Abstract: The invention relates to a system for the production of sandwich cookies, having a suction belt conveyor (2) disposed along a sandwiching path, the sandwich cookies being created on the suction belt (11) of said sandwiching path. Successively disposed over the suction band conveyor (2) are: a cookie depositing head (17) for depositing the lower cookies onto the suction belt (11), a first cookie feeding device (3), a first inspection device (4) for the lower cookies positioned on the suction belt (11), an application head (23) of an application device (5) for applying a filling mass onto the lower cookies, a cookie depositing head (31) of a second cookie feeding device (6) for depositing the upper cookies onto the filling mass applications of the lower cookies, a second inspection device (7) for the cookie sandwiches disposed on the suction belt (11), and a calibrating device (9) for the sandwich cookies.

Abstract: A baking oven for producing baked molded products. The baking oven has an input station, a baking area and an output station. In addition, the oven has baking plates, which are arranged along a circulation path passing through the baking area, and a conveying device for the baking plates. The baking plates are in the form of susceptor plates, which can be heated inductively without contact. An induction heating device is provided in the baking area. This device includes at least one elongated inductor, which is arranged parallel to the circulation path of the baking plates and extends along the circulation path over a plurality of susceptor plates. The elongated inductor produces a large-area, broad magnetic field, which simultaneously inductively heats a plurality of baking plates in the form of susceptor plates without any contact.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a food manufacturing apparatus comprising a feed system for inputting a plurality of materials, an extruder and a cutting assembly. The extruder comprises a pump system and a rotating extrusion die removably connected to the pump system, wherein the rotating extrusion die comprises at least one product channel for receiving and extruding the plurality of materials. The cutting assembly comprises at least one groove and a wire attached through the groove. The feed system is attached to the extruder and the cutting assembly is located at a position to cut the extruded plurality of materials with the wire from the rotating extrusion die.

Abstract: In a device and a method for mixing and exchanging fluids, a first chamber is a mixing chamber with static mixing elements. First and second fluids flow through the first chamber in a mixing fluid flow direction. A second chamber adjacent the first chamber is a fluid feeding or discharge chamber through which the second fluid flows. A semipermeable membrane separates the volume of the first chamber from the volume of the second chamber. The membrane is impermeable to molecules or molecule agglomerations of the first fluid and permeable to molecules or molecule agglomerations of the second fluid. The membrane is made of a material or is coated with a material to which the molecules or molecule agglomerations of one of the two fluids have a lower affinity. Alternatively, or in addition, the membrane is elastic and spans a support wall with holes.

Abstract: The invention relates to a system for the production of sandwich cookies, having a suction belt conveyor (2) disposed along a sandwiching path, the sandwich cookies being created on the suction belt (11) of said sandwiching path. Successively disposed over the suction band conveyor (2) are: a cookie depositing head (17) for depositing the lower cookies onto the suction belt (11), a first cookie feeding device (3), a first inspection device (4) for the lower cookies positioned on the suction belt (11), an application head (23) of an application device (5) for applying a filling mass onto the lower cookies, a cookie depositing head (31) of a second cookie feeding device (6) for depositing the upper cookies onto the filling mass applications of the lower cookies, a second inspection device (7) for the cookie sandwiches disposed on the suction belt (11), and a calibrating device (9) for the sandwich cookies.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a crimping device for producing individual, pillow-shaped, preferably filled, hollow bodies from plastically deformable tubes separated transversely to their longitudinal direction and delimited at opposite ends by crimped edges. The crimping device has at least one elongate crimping unit assigned to the longitudinal direction of the tubes, on which a row of crimping tools is disposed one behind the other in the longitudinal direction. Each crimping tool has a stationary crimping jaw fixed in the frame and a movable crimping jaw lying opposite to the fixed jaw in the transverse direction and disposed on a carriage movable back and forth in the transverse direction in the frame. All of the movable crimping jaws may be fastened on the carriage to actuate all of the crimping tools simultaneously and thereby separate a tube into a number of hollow bodies.

Abstract: A baking oven for producing baked molded products. The baking oven has an input station, a baking area and an output station. In addition, the oven has baking plates, which are arranged along a circulation path passing through the baking area, and a conveying device for the baking plates. The baking plates are in the form of susceptor plates, which can be heated inductively without contact. An induction heating device is provided in the baking area. This device includes at least one elongated inductor, which is arranged parallel to the circulation path of the baking plates and extends along the circulation path over a plurality of susceptor plates. The elongated inductor produces a large-area, broad magnetic field, which simultaneously inductively heats a plurality of baking plates in the form of susceptor plates without any contact.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided for the individual production of rigid containers that are open on one side, such as cones or cups, by inserting the containers into dimensionally stable individually produced sleeves which are matched to their external contour. The containers are transported through by a transport apparatus having a plurality of transport tracks lying beside one another under a discharge apparatus, which deposits the sleeves in the transport tracks. The discharge apparatus includes a support provided with discharge channels extending obliquely downward for the bar-shaped stacks of sleeves, a holding apparatus disposed downstream of the support, for the stacks of sleeves, and a transfer apparatus having a carriage which is provided with suction heads, can be moved back and forth above the transport tracks and draws the sleeves off the stacks of sleeves with its suction heads and deposits them on the transport tracks.