Summary: - Automation of the
food processing industry was the need of the hour with increased consumption,
urbanization and hygiene requirements. The equipment manufacturing and service
providers in this sector are constantly meeting the demand for newer and easier
innovations.
It is basically the hygiene, the vastness
of the industry and the precision of logistical control that it requires that
has driven the food technology industry towards innovation and growth regarding
the equipments and machineries. All the above factors today demand automation
that also enhances productivity rate. Lessening human contact also ensures the
level of hygiene. Besides, the better control on these equipments lead towards
more efficient management of the overall processes.
Out of many equipment manufacturers who
have developed into global domains is Tromp, a firm based in the Netherlands
that specializes in bakery equipment manufacturing, servicing and sales. Among
the various products offered are those for bread decoration, pizza topping and
base lines, pie lines, laminators for dough reduction, rack loading and
unloading systems, rotary moulders, electronic and ovenbelt depositors, baking
systems, and many others. The range of equipments available almost complete all
those that are required fir owning a whole bakery facility. These equipments
are designed in such way that even the slightest of chance of poor hygiene is
avoided and rate of production is increased manifold. Most importantly, the
aesthetic factor has not been forgotten and many types of equipment meant
solely for decoration purpose have been developed by the R&D team, keeping
in mind that decoration of products play an important part in selling of bakery
products.
There are certain specialized needs that
are catered to in these equipments, like the devices that suitably cut all
kinds of dough for decorative purpose. Then there are egg-yolk washers that
apply a thin layer of egg yolk on unbaked products like buns and cookies before
baking them. There are bread lines that have been developed which provides the
possibility of making breads with high water percentage, thus making the loafs
softer, a skill that is difficult to achieve in non-automated way of doing the
same. Introduction of touch screen panels have also helped efficient monitoring
of working of these equipments. These bread lines are so versatile as to make
it possible the making of almost all types of bread varieties like Italian,
Turkish, Arabic and Indian breads, or pizzas.
The pie lines that have been developed have
made making of pies so very simple nowadays. You can make pies of any shape and
size using them, which have various types of baking trays, pans and foils,
hoops and sheets for the pies, along with semi-automatic or fully automatic
options. The pizza topping lines have helped in making pizza a global bread
product today. They have continuous facilities to add sauce, cheese or
vegetables at the top or the edges.
These Tromp equipments are making life much
easier for the bakers all over the world. The bakery industry in almost all the
places of the world including the Americas, Australia and New Zealand, Europe
and South Africa have resorted to these equipments for higher productivity and
better hygiene in order to cater to the increased demand for these things among
the consumers. These equipments being not too complicated are easy to maintain
and operate, and comes at a pretty cheap price
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