Bayne’s is 70 years young
A baking business with deep roots in the local community it serves, Bayne’s the Family Bakers celebrates 70 years in Scotland’s baking scene.
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All green lights for the smart factory
Stergiou Family recently expanded its production to a new range – frozen products, with a matching state-of-the-art facility. The fully automated, smart bakery is a project five years in the making and started operations a few months ago.
ANKO event for dumpling machinery, IoT solutions
ANKO Food Machine will present its Dumpling Making Machine, demonstrating various methods for making Polish, Italian and Chinese-style dumplings in an online event, held on April 24 at 11:00 AM CET.
From Vision to reality: how AI is reshaping product inspection
Artificial intelligence (AI) in manufacturing is no longer a fascinating idea – it is already here and accelerating quickly throughout many industries, especially in the baking industry. Several reasons are fueling this revolution.
Men at work: turnkey lines
Automated production lines are the solution to optimizing production and optimally allocating resources, including a critical one: the people on the production floor. Designing the turnkey line that fits best with a given environment throughout each process step also starts with people: the design team tasked with bringing together only the perfect pieces of the puzzle that will become a new line.
Get your pies in a row: Rademaker pie and quiche line
The Rademaker Pie and Quiche line is developed to produce an extensive assortment of pies and quiches from all cultures, ranging from meat pies, fruit pies, egg tarts (such as the beloved Pasta del Nata) and cheesecakes, to Melton pies, pork pies and even quiches; pies with an open top or closed with a dough lid, or crumbled top.
The art of bread: Rademaker lines
Rademaker designed its bread line for production efficiency, for a diverse range of breads including small baguettes, baguettes, triangle buns, square buns, hexagonal shaped buns, decorated/stamped buns, ciabatta, focaccia, pave, bagels and for a large variation of rounded products.
An automated eye for detail
Automated inspection systems are able to guarantee top product quality and safety – no exceptions allowed. In-line vision inspection technologies comprehensively inspect 100% of the products throughout the entire manufacturing process.
Bake together, stay together!
Technology is optimized to meet the clear trend for flexible equipment that can support changes in production and a diverse range of breads, respectively. New developments also aim at bridging the gap between artisan and industrial production, in terms of product quality and production volumes.
Solving unexpected quality issues in baked goods
It is a recurrent issue well-known in food processing companies: sometimes, a product that has been successfully manufactured over a long period of time suddenly exhibits a quality problem, although nothing has been intentionally changed.
An automated method to hit the ‘sweet spot’ in cookie flour quality
An internationally recognized method exists to characterize the water absorption capacity with ease and efficiency.
Harpak-ULMA debuts tray sealing technology in the US
Harpak-ULMA launched the Mondini Trave Sinfonia® in its home market in the US. The solution was first unveiled at interpack. The automated tray-packing solution helps increase packaging throughput and comes in a smaller footprint. The highly simplified process is combined with Mondini’s new sealer, its largest sealer to date.
