Lighter Oven Bands Could Result In Energy Saving

Energy  savings   strategies for bakeries  includes  oven  band heating   .  Oven bands are of various types  which are used to convey  wet  products  to the oven  for baking . Normally this type of oven bands are required in biscuits , cookies , pizza , Swiss rolls  manufacturing using tunnels oven with length varying from 150 ft - 300 ft  . Heat   balance of oven   shows that  product itself requires 30- 40%  for its own heating , 10 - 20 %  is required for  oven heating and balance heat  used for heating of  make up air ,oven  and losses. Oven band  have repeated cycle of heating and cooling .

Heavier Belt  requires more heating  than the lighter belt .Type of belt used in oven  impacts the energy cost of the product. So  any reduction  in the thickness  of band  would result is less energy  required for band heating .
Many  manufacturers have  switched to  lighter oven bands for energy savings .



Report by Reading bakery Systems