Cake and pastry depanner

Optimize your bakery’s output with this solution that seamlessly integrates into your production line, efficiently transferring bakery products from trays onto conveyors while maintaining their integrity and quality.

Depans, Overturns, and Precisely Places Bakery Products

The SMO, SMR, and Robot Depanners from GEA are engineered to enhance the efficiency of industrial bakery operations. These systems expertly depan, overturn, and place a variety of baked goods, from delicate sponge cakes to robust whole wheat breads, on production lines. The SMO sliding head depanner employs needles, suction cups, or clamps, enabling precise product removal and placement onto conveyors with servo-driven precision for increased throughput. The SMR depanner automates the overturning of baking trays, ensuring product quality is maintained while meeting high capacity demands. The versatile Robot depanner can both overturn trays and use interchangeable heads for accurate product handling, integrating seamlessly into automated lines with quick changeover capabilities. Designed for continuous, high-speed operations, these depanners support food processing plants in maximizing productivity while upholding product integrity and consistency.

Benefits

  • Enhances production efficiency with automated depanning processes.
  • Protects product integrity with gentle handling, reducing breakage.
  • Increases throughput with high-speed, continuous operation capabilities.
  • Minimizes labor costs through automated, precise placement.
  • Integrates seamlessly into existing lines for scalable production optimization.

General


Applications
Cookies,Breads,Pies,Cakes,Croissants,Pastries,Cheesecake bases,Pie and quiche shells
End products
Quiche lorraine,Chocolate chip cookies,Danish pastries,New york cheesecake,Apple pies,Sponge cakes,Almond croissants,Whole wheat bread
Steps before
Baking,Cooling
Steps after
Packaging,Cleaning
Input ingredients
baking trays,cakes,pies,croissants,pastries
Output ingredients
conveyor,next conveyor,packaging system
Market info
GEA is known for manufacturing industrial engineered-to-order equipment, specializing in technology for food processing, dairy, beverages, and pharmaceuticals, with a reputation for quality, innovation, and sustainable solutions in complex engineering projects.

Technical Specifications


Depanning method
Needles / Suction cups / Clamps
Operation type
Overturning / Pick and place
Servo-motor integration
Yes
Precision
High precision pick and place
Capacity
High capacity production
Automation
PLC-controlled
Flexibility
Integrated or standalone
Product compatibility
Cakes,Pies,Croissants
Protection
Safeguard personnel
Mechanics
Robust mechanics

Operating Characteristics


Automation level
Manual / Servo-motor / Robotic
Product handling method
Needle / Suction cup / Clamp
Tray handling
Overturn / Pick and place
Integration capability
Complete plant / Existing line
Cleaning configuration
Manual overturn for cleaning
Flexibility
Multiple models for product types
Capacity range
High / Low
Precision
High precision placement

Product type Characteristics


Container type
Baking trays

Physical Characteristics


Machine frame
Solid
Discharge method
Conveyor belt
Sliding head
Motorized
Needles,suction cups,clamps
Interchangeable

Custom Options


Control panel type
PLC / HMI
Integration possibilities
Existing processing line integration
Gripping mechanism
Needles,suction cups,clamps
Product handling
Tray overturning,pick and place
Motor type
Servo-motors
Robot compatibility
Multiple robots,interchangeable heads