Spot On:
Equipment manufacturers add features to depositors to
improve accuracy, allow greater flexibility and make
them easier to use.
By Shane Whitaker
Hinds-Bock Corp. also is
driven to develop more user-friendly depositors,
according to Lance Aasness, vice-president of sales and
marketing for the Bothell, WA-based equipment
manufacturer. “If it isn’t easy to operate, employees
don’t want to use it,” he added. “We make it easy to
use.”
Hinds-Bock depositors feature tool-free spout
centerline adjustment to make changeovers extremely
quick. An operator simply pulls a lever and slides the
spout to the new position. Also, recipe-driven PLCs on
its depositors allow processors to change settings by
entering a recipe or SKU number into the operator
interface, eliminating the need to make multiple
adjustments.
The supplier also has responded to customers’
needs for greater durability, by using high-grade
stainless steel and designing its equipment to run three
shifts per day, according to Mr. Aasness. “We design our
equipment to last for decades,” he added.
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Depositing Development. Equipment manufacturers
continue to innovate and develop depositing equipment
with additional features, so bakers can create new
products for an ever-changing marketplace...
Some of Hinds-Bock’s recent innovations, according
to Lance Aasness, vice-president of sales and marketing,
include servo-driven and quick-changeover machines, as
well as operator-friendly adjustments through interface
panels. Another introduction is the Hinds-Bock high-fat
targeted streusel depositor with an auxiliary spreading
unit. It’s designed to work with high-fat products that
tend to pack and bridge, and interchangeable die plates
can change the appearance of the streusel dispensed.
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