Method and equipment for the production of food products formed by coupled complementary parts

Equipment for the production of food products comprising a wafer shell that contains a creamy filling mass and is formed by complementary parts coupled together, the equipment comprising:

• first and second half-moulds configured to receive wafer sheets having a matrix of said complimentary parts, said first and second half-moulds having corresponding frontal surfaces with cavities configured to receive said complementary parts;
• a first and second conveyor line configured to transport the first and second half-moulds respectively, said first and second conveyor lines being coextensive for at least a corresponding portion;
• a cutting station provided in correspondence with said first and second conveyor lines and configured to separate said complimentary parts from said wafer sheets;
• a coupling station configured to couple said complementary parts and provided in correspondence to said coextensive portions;
• a removal means configured to remove one of said first and second half-mould so that the coupled complementary parts are left on the other of said first and second half-moulds, wherein the removal means is downstream from said coupling station;
• and
• a thermal conditioning station downstream from said coupling station, wherein the thermal conditioning station is traversed by only one of said first and second conveyors, and the one of said first and second conveyors carries said other of said first and second half-moulds;
• wherein said first and second conveyor lines have a general loop pattern configured such that, in correspondence with said coupling station, said first and second conveyor lines have mutually facing corresponding portions of their loop trajectories.