Reducing bakery flour dusting costs and problems

Canada Bread to install Baker Perkins moulders Reducing flour dusting costs and problems Canada Bread will reduce the costs and problems of flour dusting when Canada’s largest bakery opens in Hamilton, Ontario next summer. This will be achieved by installing three Baker Perkins Multitex4 bread moulders and associated conveyors in this CA$100 million flagship bakery. The 375,000 sq.ft Hamilton facility will replace three old Toronto area bakeries, where conventional equipment utilises dusting flour to process sticky dough. The decision to move to Multitex4 moulders is part of Canada Bread’s commitment to creating a world-class bakery and follows a comprehensive worldwide search for state-of-the-art equipment The excellent results obtained with a Multitex4 moulder during extensive on-site trials played a key part in the selection process. Gentle sheeting and excellent dough release by the Multitex4 allowed very sticky doughs to be processed without flour dusting, and gave good quality loaf texture and shape. Baker Perkins process expertise, including conveyors especially developed for this type of dough, will ensure the whole moulding system provides optimum performance. Moulding without flour dusting raises bakery hygiene standards significantly, and provides a cleaner, safer working environment by removing a potential health and safety risk to employees. It eliminates the costs of flour, flour dusting equipment and its maintenance and cleaning. The Multitex4 concept of four pairs of close-coupled sheeting rollers is unique. Each pair has individually controlled variable gap and speed, an arrangement that improves end product quality by controlling size, shape and length-to-width ratio of the dough sheet prior to coiling. It allows tighter coiling, with more coils, while at the same time significantly reducing stress to the dough through a more progressive thickness reduction. The Multitex4 moulder is well proven in high-output pan bread bakeries and is part of a range that also includes mixing, dividing, rounding and first proving equipment. Baker Perkins has just sold its 100th Multitex4. A combination of delivering an immediate, visible improvement in loaf quality while setting new standards for efficiency and non-stop operation, has made the Multitex4 the industry standard in plant bakeries in many parts of the world including the UK and Ireland, Southern Africa, Australasia, parts of Europe and the Middle East. Canada Bread, 89.8% owned by Maple Leaf Foods, employs over 8,000 people in its operations across North America and the UK. Further information: Keith Graham at Baker Perkins. Tel +44 1733 283000. Email keith.graham@bakerperkinsgroup.com www.bakerperkinsgroup.com

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