ServoForm Depositors

With over 450 confectionery depositors in operation, Baker Perkins is the world’s leading manufacturer of confectionery depositing lines for hard and soft candy.  Our ServoForm™ confectionery depositors continue to set the standards for reliability and productivity.  Unique design features maximise output capacity and allow complete control over the whole process, with the highest levels of functionality.

Versatility

A range of machine sizes with output capacities up to 2000 kg/hour to
produce a wide variety of confectionery, including:

• Hard candy - fruit candy, high milk or cream candy, butterscotch and lollipops
• Soft candy - toffees, caramels, fudges, fondant crèmes, jellies, chews and deposited chocolate
• Single, two, three and four colour/component products
• Solid, hard and soft centre-filled, layered and striped candy
• Candy with inclusions of fruit, nut pieces, encapsulated flavours and functional ingredients
• Added-value functional, sugar free and nutraceutical candy

Productivity

• Underband servo design allows higher depositor running speeds
• Continuous process for minimal product wastage
• Accurate control of product dimensions and weight
• Simultaneous production of a variety of shapes, colours and flavours
• Regimented discharge options for enrobing applications
• Refrigerated cooling option available
• Ease of Operation
• Full PLC control with touchscreen HMI
• Easy adjustment from one to two colour/component depositing without reducing capacity
• Reduced manpower requirement

ServoForm™ Electronic Depositor

The latest design servo driven electronic depositor is the culmination of the experience and knowledge gained from more than 40 years in the industry, along with a continuing commitment to an extensive research and
development programme.

Single Tier Cooling Tunnel

• Simple operation and maintenance, easy to clean with high hygiene levels and excellent access into tunnel area
• Inverter controlled airflow allows precise match of cooling profile to the needs of individual product recipes via the PLC control
• Refrigerated cooling available for specific process applications
• Excellent hygiene with no gaps between moulds eliminating the risk of product fall through
• Low maintenance product discharge station

Improved Mould Design

• Quick release carrier mould design for easy cleandown and changeover of mould sets
• Fixed design prevents moulds from dropping out or jamming at turning points
• Solid construction provides dimensional stability and ejection efficiency
• Unique mould construction and continuous mould circuit ensures optimum heat transfer, reduced cooling times, reduced energy usage and highest end product quality
• FDA approved mould coatings
• Rubber and metal moulds available with mechanical or compressed air product ejection

Low Retention Hopper

• Reduced hopper retention times with easy product feed and reduced risk of process inversion
• Independently controlled oil-heated hoppers ensure even distribution of heat to minimise risk of burning and discolouration and optimum process control
• Self-draining hopper improves product flow and reduces cleandown time
• Unique manifold design with guided piston arrangement avoids product tailing and enables higher running speeds

Underband Drive

• All drive components are mounted on the machine (underband) rather than on the depositing head
• Unique underband design achieves higher depositr running speeds to maximise output capacity
• Minimises maintenance requirements and reduces machine footprint
• Machine is hydraulic free, thus avoiding risk of oil leakage onto product area
• Open hopper area for ease of maintenance, cleandown and access for product feeds
• Three axis servo control ensures complete control over the depositing process with fine tuning ‘on the run’ of depositor operation
• Optional 4th axis servo control available
• Alternative overband design also available

Process Control

• Full PLC control and touch sensitive HMI provide full process visualisation, recipe management and alarm handling
• Recipe control system enables deposit patterns and weights to be set at the touch of a button
• Ability to integrate with upstream and downstream equipment for control of the complete cooking and depositing process. Also supervisory

ServoForm™ Overband Drive Option

This offers a wider range of possibilities for alternative plant configurations.

Mechanical Depositor

Baker Perkins’ mechanical depositor drive option is a well-proven technology, and offers the same process capabilities as the electronic servo design.  A full range of capacities and outputs are available with the mechanical solution.

Innovation Centre

Baker Perkins’ Process Innovation Centre in Peterborough is available to all our customers for development of new products and processes, in conditions of total confidentiality, with the support of our experienced food technologists
and technical partners. 

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