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FOOD AND BEVERAGE...
Easy roller adjustment for
perfect dough thickness
Positek P103 short stroke linear position sensor with LIPS technology simplifies
bakery machinery measurement for perfect dough thickness every time
hen a UK subsidiary of a process before the biscuit shapes are cut out prior
multinational food and beverage to the baking process. The dough sheet thickness
equipment manufacturer looked to control is not only important for consistent quality
Wupgrade and simplify an automated and material costs but also needs to facilitate
dough thickness adjustment option across its range different product to be produced, so fast changeover
of biscuit baking machinery, they turned to Positek times are important.
and its P103 series LIPS short-stroke linear position
sensor to provide precise measurement of the gauge Non-linearity
roller gap position. The previous sensor, an older LVDT type, required a
The gauge rollers form the dough into a flat special electronics module to convert its signal to
sheet of the required thickness in a continuous suit the machine’s PLC and all components needed
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