Abstract: The present teaching relates to a method for forming rings from dough or other masses. A mass portion is positioned into a forming device on an abutment under a pressing device, wherein the pressing device has a centering ring, a displacement rod, a cut-out ring and a press ram. The centering ring is placed on the abutment, wherein the mass portion is laterally enclosed by means of the centering ring and is pressed by means of the press ram against the abutment into an approximately cylindrical form with a uniform thickness. A core hole is made in the mass portion by means of the displacement rod, so that a thin core of the mass portion remains between the abutment and the displacement rod. The core is punched out by the cut-out ring, and the press ram is lifted off the mass portion formed into a ring.

Abstract: A working system for working pieces of dough, including: at least one working cup, each having an opening, a receiving space for receiving pieces of dough and a working insert, the working insert delimiting the receiving space on the side of the receiving space remote from the opening; an abutment, which is arranged opposite the opening of the working cup; a height adjustment device, which is designed to reversibly, in particular mechanically, electromechanically, pneumatically or hydraulically, move the at least one working cup from a starting position remote from the abutment to a working position near the abutment; and a drive unit, which is designed to set the at least one working cup into oscillating motion. Each of the at least one working cups has a pressure cylinder having a pressure piston that can move in the pressure cylinder. A pressure control unit is pressure-transmittingly connected to the pressure cylinder.

Abstract: A proofing chamber for proofing dough. An outer frame includes profiled frame sections running at an angle to the gravitational direction and encloses the interior of the proofing chamber. A number of covering panels are arranged on the outer frame, and a conveyor device runs through the interior of the proofing chamber. The conveyor device is designed to transport dough pieces through the proofing chamber. The conveyor device defines a number of transport planes arranged substantially horizontally or vertically, in particular horizontally or vertically. At least one profiled surface of the outer frame profiled sections which run at an angle to the gravitational direction and are arranged below the transport plane or the point of the transport plane arranged at the top in the gravitational direction is inclined in the direction of the interior.

Abstract: The present teaching relates to a method for forming rings from dough or other masses. A mass portion is positioned into a forming device on an abutment under a pressing device, wherein the pressing device has a centering ring, a displacement rod, a cut-out ring and a press ram. The centering ring is placed on the abutment, wherein the mass portion is laterally enclosed by means of the centering ring and is pressed by means of the press ram against the abutment into an approximately cylindrical form with a uniform thickness. A core hole is made in the mass portion by means of the displacement rod, so that a thin core of the mass portion remains between the abutment and the displacement rod. The core is punched out by the cut-out ring, and the press ram is lifted off the mass portion formed into a ring.

Abstract: A method for measuring the mass distribution along the width of a strip, in particular a dough strip, moved in the longitudinal direction of the strip and having a specified target width. At least two weighing cells are arranged at a distance to each other with respect to the width of the strip. The weight of at least one dough strand or dough piece having a width defined by the distances of the weighing cells is sensed. The mass of the partial pieces of the strip is determined on the basis of the distance of the weighing cells to each other, the position of the weighing cells along the width of the strip, the strip speed, and the measured values of the weight of the partial pieces sensed by the weighing cells, in particular over a defined time period.

Abstract: A device for forming a dough strip, including a dough supply device, by means of which dough can be introduced into the device, a draw-in roller which can be rotated about its axis, a forming roller which can be rotated about its axis, a discharge roller which can be rotated about its axis, and at least one drive, by means of which the draw-in roller and/or the forming roller and/or the discharge roller can be driven. The axes of the draw-in roller, the forming roller, and the discharge roller are arranged parallel to one another in a mutually spaced manner, and a dough chamber is formed between the draw-in roller, the forming roller, and the discharge roller. The device has two cover shields which laterally delimit the dough chamber, in particular on the end faces of the draw-in roller, the forming roller, and the discharge roller.

Abstract: A method for weighing and transporting dough includes a weighing device having a weighing pusher which can be moved back and forth controllably in an output channel. A dough drum can be rotated or pivoted around its axis, having at least one receiving chamber for receiving dough and, in each receiving chamber, a weighing pad linearly guided in the receiving chamber in the radial direction of the dough drum and adjusted in the receiving chamber by an adjusting device. A kneading drum has a number of kneading chambers distributed uniformly around the periphery of the kneading drum.

Abstract: A method and a device for treating dough, in particular for producing pizza bases, wherein a piece of dough is applied on a support, in particular an abutment or a conveyor belt, and pressure is applied to the piece of dough by means of a pressure stamp, which includes a number of concentrically arranged press rings so that the dough flows. The press rings are extended one after the other outwardly in a staggered manner from the center of the press rings in the direction of the support such that the surface of the piece of dough is increased.

Abstract: A device for cutting partial strips having a defined specifiable mass, preferably from a dough strip, including at least one cutting unit, which has a blade. The cutting unit is adjustably fastened to a retaining element of the device in such a way that the blades cut a dough strip, which is conveyed past the device and is moved in the longitudinal direction of the dough strip, into at least two partial pieces predominantly parallel to the direction of motion of the dough strip. The cutting unit includes an adjustment mechanism, wherein the adjustment mechanism is designed in such a way that the position of the blade can be adjusted with respect to the position of the cutting unit, in particular over the width of the dough strip, by automated control.

Abstract: A method for measuring the mass distribution along the width of a strip, in particular a dough strip, moved in the longitudinal direction of the strip and having a specified target width. At least two weighing cells are arranged at a distance to each other with respect to the width of the strip. The weight of at least one dough strand or dough piece having a width defined by the distances of the weighing cells is sensed. The mass of the partial pieces of the strip is determined on the basis of the distance of the weighing cells to each other, the position of the weighing cells along the width of the strip, the strip speed, and the measured values of the weight of the partial pieces sensed by the weighing cells, in particular over a defined time period.

Abstract: A device for longitudinal cutting and/or stamping of dough strips, wherein the tool-receiving shaft thereof is mounted rotatably with both of its ends in bearing cheeks arranged vertically displaceably in recesses of side panels of the device. The bearing cheeks are vertically adjustable by means of an adjustment screw drive that is arranged in each case on the two anchoring boxes of the clamping lever and that adjusts the cutting depth. The clamping lever is equipped with an anchoring mechanism which is arranged inside its connecting strut and reaches into the anchoring box thereof and which has anchoring elements that can be actuated by means of one-man/one-hand grips arranged on the connecting strut and that are able to engage in the side panels.