Automatic waffle baking oven
Enhance your wafer production with a high-capacity baking oven designed for versatile and efficient output, enabling seamless transitions between diverse waffle types while minimizing downtime.

Bakes and Cools a Variety of Waffles
The Franz Haas SOW Automatic Waffle Baking Oven by Bühler Group is engineered to enhance production efficiency and flexibility for confectionery and bakery enterprises. This oven excels in producing a diverse range of products, including soft vanilla waffles, Belgian caramel waffles, and sandwich wafers, by integrating a compact design that accommodates up to 121 baking plates. The oven’s unique transverse plate arrangement and cast iron alloy construction ensure optimal thermal performance and space efficiency. Featuring a separate batter depositing cart, it allows for quick plate changes and seamless transitions between different waffle types. The automatic chain tensioning system adapts to thermal expansion, increasing reliability and service life. With its PLC controls, the oven seamlessly integrates into automated production lines, providing consistent high-capacity output. Designed with hygiene in mind, it incorporates vented side doors and easy-to-clean components, minimizing energy waste and simplifying maintenance. Suitable for large-scale food processing facilities, this equipment highlights Bühler’s commitment to precision engineering and robust construction.
Benefits
- Enhances production capacity by accommodating up to 121 baking plates.
- Minimizes downtime with fast plate changeovers and easy maintenance.
- Optimizes thermal performance and conserves space through compact design.
- Increases reliability with an automatic chain tensioning system.
- Supports hygienic production with easy-to-clean and energy-efficient design features.
- Applications
- Wafers,Baked goods,Snacks,Confectionery,Soft waffles,Crumbles,Vanilla waffles,Belgian waffles
- End products
- Crisp wafer sheets for baked goods,Sandwich wafers with hazelnut cream,Sugar-free gluten-free waffles,Butter waffle cones,Belgian caramel waffles,Waffle crumbles for desserts,Soft vanilla waffles,Vanilla cream-filled wafers,Chocolate-coated waffle bars,Waffle snacks with fruit filling
- Steps before
- Dough preparation,Batter depositing,Extrusion
- Steps after
- Cooling,Packing,Decorating
- Input ingredients
- batter,dough
- Output ingredients
- rectangular waffles,round waffles,soft waffles,vanilla waffles,Belgian waffles,waffle crumbles
- Market info
- Buhler is renowned for manufacturing advanced process solutions for food, feed, and advanced materials. They are highly regarded for their innovation in milling technology and equipment quality.
- Baking plates capacity
- Up to 121 plates
- Automation
- Modular,PLC-controlled
- Thermal performance
- Optimized for high thermal efficiency
- Wear resistance
- High due to cast iron alloy
- Chain tensioning system
- Compensates thermal expansion
- Baking plate flexibility
- Quick-change
- Material handling
- High wear resistance
- Maintenance ease
- Facilitated
- Space efficiency
- Transversally arranged plates
- Energy consumption
- Reduced via vented side doors
- Changeover time
- Rapid plate removal
- Automation level
- High automation
- Hygienic design
- Modular,easy to clean
- Chain tensioning system
- Optimized for thermal expansion
- Abrasion resistance
- High
- Cleanability
- Easy to clean
- Corrosive resistance (e.g. acids)
- Yes
- Density/particle size
- N/A
- Baking plates
- Up to 121,removable
- Oven length
- Shortened due to transversally arranged plates
- Footprint
- Space-saving design
- Frame design
- Robust steel frame with bolted running rails
- Service doors
- Side and rear,vented
- Tubular sections
- Closed for hygiene
- Batter depositing cart
- Separate for quick changeover
- Chain tensioning system
- Compensates thermal expansion
- Baking Plate Type
- Rectangular / Round
- Control Panel Type
- HMI / PLC
- Batter Depositing Cart
- Separate / Integrated
- Chain Tensioning System
- Optimized Thermal Compensation
- Modular Design
- Yes
- Service Doors
- Side / Rear