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Efficient automation of the bakery industry

We offer you efficient and easy-to-clean automation solutions for the production of baked goods and confectionary. From stocking raw materials to dough production, baking and packaging, Festo provides components, ready-to-install system solutions and suitable services for your production process.

We have the right solution on hand for these requirements:

  • Time-saving cleaning with components in clean design
  • Functionality of components at high and low temperatures
  • Actuators for precise cutting with reproducible results
  • Solutions for reliable packaging with high flexibility

Find out here about how we can support you – in every single step of the process

1. Raw materials processing

Raw materials processing in the baked goods production process

When handling raw food ingredients, it is crucial to select the proper process valves. Process automation from Festo offers a complete range of process valves and innovative products such as the pinch valve VZQA. For this there are variants available for use in food areas (FDA, EG VO 1935/2004).

2. Food and compressed air quality

Control cabinet for clean compressed air preparation

Great care has to be taken whenever compressed air comes into contact with food. Because compressed air is not clean by nature. Application-specific compressed air preparation ensures the highest possible level of safety for food, consumers and producers.

White paper on compressed air quality (PDF)

3. Loading and unloading stations (handling of baking trays)

Loading and unloading baking trays

Electric automation from Festo offers you a steadily growing portfolio of pneumatic alternatives for feeding, stacking and unstacking your baking trays. This increases the service life of your baking trays, thereby reducing replacement costs – all without compressed air preparation.

4. Food safety made easy

Clean design valve manifold MPA-C

Food production is a matter of trust, and food safety is essential to a brand. Whatever ends up on the table must be produced hygienically. That requires a smart system design and the use of food-safe components that support production – simple, efficient and reliable. Festo offers the right automation solutions as well as industry expertise for the production of safe food.

More about food safety

5. Packaging

Packaging bread rolls

Safe and efficient packaging is a must. To this end, we offer you our electrical and pneumatic technology portfolio: Customized for a perfect fit, enabling you to implement the best solution for your application.

Learn more about automation for industrial packaging

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