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Maintenance and recoating also ensure product will not stick to pans. In addition, recoating and refurbishing old sets can save up to 50% of the investment in new bakeware, while also making production more sustainable.

Coatresa focuses its R&D improvements on those elements that are more susceptible to suffering damage due to line automation, related to the pan and their use. On the lines where it is possible, for example, the tin is a little bit elevated from the frame to expand pan life by minimizing friction with the line which may cause abrasion.

Baking tray cleaning systems

Austrian company Precisma focuses on custom-made cleaning machines for baking trays, release agent applicators, aside from predusters and conveyor and handling systems. Virtually every machine is configured to customer requirements, in its 600-sqm production area. “This means that every customer will receive their orders from a single source, including budgeting, planning, specifications and

© Precisma design, and down to manufacturing, commissioning and maintenance of the machines,” Precisma explains.

The company recently started offering its Kobra cleaning technology internationally, which is said to be a nearly maintenance-free machine that is designed to prioritize hygiene, of the equipment and of the trays throughout their daily cleaning processes.

This cleaning system is available for double-rimmed trays measuring 580, 780 and 980 mm. “The trays enter with the baking side facing upwards; feeding is done with brush rollers, which helps prolong their life compared with conventional transport systems used by tray cleaning equipment,” according to the company. The integrated disk brushes automatically change their rotating direction during the cleaning process. The inner rim is also targeted for cleaning.

The machine has a toothed belt drive to virtually eliminate the need for maintenance. Kobra is made of stainless steel to allow high-pressure cleaning without dismantling the brushes. In addition, individually adjustable disk brushes ensure optimum contact between the brush and tray. Its quick-change system allows the round brushes to be removed by hand for cleaning, with no additional tools. +++

“Feeding is done with brush rollers, which helps prolong their life compared with conventional transport systems used by tray cleaning equipment.”

Precisma specialists

Part II will be published in the next issue of Baking+Biscuit International, with insights from American Pan and KEMPF.

Growing demand for German bakery goods in Europe

Exports of bread and bakery goods from Germany continued to increase in the first half of 2022, data from the Association of German Plant Bakeries shows. Almost 753,100 tons of bread and baked goods were exported in the first half of 2022, around 30% of which was bread. By comparison, non-EU countries accounted for just 36,000 tons. The rest was made up of fine and long-life baked goods. The vast majority (594,000 tons) was exported to countries in the European Union. The biggest share of the exports goes to the Netherlands (20%), Poland (19%), France (13%), Italy (11%) and Belgium (9%). “The figures for the first half of 2022 for the export of bread and baked goods from Germany once again show the great popularity of our products,” Armin Juncker, General Manager of the Association of German Plant Bakeries commented on the published foreign trade figures. He added that the large branches and delivery bakeries, in particular, have a dominant share of bread exports and contribute to “strengthening the image of German bread abroad”. +++