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PIZZA PROCESSING
HOW PIZZA PRODUCERS MAINTAIN
THAT COMPETITIVE EDGE
With a little common sense and preventive
care, pizza makers can turn high-maintenance
production lines into high-profit ones.
" One of the key areas to reduce waste is to
properly maintain your equipment, " noted Nick
Magistrelli, vice president of sales, Rademaker
USA. " This will minimize downtime and
unnecessary waste. "
Advanced makeup
systems come with
tools, such as versatile
cutter rollers to form
naan or lavash or
punching systems for
rimmed crusts.
Fritsch, a Multivac Group company
Mr. Trost said recent advances in technology include
hopper pump assemblies that pump sauce from a large
tote via a signal from the hopper's level sensor as opposed
to manually feeding the sauce applicator hopper.
Moreover, sauce depositors can match exact pattern
requirements while pepperoni, sliced mozzarella or
pieces of Canadian bacon can be precisely placed across
crusts that come in a variety of shapes and dimensions.
" We customize those patterns for them, so if they're
doing a 16-inch round pizza, and then they also have
another SKU that's a 10-inch square pizza, we can just
make another pattern for them, " Mr. Trost pointed out.
" They don't necessarily need a new line for that unless
they're going to a larger size and their volume is increasing
- then you have to consider a new line. "
With the Smart Applicator by AMF Tromp, digital
imaging technology is combined with artificial intelligence
and machine learning to make a smarter, more
efficient and productive topping process that reduces
topping waste and increases profitability, noted Hans
Besems, executive product manager, AMF Tromp, an
AMF Bakery Systems brand.
" By taking digital images of each pizza product, machine
parameters are automatically adjusted to ensure
the consistent distribution of toppings on each pizza
product to meet exact specifications for maximum product
quality and unmatched product consistency, " he said.
" Digital images are used for quality control and across
shift benchmarking, making it easier to detect, find,
track and trace quality issues without losing complete
runs of product, resulting in less waste and improving
food safety. "
He added that the Powershot Depositor by AMF
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He recommended introducing quality control
points on pizza production lines and ensuring
this data gets entered into a system.
" This feedback will keep the system
operating within the required parameters,
driving product loss down, " he observed.
" Production lines with multiple changeovers
naturally have more room for error. Optimizing
your production schedule will be a good start
to maintaining your levels of waste. "
Fritsch, a Multivac Group company, offers
Smart Services, which collects data and makes
recommendations for action on its Impressa
line in advance before a component has
the chance to fail. Randy Kelly, applications
specialist with Fritsch, noted the Smart
Production Insight application gives production
and shift managers real-time information on
the line's performance via its dashboard.
" Even downtimes caused by minor
malfunctions are clearly recorded so that
measures to prevent them can be initiated
quickly and easily, " he explained. " By
continuously collecting data and visualizing key
performance indicators in real time, significant
improvements in overall line efficiency can be
achieved. "
Mr. Kelly said Multivac, Fritsch's parent
company, also offers a new service for
predictive maintenance called Watchdog,
which monitors all the drives on the line by
measuring and continuously analyzing the
motor current and temperature.
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