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Bakers and snack producers rely on extrusion to create a panoply of
bite-sized products.
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machine setups that give them the accurate scaling they
need with the eye-appealing look they want, " he said.
Doubling down on extrusion
Ms. Harrington explained that many innovations, especially
grain-free, gluten-free and high-protein snacks, are developed
by smaller, artisan-style companies, then co-manufactured
by larger operations with plenty of extrusion capacity.
" Maybe the United States is following suit with what used
to be done in European countries where they launched
products in small volumes and test marketed that way rather
than going through extensive consumer testing and years
of refining before launching a new product, " she said. " It's
more up-front risk taking, but Europeans are more agile
and flexible to try something new. Innovation is driven by
smaller companies that can afford to take this risk. "
Typically, she added, twin-screw extruders can handle
all types of ingredients while a single-screw system needs
larger particle sizes for the intake.
" With twin-screw systems, it's easy to modify these extruders
to get what you need, " she said.
Bruce Campbell, product group leader for Flex, an AMF
Bakery Systems brand, pointed out that the number of
screws often depends on the product's variety.
" The main difference is that the dough is generally
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worked less going through a single screw versus a dualscrew
extrusion divider, " he said. " You've got the action of
the screws turning, agitating the dough a little more, so a
single auger theoretically does less of that than a twin auger.
That's why we offer both. We match the type of production
that the customer is doing with the style of auger. There's a
lot of overlap, but the twin screws are generally better for
the slacker doughs, and the single augers are better for stiffer
doughs. "
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