Baker Perkins Series3 rotary moulder for soft dough biscuits

Baker Perkins’ Series3 rotary moulder for soft dough biscuits and sandwich cookies is designed for consistency at high outputs in environments where control of size, weight and texture are essential. A range of adjustments is available to help ensure that products — ranging in thickness and size — can be produced accurately.

Fine-tuning of the dough piece weight is achieved by altering the position of the knife that scrapes the surface of the roll to ensure cavities are evenly filled. As it moves round the roll, the mechanism ensures that it stays tangential to the roll surface.

Adding the refinement of a new ‘park’ location for the scraper knife gives easier access, so that changing both knife and moulding/die roll is simple and quick.

Throughout the machine, chains have been replaced by direct drive, eliminating a potential hygiene and maintenance problem. The gear drive to the rotary moulder has also been removed; it is now clutch driven, eliminating grease and exposure to teeth, achieving safer, cleaner and quieter operation. It is compatible with Series2 machines, so rolls can be re-utilised.

The rotary moulder retains the independent drives and adjustments which sustain performance and weight control through setting and maintenance of critical parameters such as roll and web speed, forcing roll gap, scraper position and web tension.