

Syrup boiling is a major operational bottleneck in continuous candy lines. AIPAK balances this by mounting multiple jacketed cookers and a sugar storage tank onto a unified master frame. Under our alternating cooking logic, one cooker can actively dissolve the raw material gelatin or pectin mass while the parallel storage cooker handles continuous delivery and dynamic flavor adding. This continuous cycle completely eliminates down-time between batch batching and downstream deposition.

Why is the vertical dynamic active ingredient mixer superior to traditional horizontal mixing logs?

Standard horizontal blending bars suffer from natural gravity drop, causing dense mineral powders, functional botanical extracts, or organic acids to pool at the base of the pipeline, which ruins dosage uniformity. Our advanced Vertical Dynamic Flavor and Colors Mixer forces the processing mass upward into a high-shear fluid vortex. This active mixing pattern keeps dense actives in suspension through the run concentration uniformity, and operators can monitor fluid consistency in real time through the built-in visible window.

What is the benefit of positioning the master motor inside the cooling tunnel exit area?

Traditional configurations mount the driving motor at the front depositing filling station, which pulls the heavy mold carrying chain from the front. Over long schedules, this mechanical setup causes minor chain links to stretch or twist, which directly ruins the tracking precision at the filling station. AIPAK moves this component to a postposition motor layout inside the cooling tunnel exit area. This provides a balanced, steady drive force that keeps the entire chain system on a perfectly level plane, eliminating mechanical play and ensuring accurate full-servo perfusion.

How does the built-in defrosting mechanism inside the AHU preserve the cooling tunnel environment?

High-capacity commercial runs emit heavy hot syrup vapor that naturally turns into thick ice frost across standard short cooling tunnel coils, reducing air circulation and spiking humidity levels inside the chamber. Our customized, extended Air Handling Unit (AHU) incorporates specialized de-frost heating elements. This system regularly clears moisture accumulation, keeping the inner tunnel humidity significantly lower than normal tunnels to prevent the soft candies from sweating or melting on the belt.

What advantage does the suspended blue PU diamond belt design offer over traditional flat conveyor belts?

Flat conveyor belts that run flush against the inner metal base of the tunnel track trap spilled syrup underneath, which glues the belt tightly to the floor and burns out drive motors. Our advanced blue non-stick PU belt uses a suspended design backed by an active pneumatic cylinder tensioning device. This eliminates material-trapping blind spots, provides maximum protection against material wear and aging, and works in tandem with active air knives and OPP plastic remove components for flawless, continuous product travel.

Is the electrical architecture robust enough to survive chemical cleanroom washdowns?

Yes, absolutely. The main machine shell conforms to a strict IP65 electrical standard and features a fully enclosed stainless steel control panel enclosure. All power links, sensor connections, and heating links utilize separate water-resistant aviation quick-charge plugs. This setup allows plant cleanup crews to spray down the entire mechanical framing and the inside of the cooling tunnel with washing water without risking short circuits or system damage.

What kind of component tracking and spare parts support is provided across these automated plants?

Following rigorous pharmaceutical machine standards, every single circuit terminal, pneumatic connection, and mechanical component carries an explicit identifier mark engraved directly onto the shell. If a component needs replacement after long-term multi-shift runs, you can simply trace the serial code to ensure rapid, error-free parts replacement from our global support network and parts replacement system.

Do you provide the formula?

Yes, free. We’ll send you production formulas for both gelatin and pectin, with ingredient ratios and the process steps. You don’t have to buy from us to have them.

What if I don't have steam?

The cooker can be built with electric heating instead. Tell us at enquiry rather than after the quote — it changes the build and the price, and it’s much easier to specify than to retrofit.

Not sure which line size?

Tell us your target output in kg per hour and your piece weight. We'll tell you which one, and why.

Send us your formula — or ask us for one

If you have a formula we'll tell you what the line needs to run it. If you don't, we'll send you ours. Free, either way.

Send your floor dimensions

Length, width, height, and where the doors and columns are. We'll draw your line against your actual room.

Reply within one business day. Formulas sent free, whether you buy or not.

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