Vibrating counting system for small bakery products
Optimize counting precision and efficiency for your bakery production line with a versatile solution that effortlessly handles high-speed operations, ensuring seamless integration and adaptability to your product range, from petite bread loaves to frozen rolls.

Counts and Packages Small Bakery Products Efficiently
The VCM-11 from Pattyn Packaging Lines is a vibratory channel counter designed specifically for the bakery industry. This machine excels in counting small bakery products such as Kaiser rolls, mini baguettes, and bagels, accommodating both fresh and frozen varieties. The VCM-11 employs a unique vibratory system that eliminates the need for magnets, ensuring reliability and ease of maintenance with minimal parts. It is available in configurations with 4 to 10 channels, allowing for a flexible throughput of up to 4,000 products per hour per channel, and achieving speeds of up to 45 batches per minute.
The machine integrates seamlessly into existing packaging lines and can be combined with additional Pattyn equipment such as case erectors and bag sealers for a fully automated solution. Designed with user-friendliness and low operational noise in mind, the VCM-11 is an entry-level option that offers economic benefits for small and medium-sized bakery product manufacturers. Its tool-free fixture system facilitates quick channel changes, and its design limits operational noise through built-in vibration damping. The machine provides a cost-effective solution with the lowest cost of ownership and is engineered for continuous, high-speed operations.
Benefits
- Minimizes maintenance efforts with a unique all-mechanical vibratory system.
- Provides cost efficiencies via a competitive entry-level price.
- Enhances production flexibility with quick, tool-free channel changes.
- Reduces operational noise with built-in vibration damping.
- Supports high-speed operations with up to 45 batches per minute.
- Applications
- Kaiser rolls,Small bakery products,¼ baguettes,Bagels,Frozen bakery products,Fresh bakery products
- End products
- Frozen bread rolls,Mini baguettes,Petite bread loaves,Frozen bagels,Bakery rolls,Kaiser buns,Fresh bagels
- Steps before
- Product sorting,Product alignment
- Steps after
- Case erecting,Bag inserting,Bag sealing,Case closing,Palletizing
- Input ingredients
- small bakery products,Kaiser rolls,¼ baguettes,bagels,fresh bakery products,frozen bakery products
- Output ingredients
- counted batches,bulk packaging,counted bakery products,automated packaging line
- Market info
- Pattyn is known for its expertise in designing and manufacturing industrial packaging solutions, specializing in ETO equipment for bulk packaging automation, with a strong reputation for innovation, quality, and customer-focused service in the industry.
- Counting capacity
- Up to 45 batches/min
- Product counting capacity
- Up to 4,000 products/hour for 1 channel
- Channel options
- Available with 4,6,8 or 10 channels
- Operational noise level
- Lowest possible noise
- Working mechanism
- Vibrating channels
- Automation level
- Entry level
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Batch
- Changeover time
- Tool-free channel change
- Noise level
- Low operational noise
- Maintenance characteristics
- Low maintenance
- Cleanability
- Easy to clean due to limited parts
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Product Type
- Bakery (e.g. Kaiser rolls,¼ baguettes,bagels)
- Number of channels
- 4,6,8,10
- Discharge method
- Vibrating channels
- Noise level
- Low
- Number of Channels
- 4,6,8,10
- Automation Integration
- Fully Automated
- Tool-Free Fixture System
- Yes
- Control Panel Type
- User-friendly
- Vibration System Type
- 100% Mechanical