When you are looking for high-quality equipment for reliable, efficient baked chip processing, consider Reading Bakery Systems’ industry-leading brands – Thomas L. Green and Reading Pretzel.
As a long-time global leader in the snack food industry, Reading Bakery Systems has installed hundreds of baking systems worldwide. No matter which type of snack foods you produce, we are ready to help you meet your process and product challenges with innovative thinking and high quality systems and components.
Mixer Technology
Continuous mixing eliminates the undesirable dough variations that are caused by batch mixing.
The Exact FX Continuous Mixer evenly distributes small amounts of moisture into large amounts of powder using a specialized liquid injection system and a revolutionary mixer shaft design. It is ideal for hydroscopic powders such as potato flakes used to make fabricated potato chips or any other low moisture mixtures.
The FX Continuous Mixer eliminates the chance of contamination because the dough is never exposed to the environment, and features dough production rates from 100 to 1,250 kg/hour.
Sheeting & Cutting Technology
After continuous mixing, the single-reduction 2-Roll Sheeter will produce a continuous and consistent dough sheet and discharge it directly on to the Rotary Cutting Station infeed conveyor.
The Rotary Cutting Station accurately and continuously cuts discrete product shapes by moving product through a rotating die assembly. Operators can adjust the pressure on the dough sheet during operation to ensure a thorough cut and consistent piece production.
A scrap removal system may be mounted on the discharge end of the machine. Edge and web scrap dough are removed and discharged from the machine and can be re-routed to the dough handling system for reuse. Dough sheet thickness is typically between .89mm (.035?) and 1.65mm (.065?) prior to cutting, but thicker sheets may be accommodated.
Oven Technology
The Reading Pretzel SPECTRUM OVEN® is one of the world’s most advanced commercial oven systems and has helped to make us a leader in the pretzel, crisp, bread snack and potato snack industries. It offers a Convection Zone, SMART (Radiant / Convection) Zone and Convection Over Kiln Zone in a single modular design.
The advantages of the SPECTRUM OVEN® include:
- Radiation, convection and conduction heat transfer options
- Repeatable control of time, temperature, humidity and type of heat transfer
- Separate heating zones for precise control of products with longer dry times or greater mass
- Operator controlled modification of heat distribution
- Oven and dryer modules independently controlled and monitored
- Oven zones can be pre-assembled for quick installation
- Stainless steel interior construction
- Excellent access for cleaning
- Optional full stainless steel to address salt, corrosion and high humidity levels
Combine the SPECTRUM OVEN® with the Reading Pretzel Multi-Pass Dryer to efficiently reduce product core moistures, and improve overall product quality and storage characteristics.
When you are ready to experience the world’s finest commercial baking equipment for baked chip processing, we invite you to get in touch with Reading Bakery Systems. We offer complete turnkey systems, as well as a wide range of equipment to meet your unique production needs. Click here or call (01) 610-693-5816 to learn more.