Performances • 4 models and 4 configurations available for each model • Total number of usefull pockets: 168 to 376, depending on models • Dough piece weight: from 200 to 1000g • Output: from 900 to 1500 p/h The advantages • A wide range of storage (from 168 to 376 pockets) • Comfort: - Centralized control of the bread plant - Silent - Inspection window - Automatic resting cycle • Hygiene: - UV lamps to prevent mold - Smootth surface and outside panels in stainless steel • No sticking of dough pieces: - Entry flour duster - Humid air removal fan - Felt lined dough piece transfer device - Pockets mad of nylon mesh Dynamic intermediate proofer Use The IK intermediate proofer is used in automatic bread plants. It provides the resting step of the dough pieces after dividing and rounding operations and prior to forming. This intermediate proofing period favours gluten relaxation and thus produces dough that is easier to mould. The machine allows the continuity of the production cycle at a programmed speed. The extent of the range of available IK models can meet different requirements in terms of resting time needed for the dough pieces. The intermediate proofer can be fed either by a BC conical rounder or directly by a DVP volumetric divider with built-in pre-rounding device. The Major Alpha Auto moulder, set atop the outfeed conveyor TE, is usually connected at the discharge end of the proofer. Operating principle The loader places the dough pieces - once divided - in nylon mesh pockets. A photocell detects the dough piece at the entrance room and makes automatically move the carrier of one level in order to receive the next dough piece in a free pocket The dough pieces are transferred from one pocket to the other at each revolution of the carriers until the final discharge. Once the cycle is completed and every pockets full, the last dough piece is unloaded automatically from the carriers onto the moulder. Integrated in a bread plant, one single operator is able to operate the IK into discontinuous and continuous mode. Construction • Outside panels in stainless steel • Support structures in hot-painted steel • Inspection window • Carrier frames in galvanized steel tubes • Pockets made of nylon mesh • Carriers driven by a chain • Motor controlled by an electronic dimmer that allows a very smooth and silent movement of the carriers • Centralized control of the bread plant • UV lamps to prevent mold • Humidity extractor • Entry flour duster • Felt lined dough piece transfer device • Low voltage electrical control board : 24 V • Supply voltage: 400 V 3 PH + N 50 Hz

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