Baker Perkins TruClean wirecut machine

The Baker Perkins TruClean wirecut machine can now produce a variety of bars, in addition to soft dough biscuits. This broadening of capability means that soft-filled bars, and unfilled cereal and energy bars, can all be produced with high levels of flexibility and weight accuracy.

Changeover between biscuit and bar modes is simple and rapid, achieved by fitting a product-specific die and filler block, plus a divider plate in the hopper for filled bars: fruit paste is the standard filling.

Baker Perkins’ die and filler block technology, used successfully on the previous generation of wirecut machines, ensures weight accuracy by strict control of extrusion parameters.

The wirecut is part of the TruClean range, the result of a step change in Baker Perkins’ approach to hygienic design. Driven by industry demands for equipment that reduces cross-contamination risk and is easier to clean, every aspect of the machines has been redesigned for hygiene, but without sacrificing the high levels of productivity and reliability.

This approach has led to upgrades in everything from the choice of materials and detailing of components to overall appearance, access and visibility. As a result, operation and maintenance have been made easier and, along with improved hygiene, will reduce lifetime cost of ownership.

All the Baker Perkins biscuit equipment range is being upgraded to the TruClean standard, which offers three levels of hygienic design, from which users select the one most suitable for their own cleaning regime and cross-contamination risk.