Four Decades of Machines
A record of what Ed designed, built and installed for commercial bakeries between 1980 and today. We are no longer taking on new machine builds or plant consulting. This is here because it is the reason bakeries trust us on scoring parts.
Rotary Blade Scoring Systems
Ed developed the first rotary blade scoring systems in the USA and Europe in the early 1980s.
This is the work the rest of it grew out of. Some installations required turning and re-turning of pans or peels, so the conveyors and options such as proving pins were built alongside the scoring head.
Later systems used servo control for finer adjustment, with menu-driven recall so an operator could bring up settings for different products without re-dialling the machine at every changeover.
- First rotary blade scoring systems in the USA and Europe
- Pan lip machines for product sitting above the lip
- Servo adjustment and menu-driven product recall
- Still running in bakeries today
Plant Layout & Expansion
Plant layout and expansions with proven results across forty plus years.
The work covered new plant acquisitions, plant analysis, equipment choices, employee evaluations, controls upgrades, and layout reviews and recommendations. Designing an efficient layout matters, and so does specifying the right equipment to fill it.
That knowledge went into dozens of brand-name bakeries.
Custom Design & Fabrication
Machines built for jobs no catalogue equipment covered.
Scoring machines, conveyorized storage and retrieval systems, dough handling, elevators, and one-off solutions for problems specific to a single plant. Design and fabrication happened under the same roof.
Conveyor Systems
Built, redesigned and retrofitted to suit the application.
Straight runs, curves and transfers, fabricated and installed in working plants. Much of the photography in the gallery is this work.
Control Panels & Programming
A well-built machine is only half the battle.
It also needs a control centre programmed with precision. Panels were built and programmed alongside the equipment rather than bolted on at the end.
Installation, Training & Support
Commissioned on site, with the customer’s people trained on it.
Installation and spare part packages, plus training for the workforce on operation, maintenance and safety. That is why so many of these machines are still in service.
The Machines Outlived the Machine Shop
A lot of this equipment is still cutting bread every morning. What those plants need now is not another machine. It is the blade, the hub and the bearing that keep the one they have running true.
That is the business today. Scoring blades, hubs, shaft hangers and bearings, in stock and shipped nationwide. If you are not sure which part your head takes, call and we will identify it.
Shop Scoring PartsWe Know These Machines
Many of them because we built them. Send a photo of your scoring head and the shaft diameter, and we will tell you exactly what fits.