DONUT PROCESSING quality of the donut with low-stress sheeting. " That's really needed to maintain the dough's product characteristics and shape, " Mr. Magistrelli said. " Shape control is a really big factor to maintaining the product qualities through sheeting and cutting. " He emphasized that the key to quick changeovers on an automated production line is that they be designed as simply as possible. This helps keep production interruptions to a minimum and efficiency high. Much of this comes down to tooling. " We don't want to complicate a changeover on an automated line, which is why we make tooling that is easy TODAY'S EQUIPMENT ADDRESSES THE QUALITY OF THE DONUT WITH to change over quickly while minimizing scrap, " Mr. Magistrelli said. " That's our unique fit tooling. If our customer puts in the conical roller, the operator can immediately go into production and not waste product because they're making it correctly right away. " Fritsch, a Multivac Group company, provides software that allows operators to monitor for production efficiencies and product quality while changeovers in tooling are done manually to adjust for product size and shape. These can be done without special equipment needed. For Rondo, ease of changeover is due to its dough band makeup line. A quick change of a stamping die or the push of a button to change lamination parameters enables production to switch from a round donut to square or even other shapes like stars or hearts. Moline Machinery adapted its fully automated yeast-raised donut line for mid-capacity operations and will display it at the International Baking Industry Exposition, Sept. 17-21 in Las Vegas. The production line's auto-stamping feature addresses LOW-STRESS SHEETING. the challenge of slower changeovers that can come with Your donut deserves a Rademaker system Product flexibility Quick & easy change-over Premium dough quality VISIT US AT BOOTH 2645 INNOVATIVE PRODUCTION LINES FOR BREAD T: +1 330 650 2345 FLATBREAD LAMINATED DOUGH PASTRY www.rademaker.com CROISSANT PIZZA PIE E: info@rademakerusa.comhttp://www.rademaker.com