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CAD Depositing

Learn how CAD depositing improves accuracy in chocolate decorating and sprinkling. We supply and integrate CAD systems tailored to your needs.

CAD depositing is a precise decorating technique used across chocolate and confectionery production. It applies chocolate or compounds in controlled doses, creating patterns, stripes, or layers with exact weight and placement.

CAD depositing is flexible enough for R&D-scale trials yet robust enough for high-volume production. When integrated properly, it works seamlessly with vibration, cooling, and packaging, ensuring the whole decorating and sprinkling process runs smoothly.

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CAD depositing machinery

Within decorating and sprinkling lines, CAD depositing is used to finish bars, tablets, pralines, and centre-filled products. By dosing directly into chocolate moulds, onto trays, or across belts, manufacturers can add decorative details, build layered structures, or incorporate inclusions with accuracy.

· Counting sprinkling. Adds inclusions in controlled quantities after depositing.

· Belt sprinkling. Provides even topping coverage once the product has been deposited.

· Solid depositors. For moulded bars and tablets where CAD precision is key.

Need to know

CAD depositing – need to know

Mike Gee working the Trikno CAD Depositor machine.

Blockers and bottlenecks. Cooling and mould handling must keep pace with depositor speed to avoid slowdowns.
Product types. Simple decorative stripes require a straightforward set-up, while layered or centre-filled designs often need staged depositing.
Size of batch. Small batches benefit from programmable recipes and quick-change options. Larger volumes depend on cycle optimisation to maintain line speed.

Get in touch

Get in touch

Talk to Premier Forrester about CAD depositing

We work with our Principal, Trikno, to supply and integrate CAD depositors as part of full decorating and sprinkling lines. Our expertise ensures that every element, from mould logistics to cooling and packaging, works together for a consistent, efficient process.

If you’re adding decorative capability or upgrading your existing set-up, we can help you choose and implement the right CAD depositing solution. Contact us to find out more.

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