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equipment innovations

Accuracy Matters
Depositing cake batter or other ﬁllings requires accuracy on

New generation servo-controlled depositors are ideal for

two fronts - hitting the right target, whether it's the cake pan

spreading or layering batters or toppings into various size

or tray, and depositing the right amount of batter. Accurate

sheet pans. Hinds-Bock also manufactures a wide variety of

weight also helps producers from giving product away.

equipment for topping, icing or glazing.

"There are several challenges when depositing Danish ﬁlling,"

Luc Imberechts, president of Bakon USA, points to the extru-

says Eric Riggle, vice president of Rademaker USA. "First and

sion setup of his company's Mavericks depositor, which allows

foremost is how to minimize waste and loss - due to the fact

the production of hard doughs like cookies, with or without

that Danish ﬁlling can be expensive."

particulates. "All you have to think about is the all-time favorite
chocolate chip cookie," he says. "You can handle doughs for

Batter and ﬁlling consistency can have a major impact on de-

those cookies and then, with the same machine, you can go to

posit accuracy, as well as ﬁnal product quality. As batter sits in

the gearwheel depositor type of conﬁguration that will allow

the mixing bowl or hopper waiting to be deposited, it can get

you to deposit sponge batters, mousses, icings and more."

thicker, and some aeration from the leavening agent can occur.
For added versatility, the machine can be equipped with a
"When you start getting air pockets, that's going to affect

heated hopper, which can be used for chocolate, caramel and

a smaller deposit, particularly because now we have vary-

other toppings or ﬁllings. Rotary depositing heads can be used

ing speciﬁc gravity from one batch to the next," says Stewart

to create various decorations.

MacPherson, vice president of sales and marketing for Uniﬁller.
"As density changes, so does speciﬁc gravity and ﬂowability,

All of these innovations help producers hit the sweet spot of

which will have an impact on deposit weights."

accuracy and consistency in every batch.

Speciﬁc gravity is determined in the mixing bowl, MacPherson
says, by beating air into the batter to nucleate the gases released by the leavening system. But there are ways to maintain
and improve consistency as the batter or ﬁlling ﬂows to the depositor and into the cake pan that minimize the impact aeration
and density changes may have on the deposit weights.
Uniﬁller accomplishes this with its Hopper Topper, a gentle
transfer pump that draws batter from the mixing bowl to the
depositor. According to MacPherson, the pump uses lifting
action instead of suction to be gentler on the product. This produces two beneﬁts: by the time batter enters the depositor's
hopper, it has a smoother consistency, and second, the system
maintains the level of batter in the hopper from start to ﬁnish.
Hinds-Bock's standard single piston SP-64 Filler/Depositors
and operate, and versatile and gentle on all products. HindsBock manufactures stand-alone and complete topping systems,
which are ideal for applying cream toppings to desserts, cakes
or pies in the form of rosettes or twisted stars.

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