Pet Food Processing - May 2024 - 60

EQUIPMENT
without requiring maintenance
to get on the oven
roof - instead, they can
be monitored and maintained
at the side of the oven.
" Baker Perkins and our
sister companies offer complete
baked treat lines from
ingredient handling, mixing,
dough feed and baking ovens, "
said Mark Glover, product manBaking
systems
are designed to
produce a range
of pet foods
and treats in a
variety of shapes,
formats and
formulas.
Baker Perkins Inc.
ager for baked products and extrusion for the Grand
Rapids, Mich.-based company. " This equipment is traditionally
used for a full range of dog biscuits, but by adding
our servo topping technology, our customers can create
unique biscuits similar to human food. "
The company also offers extruded and co-extruded
pet treat equipment and can extend its confectionery
line of equipment into the pet treat market to offer deposited
pet treats.
" With our current baked treat equipment range, our
customers see the benefit of increased output in a smaller
footprint, " Glover said. " Our TruBake oven offers
more production with less energy. Adding co-extrusion
to our SBX range of extruders extends the pet treat
product range to unique shapes and fillings. "
Green baking
Embracing sustainable practices in baking system design
and operation, such as using renewable energy
sources, reducing waste generation and implementing
eco-friendly packaging solutions, is something more
suppliers are striving toward.
Dulcinea Freymoyer, vice president of marketing for
Reading Bakery Systems (RBS), Robesonia, Pa., noted
the industry is talking about alternative fuels for baking.
" Electric ovens will play a huge role as the market for
baked goods such as pet treats and pet food grow, to
help make the world a better place, " she said. " The goal
is to move away from fossil fuels and toward renewable
energy that minimizes or eliminates any impact to the
environment that greenhouse gases can cause. "
RBS has filled these requests by offering electric energy
options for its ovens in an attempt to become more " green. "
" We designed our ovens to bake with either natural
gas or electricity, " Freymoyer said. " Even if you purchased
an oven today or in the last five-plus years that
currently runs on fossil fuels, you can simply replace
penthouses, converting your source of energy for our
ovens from gas to electricity. "
Replacing older ovens in production can easily reduce
gas consumption by half, she explained, as these newer
RBS ovens are easier to operate for optimal baking curves,
eliminating all dampers for better operator control, and
offering thicker insulation to reduce energy loss.
Baker Perkins' TruBake oven system offers a modular
design which allows for rapid installation, as well as easy
and accessible sanitation.
Baker Perkins Inc.
60 PET FOOD PROCESSING | May 2024 | www.petfoodprocessing.net
The TruClean equipment and TruBake oven were developed
as a hygienic design and simple operation so product
changeover does not require tools, allowing workers to
perform this function versus requiring maintenance.
" Controls have been upgraded with recipe functions
on HMI screens for repeatable and simple adjustments, "
Glover said. " Baker Perkins has implemented Industry
4.0 so we have included screens for manuals, monitoring
downtime, uploading to customer's operating systems
and maintenance functions. "
The goal is to move away
from fossil fuels and toward
renewable energy that
minimizes or eliminates any
impact to the environment that
greenhouse gases can cause. "
Dulcinea Freymoyer, Reading Bakery Systems
http://www.petfoodprocessing.net
Pet Food Processing - May 2024

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Pet Food Processing - May 2024
