Dough chunkers for bakery production
Optimize dough processing by efficiently feeding and dividing dough portions, ensuring consistent size and weight for high-quality end products like bread, pizza crusts, and rolls.
Feeds and Portions Dough for Efficient Production
Shaffer’s Dough Chunkers seamlessly integrate into bakery and food processing lines, providing a robust solution for efficiently feeding and portioning dough into downstream equipment like dividers and formers. With models ranging from RDC612 to RDC3264, these systems are designed to handle various dough types, including sourdough, buns, and pizza crusts, with capacities exceeding 29,000 lb/hr. The heavy-duty stainless steel construction and variable frequency controls ensure compatibility with high-speed applications, while options like vertical conveyors and dough level sensors offer enhanced automation. Compliant with UL, cUL, and BISSC standards, these chunkers support both continuous and batch operations, with designs suited for easy wash-down, ensuring hygiene standards are maintained. Optional features like load cells and perimeter guarding enhance operational safety and precision, making them ideal for bakeries, pizza manufacturers, and pet food producers.
Benefits
- Enhances production efficiency with over 29,000 lb/hr capacity.
- Minimizes cleaning time with easy-to-sanitize design.
- Integrates seamlessly with existing lines using variable frequency controls.
- Improves safety and precision with optional load cells and perimeter guarding.
- Complies with industry standards, ensuring regulatory adherence.
- Applications
- Buns,Bread,Pet food,Tortillas-flour,Pizza,Granola,Rolls,Sweet doughs,Health bars,Frozen dough
- End products
- Protein health bars,Soft flour tortillas,Sourdough bread,Kibble dog food,Italian style pizza crust,Chewy granola bars,Hamburger buns,Cinnamon rolls,Par-baked french bread,Dinner rolls
- Steps before
- Mixing,Dough Preparation
- Steps after
- Dough Dividing,Forming,Baking,Cooling,Packaging
- Input ingredients
- dough,flour,bagels,bread,buns,rolls,frozen dough,granola,health bars,pet food,pizza,sweet doughs,tortillas
- Output ingredients
- dough chunks,chunks of dough,processed dough
- Market info
- Shaffer is known for designing and manufacturing industrial mixing equipment, primarily for the baking industry, including dough mixers and processing systems. They are recognized for their expertise in creating customized solutions that enhance efficiency and meet specific customer needs.
- Batch Capacity
- Less than 600 lbs,600 to 1,600 lbs,More than 1,600 lbs
- Production Rates
- Over 29,000 lb/hr
- Hopper Volume (cu ft)
- 660 – 2,750
- Hopper Capacity (lb)
- 11,800 – 29,560
- Maximum Production Rate (lb/hr)
- 11,800 – 29,560
- Standard chunker cutter length
- 24″ with 2 HP drive,40″,53″ with HP drive,60″ with 5 HP drive
- Drive Power
- 2 HP – 5 HP
- Frame Construction
- Heavy Duty Tubular Stainless Steel
- Compliance
- UL,cUL,BISSC,ANSI,USDA,CE
- Control Type
- Variable Frequency Controls
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Batch / Inline Continuous
- Automation level
- Manual / PLC / SCADA
- Cleaning method
- CIP / Manual
- Energy efficiency
- —
- Changeover time
- —
- CIP/SIP
- CIP 121°C / SIP 135°C
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Automation Level
- Variable Frequency Controls
- Discharge method
- Removable Discharge Conveyor
- Frame construction
- Heavy Duty Tubular Stainless Steel
- Hopper type
- Stainless Steel Sloped Dough Hopper
- Mobility
- Mounted on Heavy Duty Casters
- Customization
- Vertical or Incline Dough Conveyor
- Hopper volume
- 660 to 3,520 cu ft
- Hopper capacity
- 1,180 to 3,080 lbs
- Power requirements
- 2 HP to 5 HP drive
- Production rate
- Up to 29,560 lb/hr
- Standard cutter length
- 24″,40″,53″,60″
- Discharge Conveyor
- Removable
- Hopper Configuration
- Sloped Dough Hopper
- Production Rate
- Over 29000 lb/hr
- Traversing Systems
- Manual or Automatic
- Operator Controls
- Integrated with Mixer
- Frame Construction
- Heavy Duty Tubular Stainless Steel