The new ROBOTIC HARD CHEESE MATURING WAREHOUSE “SANT’AGATA” in Cogollo del Cengio (Vi), is the most advanced plant for long-aged cheeses, intended for Gran Moravia hard cheese, fully robotized and equipped with the most refined artificial intelligence solutions for the control of micro-climatic conditions and every single operations. The warehouse is built just 8 kilometers from the Brazzale headquarters in Zanè and counts in its inside an integrated system of shuttles and anthropomorphic robots, which take care of 200 thousand of Gran Moravia forms. All this in over 8 thousand covered square meters of plant. The warehouse was inaugurated in the summer of 2021 and already being expanded by about 25%. Among the advantages of the new structure is that of the great energy savings that will allow to achieve energy self-sufficiency thanks to the photovoltaic panels on the roof of the warehouse, in a sort of “perpetual motion”.

The revolution of this plant lies in the fact that it is the hard cheese that goes to the machines for brushing and turning and not the opposite as it happens in the warehouses of the previous generation. In addition to the reduction of the common volume of 50%, with great energy and territory savings, the elimination of voids allows to obtain the maximum homogeneity and stability of temperature and humidity conditions, fundamental for a perfect seasoning. In addition, the reliance on shuttles and anthropomorphs of all loading and unloading, brushing and turning operations, controlled by a central computer system, ensure the recording and meticulous control of each operation, so unimaginable so far.

Of fundamental importance is also the choice of location that allows you to rely on ideal climatic and logistical conditions: located at the mouth of the Val d’Astico, is located at the foot of the Asiago Plateau, about 300 meters above sea level, in a position that guarantees optimal ventilation and purity of air, coming from the mountains surrounding the structure.