| PANCAKE
MIXING SYSTEM
S. Howes, Inc. was approached by a food processor to design
a system to automate the mixing and bagging of pancake mix
which had been previously labor intensive. Operations were
constrained by 11-foot high ceilings.
S.
Howes, Inc. designed and constructed an enclosed, sanitary
system which included a bag-dump station directly connected
to a sanitary double ribbon mixer where ingredients were
mixed and transferred to a split-tube conveyor and surge
hopper before the product passed through a custom-designed
conveyor into a bagging station.
The closed system was fully automated, reduced labor costs,
improved product consistency and was built to accommodate
all height constraints as well as sanitary specifications.
This system was able to mix and bag 3,600 lbs. of pancake
mix per hour.
Components:
- Bag
Dump Station mounted on the blender
- S-366
Double Ribbon Blender
- 6’
Split tube Screw Conveyor
- Surge
Hopper
- 4’
Tubular Screw conveyor with cleanout/access doors
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