Retrofit capability for Multitex4 moulding head
Date: 14 November 2005
The quality and cost benefits of the new Baker Perkins Multitex4 dough moulder are now available on most makes of installed dough moulder via a retrofit package.
The key feature of the Multitex4 is that, uniquely, the moulding head has four pairs of sheeting rollers. Baker Perkins fitted these heads to existing moulders from another manufacturer in a leading plant bakery, and comparative tests with the same product on the two upgraded moulders, and on conventional machines, showed all the benefits associated with the Multitex4.
The 4-roll arrangement improves end product quality by controlling size, shape and length-to-width ratio of the dough sheet prior to coiling. It allows tighter coiling, with more coils, while at the same time significantly reducing stress to the dough through a more progressive thickness reduction.
These benefits translate into a better looking, loaf with improved colour that is up to 18% softer; with a strong, straight sided shape that fills the tin well - particularly important for sandwich producers.
Baker Perkins is now marketing this retrofit ability world-wide. Subject to a site survey, the Multitex4 head can be fitted rapidly and simply, with minimal engineering, to most existing moulders.
For plant bakeries with existing machines that are not yet life expired, this provides a low-cost route to the premium quality market. Alternatively, if production costs are a priority, the Multitex4 provides the opportunity to significantly reduce the expense of key ingredients such as improvers, without sacrificing quality.
Leading plant bakers in the UK, Europe and further afield have invested in over 60 machines since the Multitex4 was introduced after 18 months of development and experiment.
This new moulder has already won two prestigious awards in 2005. The first was for innovation in the new equipment category at the Europain exhibition in France. The second was a Certificate of Merit from the PPMA (Processing and Packaging Machinery Association).
