High speed slicing and bagging

Bettendorf Stanford is a food slicing equipment company which was established in 1965 and is based in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. From blades to machines, they are constantly engineering new products to better the industry.

The company and its management are members of the Bakery Equipment Manufacturers Association since 1967 and Society of Bakery Engineers since 1969. Bettendorf Stanford manufactures a variety of high speed slicing and bagging equipment for loaf bread, hamburger buns, rolls, bagels, pound cakes and other products. The equipment includes: ultrasonics, servos, topping applicator and linear motors as well as proprietary mechanical designs.

Not only does Bettendorf Stanford manufacture slicing and bagging equipment, they have the advantage of being a bakery blade manufacturer. This offers unique view and understanding of how both the slicer and blade functions and means Bettendorf Stanford can troubleshoot slicing problems without directing manufactures back to the blade or slicer manufacturer.

New for this iba, Bettendorf Stanford has several new products that will be highlighted with videos at iba including:

+ High speed automated bun line (HS-ALPS): This is new for 2018. This bun line can group, slice, and bag buns at speeds of up to 65 packages per minute depending on product being bagged.

+ High speed bread slicer and bagger (BSI-75B/Hybrid 65 Bagger): This integrated line is capable of running 70 loaves per minute depending on the type of product, and typically runs 55-65 loaves per minute. The slicer is capable of running up to 90 loaves per minute on all types of product. The reciprocating bagger uses linear actuators for a 35% reduction of moving components.

+ High speed reciprocating slicer (RSC): This newly designed high speed reciprocating slicer works great for hard-to-slice products including: sticky products, gluten free bread, and cinnamon raisin/other fruit and nut type breads.

+ Frozen Sandwich assembly slicer: This new high speed slicer that will slice frozen rolls/buns that present the tops next to the bottoms for sandwich assembly plants. This slicer utilizes proprietary frozen slicing technology to allow slicing of rolls/ciabatta/English muffins at high speeds. The machine removes the top and places it next to the bottom to allow operators or a robotic set-up to easily apply meat/egg/cheese to the bun. Single lane operation allows for speeds from 60-120 frozen rolls per minute.

+ Hand load baggers (Model B): Used for the semi-automatic bagging of rolls, buns, bagels and other product at speeds of up to 60 bags per minute (actual my vary based on product and operators ability to load).

+ Deluxe Hand Bagger: Designed for easy operator use including operator knee switch for consistent workflow. Used for hand bagging a variety of products such as breads and rolls. +++