Flour

Intake

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Focused on food safety

You need to be 100% certain of your ingredients. Our flour intake systems can include a coarse screen, a pressure pipe screen and an inline control sieve to remove coarse particles and foreign objects. Silo discharge systems feature the first-in-first-out principle (FIFO) for highest food safety.

 

Weighing and dosing

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The precision you need

Precision is essential for recipe control. Our weighing and dosing systems provide precise weighing, individual dosing parameters and hygienic transport for each product. Compact designs offer you high capacity with stringent sanitation standards, customized to meet your needs.

 

Mixing

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Creating a uniform dough

Mixing is a key process for baked goods. The right mixing solution produces homogenous doughs in the shortest amount of time possible. More about mixing.

 

Dough handling

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Accurate dough processing

The finished dough is fed to further processing machines. Using a dough feeder can optimize production and reduce personnel costs. More about handling.

 

Forming

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Forming the product

A roller sheeter produces a thin dough band. The dough sheets are layered on top of each other to achieve the distinctive cracker dough structure. Gauge rollers bring the layered dough to the desired thickness before it is cut into the final shape with a roller cutter. More about forming.

 

Decorating

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Spicing up your crackers

Before baking, crackers and cocktail crackers can be decorated with dry toppings such as seeds or various spices. More about decorating.

 

Baking

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Transforming dough into treats

At the heart of this process lies an oven that turns raw materials into delicious crackers and cocktail crackers. We can help you choose the right kind of oven for your product, from direct gas fired ovens to cyclothermic ovens and hybrid ovens that are especially energy efficient. More about baking

 

Decorating

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Adding the final touch

At the oven exit, the products can be sprayed with oil, fat or liquid flavors. This gives the crackers an attractive appearance, and it can add more flavor.

 

Cooling

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Preparing for processing

Before the crackers and cocktail crackers can be processed further, they need to be cooled. More about cooling.

 

Sandwiching

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Putting the pieces together

A sandwiching machine deposits filling onto the crackers and sandwiches the pieces. Optionally, high-performance cameras check whether the top biscuits are positioned correctly and whether the sandwiches are undamaged. A calibration device ensures a uniform product height.

 

Crackers & cocktail crackers

Keep an eye on your equipment availability and make sure that your operations are running smoothly.  Bühler’s EDA provides insights for smart actions and is the basis for predictive maintenance.