New ServoForm lollipop depositor
Date: 13 January 2005
Automated high capacity lines
Baker Perkins has developed a new generation of electronic
ServoForm lollipop depositors, based on its newly introduced range
of market-leading hard candy depositors. These systems are designed
specifically for the lollipop market, incorporating many of the
process and operational benefits of the latest technology.
Completely automated, high capacity Baker Perkins lines
for lollipops are now at work in Europe, India and Asia, at rates
of up to 1,320 lollipops per minute. With over 500 confectionery
installations worldwide, Baker Perkins is the world's
leading manufacturer of lollipop and confectionery depositing
plant.
Baker Perkins was the first company to develop lollipop
depositing technology to provide a higher quality lollipop, giving
the potential for an almost unlimited product variety, and offering
greater production flexibility compared to traditional die forming
processes.
Superior appearance, high clarity and rapid flavour release with a
smooth 'mouth feel' are some of the key quality advantages. The
nature of the depositing process creates complete control
throughout the system, leading to extremely high dimensional, shape
and weight accuracy; negligible scrap rates and efficient wrapping;
plus maximum hygiene with low maintenance,
Lollipop plants include a specially developed 2-part hinged mould
arrangement to enable a range of profiles including balls and 3D
shapes to be produced. Automatic stick feeding, placing and
detecting technology minimises labour requirements.
The ServoForm depositor can produce a wide range of lollipops in
one, two, three and four colours, with a multi-component capability
providing solid, centre-filled, layered and striped options.
Additions to the end product range are lollipops with soft centres,
adding a new range of textures to the portfolio. Conventional
centre-filling opens up new markets via the ability to introduce
gum, toffee and chew fillings.
All these products can be produced in sugar-free varieties, and
there is also the ability to add medicinal or nutraceutical
elements.
The new Baker Perkins ServoForm depositor incorporates a
range of innovative technologies that set the standard for
depositor design. Building on the first generation of servo
driven Baker Perkins depositors, these new machines take
the benefits of electronics a stage further, with three-axis servo
control as standard, ensuring complete mastery of the depositing
process, with fine 'on-the-run' tuning of operation. PLC control
technology is standard, with full recipe management, alarm
handling, and data logging, all controlled via a touch sensitive
HMI screen.
The introduction of a totally self-draining hopper ensures an
improved product flow, with reduced hopper retention time and no
reduction in capacity between single and two component
products.
All the drive components are mounted on the machine frame rather
than on the hopper. This unique under-band design provides extra
room for flexibility in the feed area, where differing hopper
configurations can easily be accommodated as retrofits. It also
makes a significant contribution to throughput, rapid cleaning and
maintenance.
Complete Baker Perkins lollipop systems include automatic
weighing, feeding and dissolving, plus the 'Microfilm' cooker -
regarded as the industry standard for sugar and sugar-free high
boiled lollipops and candies.
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