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Durable cables aid in production of biscuits and breads SOURCE: LAPP
A leading manufacturer of furnaces for biscuit and bread production designed new cabling systems and connections for its newest production lines. These systems are capable of producing around 4,000 kilograms of biscuits per hour: 24 hours a day, seven days a week. POWERFUL SYSTEMS FOR MANUFACTURING biscuits and bread are provided by the Italian company, Polin, a manufacturer of furnaces for biscuit production. For its connection solutions, the long-established company in Verona, Italy is relying on a complete package of industrial data transmission solutions. Thousands of delicious confectionery products are kneaded, stamped, baked, cooled and packed every hour in a biscuit factory. Wide conveyor belts transport the baked goods from station to station. In biscuit production, for example, they are taken to rollers that thin the dough and then finally to stackers in which the finished biscuits are stacked one after another. In the meantime, they are baked in ovens that are as long as an underground train. These ovens accommodate thousands of biscuits at a time and, afterwards, the biscuits all come out perfectly cooked. A lot of experience is required for a perfect synchronisation – something that Ing. Polin E C. S.p.A., manufacturer of industrial bakery equipment, can claim to have. Founded in 1929 in Verona, Italy, the company built tunnel ovens as early as the 1930s. Today, the ovens and machines from Verona are in demand around the world in the production of biscuits, bread and sweet baked goods due to their high quality and efficiency. Polin designs and produces tailored solutions that offer high productivity, operational continuity, as well as time and cost optimisation.
4,000 kilograms of biscuits/hour
The systems from Verona are also in demand in Asia. Recently, Polin built a production line that produces around 4,000 kilograms of biscuits per hour: 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Even for a company with as much experience as Polin, this was challenging. To meet the challenge, Polin is only using particularly powerful and robust components. For example, for the automation side, the company is relying on the expertise of Automation System Srl, which is also based in Verona and has been designing and producing software and hardware solutions for industrial automation since 1999, including for Polin’s baking systems.
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The Italian company Polin, manufacturer of furnaces for biscuit production, relies on effective connection solutions.
Complete system solutions
Automation System recommended working with LAPP on the connection systems. Together these automation experts designed the cabling system and the connections for the new production line. It consists of three parts: 60 metres of cable are inserted in the machine that shapes the biscuits from the dough, 104 metres of cable are used in the oven and 150 metres of cable are installed in the cooling system.
LAPP succeeded in satisfying all customer requirements. Alongside ÖLFLEX control cables and pre-wired ÖLFLEX CONNECT servomotor cables, LAPP supplied a complete package of industrial data transmission solutions. The package comprises the following components: ETHERLINE Cat.5 data transmission cables for industrial networking of PROFINET applications, the associated EPIC DATA RJ45 and M12 industrial connectors, ETHERLINE
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4.2020
