Industrial direct drive mixer for dough preparation
Optimize your production line with a robust mixer designed for seamless integration, providing high-capacity dough preparation for a variety of snacks and baked products.

Mixes and Handles Dough for Bakery Products
The APEX Direct Drive Mixer from AMF Bakery Systems offers a robust solution for mixing and handling a diverse range of doughs, from cookies to crackers. With its open frame design and offset tilt bowl, it ensures easy sanitation and accessibility. The direct drive agitator design eliminates the need for belts and chains, reducing maintenance and lubrication requirements. This mixer is ideal for industrial bakeries and food processing companies, effectively managing up to 1,000 lbs of dough with precision. It’s suitable for producing a variety of end-products, including chocolate chip cookies, saltine crackers, and popcorn. The system’s intuitive touchscreen interface simplifies operation, while the Sigma Arm Agitator allows for a 120° bowl tilt, optimized for handling stiff doughs. The APEX Direct Drive Mixer seamlessly integrates into both batch and continuous operations, enhancing efficiency in high-speed snack production lines.
Benefits
- Enhances production consistency with precise dough mixing and handling.
- Simplifies maintenance and reduces downtime with a belt-less, chain-free drive design.
- Improves sanitation and access through an open frame and offset tilt bowl.
- Optimizes space utilization and process flow in bakery operations.
- Supports a wide variety of product formulations, increasing production flexibility.
- Applications
- Cookies,Biscuits,Stackable chips,Snacks,Pet food,Popped snacks,Expanded snacks,Crackers,Baked granola,Fried potato rings
- End products
- Pringles,Digestive biscuits,Chocolate chip cookies,Oat granola bars,Saltine crackers,Cheese puffs,Dog treats,Potato crisps,Popcorn
- Steps before
- Ingredient preparation,Dough preparation
- Steps after
- Dough handling,Dough forming,Baking,drying,Oven processing,Cooling
- Input ingredients
- cookie dough,cracker dough,biscuit dough,specialty snack doughs,bread dough,buns dough,rolls dough
- Output ingredients
- mixed cookie dough,mixed cracker dough,mixed biscuit dough,mixed specialty snack doughs,mixed bread dough,mixed buns dough,mixed rolls dough
- Market info
- Reading Bakery Systems is renowned for its expertise in designing and manufacturing innovative industrial bakery equipment, particularly for snack food production, combining advanced technology and industry knowledge to enhance productivity and quality.
- Capacity
- up to 1,000 lbs
- Bowl tilt
- Up to 120°
- Automation
- Intuitive touchscreen operator interface
- Agitator design
- Direct drive with Sigma Arm Agitator
- Working Mechanism
- Direct drive agitator design
- Integrated Steps
- Bowl tilt with Sigma Arm Agitator
- Automation Level
- Intuitive touchscreen operator interface
- Maximum Dough Capacity
- Up to 1,000 lbs
- Batch vs. Continuous Operation
- Batch
- Easy Access for Maintenance
- Open frame,offset bowl design
- Sanitation Features
- Easy access sanitation
- Cleanability
- Easy access sanitation
- Abrasion resistance
- Heavy-duty mixing
- Corrosive resistance (e.g. acids)
- Yes
- Density/particle size
- Supports mixing of dense dough up to 1,000 lbs
- Dough type
- Cookies,Crackers,Biscuits
- Batch size
- Up to 1,000 lbs
- Mixing type
- Heavy-duty mixing
- Food product type
- Bread,Buns,Rolls,Specialty Snack Doughs
- Agitator design
- Sigma Arm
- Bowl tilt angle
- Up to 120°
- Sanitation
- Easy access open frame
- Operator interface
- Intuitive touchscreen
- Machine footprint
- Open frame design
- Discharge method
- 120° bowl tilt
- Agitator type
- Sigma Arm Agitator
- Batch size
- Up to 1,000 lbs
- Control panel type
- Touchscreen operator interface
- Control panel type
- Intuitive touchscreen operator interface
- Integration possibilities
- Direct drive agitator design eliminates belts and chains
- Bowl tilt angle
- Up to 120°
- Bowl design
- Open frame,offset tilt bowl
- Agitator type
- Sigma Arm Agitator