APEX Mini Combo BDR Bread and Bun Make-up System
Scale your bakery processes for maximum profitability with the industry’s most compact, value-engineered bread and bun production system by AMF. Designed for ultimate flexibility on lower-capacity production lines, this value-engineered APEX Series solution delivers bread, bun, and roll products with a single-line setup.
- Improve scaling accuracy to +/- 1% with AMF’s Flex dividing technology
- Simplify operation and changeover with an integrated recipe management control system
- Ease maintenance and sanitation processes with open-access, hygienic, and oil-free designs
Product Applications
The Mini Combo BDR System is capable of producing hamburger buns, hot dog buns, dinner rolls, as well as panned sandwich or tin breads. For bread, the line uses a single port divider, and a dual port cut-off is used for bun and roll configurations. Optional hot dog moulder boards are easily added for hot dog production.
The APEX Mini Combo BDR Features
Flex Extrusion Divider
- Consistent scaling accuracy with a 1% standard deviation over the life of the divider, averaging 15 years or more with proper maintenance.
- Proprietary vane style metering pumps control throughput without shear and 100% purge per solutions, ensuring ‘first-in, first-out.’
- Reduces operation and sanitation costs with no divider oil required.
- Precise, gentle dough cutting using simple motion UHMW cut-off knife with quick change cut-off nozzles for switching from small bun products to larger bread products
Recipe Management System
- Repeatable automated divider set-up with operator interface-based recipe management system
- Quick product changeover with maximum consistency
Bread and Bun Belt Rounder
- Single rounder bar or Dual lane bun rounder bars flow to a zig-zag chute with flour duster
- Optional chilled rounder bed available to prevent dough stickage
Intermediate Proofer
- Easily adjustable speed ranging from 30 seconds to 6 minutes of resting time
- Optional features available to increase intermediate proofing times, including extended intermediate proofing sections
Sheeter / Moulder / Panner
- Flexibility guaranteed with included bread moulding board and optional hot dog moulding board
- Additional moulder boards are available for various bread or bun sizes
- Manual panning with optional panning conveyors available for scaling production
Equipment Specifications
| Buns | Breads | |
|---|---|---|
| Dough Piece Size Throughput Kg/Hour Kg/Hour (Flex 1 Option) Kg/Hour (Flex 2 Option) | 35 – 100 grams 20-60 cpm (cuts per minute) 2400 – 7200 pieces per hour 84 720 2,250 | 150 – 1000 grams 10-30 cpm 600 – 1800 pieces per hour 90 720 2,250 |
* Gearmotors are sized to meet specific production requirements. Therefore, the divider will be geared to handle a particular range of production
* Maximum speed is dependent on dough conditions, scaling weight, and other equipment. Minimum dough absorption is generally 54%, depending on the formula.
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More APEX Solutions for Bread & Bun Production
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APEX Mini Combo BDR Bread & Bun Make-up System
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