Pizza: AMF lines to keep them coming
For industrial production, pizza lines are made to welcome any variations required. Accurate processes are a must for these flexible lines.
For industrial production, pizza lines are made to welcome any variations required. Accurate processes are a must for these flexible lines.
Royal Smilde is known for its rich diversity of sweet and savory baked creations. Either sold under its own labels, through collaborations, or as private labels, the products made by the Dutch bakery are in growing demand worldwide. A very flexible production line helped them increase production volumes, built by AMF Bakery Systems (Tromp). Particular care was given to automating apple turnover production, namely โ dough folding into a triangle.
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.
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 internationally recognized method exists to characterize the water absorption capacity with ease and efficiency.
BAKON Food Equipment announced a new operating system for their machinery. It allows operators to control complex production systems through an intuitive dashboard.
ECD will bring its thermal profiling technology to iba in October. The handheld M.O.L.E.โข EV6 sets a new benchmark for thermal data loggers, delivering instantaneous data access and intuitive control – now with a full-color touchscreen display. In addition to the six-channel M.O.L.E. EV6, the companyโs BreadOMETERโข, CakeOMETERโข, and OvenBALANCERโข sensors will be demonstrated at the stand.
Brabender further developed its Farinograph to determine the water absorption capacity of flour and the rheological properties of dough, launching a new version of the device on the market that uses Artificial Intelligence to predict measurement curves.
KPM Analytics showcases solutions that meet growing trends such as automated product inspection, process control achieved with vision inspection, processing whole wheat/high-fiber products, at-line dough quality analysis, and ingredient quality control.
โArtisanโ and โpremiumโ are often used interchangeably when referring to bread. To Koenig, โpremiumโ products are crusty breads, with complex flavor and a chewy crumb.
The Dutch โsilo to truckโ solutions manufacturer develops production lines for all kinds of freestanding bread, with a capacity of around 7,500 kg/h, depending on the production process, type of end products and available space.
Hansaloy will have a full display of bread and bun slicing blades on display to slice all types of breads, buns and rolls. These include band slicing blades as well as reciprocating slicing blades.