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Machine guarding failures ‘reprehensible’
WorkSafe released a media statement (16/03/2023) highlighting a West Auckland bakery business which didn’t properly safeguard its machinery and have been sentenced over two incidents, six months apart, in which workers had their hands disfigured. Bakeworks Limited, which makes gluten-free products, was sentenced in Waitakere District Court for health and safety failures related to both […]
Flour Reports & Flour Testing
This new information sheet outlines the range of tests performed on flour to ensure it meets the customers’ expectations. The testing of flour covers several specific characteristics which gives the baker an indication of the flour’s strength and stability, and this is done on several different machines. BIRT – Flour Testing Information Dec2022
tinning
placing of moulded dough pieces into baking tins, either by hand or by a machine called a “panner”.
sheeter
machine with a series of rollers that press round pieces of dough into a uniform, elongated flat sheet.
rounder
machine that closes cut dough surfaces and rounds dough pieces, giving them a smooth and dry exterior, ready for baking. Types include bowl, umbrella, and drum rounders, and rounder bars.
roller milling
milling process where grain is fed between a series of rollers that shear, scrape and then crush the particles. The stages of roller milling are the break stage, reduction stage and sometimes a high speed finishing method carried out by an entoleter, a machine which crushes any large particles remaining. Most New Zealand flour is […]
pastry brake
machine that reduces thickness of pastry by passing it through two or more rollers in a frame. May be semi-automatic.