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FORMULATION

EQUIPMENT

OPERATIONS OPERA

SPECIAL REPORT

Dough Handling
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Positively driven, self-tracking incline conveyors feature new release materials to help them stay clean when moving dough pieces from the chunker.
Shaffer Mixers and Processing Equipment

Automated pumps, chunkers and conveyers efficiently transfer dough from mixing to makeup without damaging dough or adding significant heat.
Automation often results in greater consistency of baked foods and can eliminate many headaches for bakers. Besides saving on labor costs, automating the dough handling process removes potentially dangerous activities of manually moving dough troughs through bakeries and having workers wielding knives to cut these large masses into smaller pieces. When mechanically transferring dough, adding heat represents a primary challenge. Bakeries also don’t want to overwork it, which could make the dough denser or tougher. Automated dough handling systems have been around for many

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decades, yet manufacturers continue to improve this equipment to overcome these challenges and more. Pumps, chunkers, conveyors and piping represent some of the most common equipment to transfer dough from mixing to makeup systems. Bakers can select automated trough handling systems and spiral flow feeders to streamline the front end of the production process.

Customizing equipment layouts
Using a trough to transfer dough from the mixer to a makeup hopper puts the least amount of stress on yeast-raised batches, but it also is the most labor-intensive.

Today’s high-speed bread and bun bakeries prefer to transfer dough without any human intervention, according to Larry Gore, director of sales and marketing at AMF Bakery Systems, Richmond, VA. In fact, AMF often integrates its automated dough handling equipment with its horizontal mixers and makeup systems to build entirely automated systems that are custom-configured to a bakery’s particular products. With an integrated system, the dough hopper senses the level of dough and is able to shut off the pump or chunker. However, AMF has taken that one step further, using analog ultra-sensors that control

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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Editorial - Legends of the industry
News front - Strike prompts Hostess to suspend all operations
Voters defeat Prop 37 in California
Flowers grows in Southern California
Mondelez to shutter Toronto cookie plant
In Brief
Snack bar sales will continue to soar
In Brief
News - Bakers resume operations in wake of Superstorm Sandy
Bimbo progresses in sustainability initiatives
People
In Memoriam
Semper Fi - Operations Executive of the Year
Giving back to the industry
Schwebel Baking Co. - Steeped in Tradition
Schwebel’s quiet leader
Buns and Rolls - Balancing quality and price
Selling freshness with par-baked
Colors - Naturally Vibrant
Not even a 'color'
Ways to wow
Protein - Vital Supporting Roles
Enter stage right: gluten-free
Ingredient App - Gold-standard Nutrition
Dough Handling - Moving Dough Mechanically
Simplifying trough handling
Donut Frying - Frying up Quality
CIP streamlines kettle sanitation
Add one donut conveyor to 44 ft of fryer
Sustainability - No More Wasted Opportunities
Waste not, improve all
Industry Insight - How to Nurture Innovation
Sustainability Q&A - Going Green Globally
Meeting Preview - 'Best Week in Baking' Coming Soon
Meeting Preview - Building Stronger Business
Industry Images
Calendar of Events
Innovations
Products & Packaging
Patents
New on the Shelf
Marketplace
Ad Index
New Product Spotlight - Rustic Roots
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Baking&Snack - December 2012 - Table of Contents
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Baking&Snack - December 2012 - Editorial - Legends of the industry
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Baking&Snack - December 2012 - Voters defeat Prop 37 in California
Baking&Snack - December 2012 - In Brief
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Baking&Snack - December 2012 - Bimbo progresses in sustainability initiatives
Baking&Snack - December 2012 - In Memoriam
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Baking&Snack - December 2012 - Semper Fi - Operations Executive of the Year
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Baking&Snack - December 2012 - Giving back to the industry
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Baking&Snack - December 2012 - Schwebel Baking Co. - Steeped in Tradition
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Baking&Snack - December 2012 - Schwebel’s quiet leader
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Baking&Snack - December 2012 - Buns and Rolls - Balancing quality and price
Baking&Snack - December 2012 - Selling freshness with par-baked
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Baking&Snack - December 2012 - Not even a 'color'
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Baking&Snack - December 2012 - Ways to wow
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Baking&Snack - December 2012 - Protein - Vital Supporting Roles
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Baking&Snack - December 2012 - Enter stage right: gluten-free
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Baking&Snack - December 2012 - Ingredient App - Gold-standard Nutrition
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Baking&Snack - December 2012 - Dough Handling - Moving Dough Mechanically
Baking&Snack - December 2012 - Simplifying trough handling
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Baking&Snack - December 2012 - Donut Frying - Frying up Quality
Baking&Snack - December 2012 - CIP streamlines kettle sanitation
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Baking&Snack - December 2012 - Add one donut conveyor to 44 ft of fryer
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Baking&Snack - December 2012 - Sustainability - No More Wasted Opportunities
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Baking&Snack - December 2012 - Waste not, improve all
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Baking&Snack - December 2012 - Industry Insight - How to Nurture Innovation
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Baking&Snack - December 2012 - Sustainability Q&A - Going Green Globally
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Baking&Snack - December 2012 - Meeting Preview - 'Best Week in Baking' Coming Soon
Baking&Snack - December 2012 - Meeting Preview - Building Stronger Business
Baking&Snack - December 2012 - Industry Images
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Baking&Snack - December 2012 - Calendar of Events
Baking&Snack - December 2012 - Innovations
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Baking&Snack - December 2012 - Products & Packaging
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Baking&Snack - December 2012 - Patents
Baking&Snack - December 2012 - New on the Shelf
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Baking&Snack - December 2012 - Marketplace
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Baking&Snack - December 2012 - Ad Index
Baking&Snack - December 2012 - New Product Spotlight - Rustic Roots
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