Bakery Production Equipment: Dough Divider Rounders

Sottoriva's Athena is a heavy duty, high output divider rounder with 5 or 6 rows. The Athena is perfect for working with soft or semi-hard dough to produce round bread without further processing, stamped bread, hamburger buns, finger rolls, pita and pizza. Thanks to the Athena's star dosing system and adjustable portioning pressure, your product is handled gently, avoiding the stress applied by some other machines. In addition, the Athena is unique to the market in that a special 4 pocket configuration can produce up to 8 half ounce pieces at up to 8000 pieces per hour.

The LYRA pocket roll divider rounder is capable of producing up to 4000 pieces per hour between 1 and
5 ½ ounces. The machine is equipped with a hopper to hold approximately 40 lbs of dough. The dough is gently fed to the adjustable dividing chambers by a star wheel dosing system. When adjusted it gives the required weight with minimal punishment for artisan quality products.

Easily interchanged chambers round the dough in two stages, providing gentle handling and superior rounding. The rounding mechanism is adjustable for both speed and pressure for even the gentlest dough. The dough is discharged from the rounder for manual panning or can be coupled to a proofer or moulding station for an automated process.The touch screen control panel can store 50 programs and is operated by a PLC.

Consisting of an interchangeable knife cut divider and several moulding stations, the BRIO is capable of producing a large variety of specialty roll, breads and baguettes. The knife cut divider minimizes dough punishment and is  perfect for high hydration, fermented doughs. Features include adjustable divider discharge belts to feed the moulding section at various widths; interchangeable knives for various dough weights and sizes; adjustable angle cross sheeters for moulding a variety of unique roll products; and a moulder bypass for dough dividing only.

The Winner Bread Moulder was designed specifically with small and medium sized production runs in mind. It is perfect for both soft and hard doughs, and is capable of producing a wide variety of rolls and other shapes. Also, with Sottoriva's "UP STOP" anti-stretching device in place, your dough is sure to be handled gently throughout the delicate process.