Bakery plant material handling equipment s

Larger bakeries and plants requires various material handling equipments which are help full during the production as well as material movement from raw material warehouse and finished material ware house .
Material to be transferred using material handling in bakery are cartons , raw material and ingredients bags , vessels, drums ,packaging material , and machinery etc .
Factory and warehousing layouts has to be such where on can have easy movement of these equipments and machinery . Selection of material handling equipment has to be on parameters like width , height and load which it would handle

Following are material handling equipments used in large bakeries

• Forklifts
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• Pallet trucks hydraulic ( automated or manual)






• Conveyors - Swivel and hinged type or plain conveyors





• Trolleys ( dollies)- for ingredients and tools





• Steel transport rack
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• Oven racks
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• Pan carts





• Hand Carts





• Drum Tilters





• Chain hoist





• Shelving





• Racking





• Conveyors





• Dough trucks and trolleys





• Heavy load nylon slings /Belts





• Pallets

These equipments are required for seamless operation in a bakery plant . Maintenance has be done regularly to keep these equipments in good condition .It would require battery ,chargers , nylon wheels and lubrication , hydraulic oils , bearings and other material for maintenance

Significance of E-numbers used on bakery product packs

What are E numbers ?

E numbers are systematic way to identify different food additive .Food additive which passes the ESFA ( European Food Safety Authority )standard s are given these E numbers . E numbers are simple code which shows that these addtitive are safe to use and products containing these food additive are authorized to be sold in European nation.

Some additives have long chemical names and the driving force behind the idea was the need for a system of identification that was the same in all languages and easy to fit on a food label.

These standards are being accepted by most of the food manufacturers across the globe and one can find these numbers on all food product packs .

Major categories of Food additive and their E series

Colors ( 100 )

Preservatives ( 200)

Antioxidant (300)

Sweeteners(900)

Emulsifiers/improvers/stabilizers/gelling agent/thickeners (400)

Others

Bakery manufacturers mainly bread and biscuit manufacturer display following E number’s on their pack . It varies from product to product .

Biscuit’s have E numbers

E500ii ,E 503 ii ,E521 ,E322,E 471 ,E 481ii

Bread’s have E numbers

E 282 , E 481,E 260,E1100( improver ),E 924 a ( improver),E 300 (anti oxidant)

Check complete list of food additives with their E numbers