An apparatus comprising a plurality of enclosed moving channel units for forming continuous ribbons of cheese within the plurality of enclosed moving channel units, each said enclosed moving channel unit of said plurality of moving channel units comprising:
- two or more lengths of hollow channel enclosures, each length of hollow channel enclosure comprising an open first proximate end and an open second distal end, each said length of hollow channel enclosure having an internal side facing a hollow internal space formed therefrom and an external side facing the external environment, each said length of hollow channel enclosure providing a pulling mechanism, each said pulling mechanism comprising two separate belts, each said belt of said two separate belts being movable in linear fashion, each said belt of said two separate belts oppositely facing each other and in supporting contact with the internal side of their respective length of hollow channel enclosure, each said belt of said two separate belts being movable linearly from said first proximate end to said second distal end in supporting contact along the internal side of their respective hollow channel enclosure, each said two separate belts comprising food grade thermo-conductive material, each said two separate belts being configured to perform heat exchange between the internal side of the hollow channel enclosure and an independent external cooling element, said independent external cooling element comprising an enclosed container, said independent external cooling element containing a cooling medium within said enclosed container that pulls heat away from within said hollow channel enclosure by manner of heat transfer between said independent external cooling element and said two separate belts without direct contact of said cooling medium and said cheese ribbons, each said enclosed moving channel unit being positionable to another said enclosed moving channel unit between their each or left sides in parallel fashion, each said enclosed moving channel unit being positionable to another said enclosed moving channel unit between their each said proximate end and distal end, an electrode is positioned at the proximate end of one or more of said plurality of enclosed moving channel units such that said electrode is contactable with a surface of one or more cheese ribbons passing through said plurality of enclosed moving channel units, said electrode positionable adjacent to and in digital communication with a thermocouple temperature sensor, said thermocouple sensor is contactable with the surface of one or more cheese ribbon passing through said plurality of enclosed moving channel units, said electrode is automatically and remotely controllable between a conductive or non-conductive state and as to its level of electrical conduction by communication through said thermocouple temperature sensor.