Mega 52 OP/AL System
Application
For the automation of proofing and loading in the production of thin crust pizza. The OP/AL is composed of an Overhead Proofer (OP) and patented Automatic Loader (AL) plus one press.
Capacity
Single Mega 52 with One Touch Control
- 36 Balls to 6 1/2″ up to 3200 dz/hour (requires 2 TWS dividers)
- 25 Balls to 8 1/2” up to 2250 dz/Hour
- 16 Balls to 10 1/2″ up to 1440 dz/Hour
- 9 Balls to 14″ up to 810 dz/Hour
Construction
- OP: All stainless steel mainframe, exterior doors and shafts. Stainless steel sprockets trays, chains and miscellaneous hardware.
Standard Features
- Precision timing gate interfaces divider and OP to assure consistent loading
- All continuously guided roller chains
- Concealed utility ducts for air, electrical and water service
- Interface hardware for AL
- Patented third station heated discharge platen for superior product roundness and release for smooth transfer
- One Touch system control
Options
- Cool air input to proofer configured with steam and humidity system and auto temperature control
- Clean-in-place system
- Vault style insulated and hinged proofer door and double wall insulated top
- CE or CSA Conforming
- Press Camera / Auto Sizing System
- Automatic steam/dryer and humidity control
- First and second tier cooling conveyor jam free air system
- Remote viewing panel for Inspection System
- Stack transfer
- Press Puck removal
- Compression SYS for small diameter product
Auto Loader One Touch Control System
The One Touch Control allows the operator to recall a recipe saved for all the following parameters:
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- Divider timing
- All zones of press temperature control
- Press pressing time
- Press belt delay time
- Oven dwell time
- Oven belt temperatures
- Cooler infeed belt speed (if separate)
- Main cooling conveyor speed
- Cooler discharge belt speed (if separate)
- Proofer cycle rate
- Auto loader program
- Proofer humidity set point
- Proofer heat set point
- Clean-in-place system
- Counter stacker row counts
Mega 52 Vacuum Head Press
Standard Features
- Patented quick-change Teflon coated pressing skin with product specific shims are changeable in less than 2 minutes
- 52″ wide x 52″ long platen is hydraulically actuated
- Accurate, electronic, dual direct drive, dual drive Teflon belt rollers (both rollers are driven), belt-indexing system. System features repeatable digital speed control to allow easy timing with OP/AL system.
- Magnetically Encoded Belt with connecting pin facilitates belt removal and replacement
- Auto Tracking system eliminates need for repeated adjustment of Teflon belt
- Main conveyor design and air assist prevents cripples at discharge roller
- Patented continuous platen cover reel system allows the operator to index a new platen cover into position within (1) minute
- Teflon “Belt Saver”
Touch Screen Control
- Multi-zone temperature control system assures superior platen temperature control
- Touch Screen interface displays all error messages and prompts operation data input
- Temperature controls include faulty heater message via PLC
- Multi-zone temperature control system assures superior platen temperature control
- Touch Screen interface displays all error messages and prompts operation data input
Construction
- 1-1/4″ Vacuum shimming platen with dual 2″ platens
- 18 heaters top and bottom (36 total) plus heated discharge platen
- All high strength cast steel structural press components.
- Patented heated discharge platen
- All cast A frame, top and bottom H frames as well as “frog”
Micro Blower Premix Oven (optional with convective tunnel oven)
- Independent premix blowers with infrared eye surface temperature thermostatic control per tier for optimal bake
- All stainless steel main frame, double insulated doors and hood
- First tier air turnaround, second tier optional
- Free standing UL approved control panel with color Touchscreen and One Touch interface
- Electronic ignition
- Unique retractive plastic mesh discharge eliminates waste from entering cooling as well as downstream packaging
- Plastic belt with patented rope transfer with retract feature
Lawrence Positive Positioning Cooling Conveyor
- Patented positive positioning turnarounds preserves orientation without increasing maintenance.
- All sanitary wash down frame design eliminates standing water or debris collection
- Double end drive with poly chain belt drive for low maintenance and quiet operation or independent Lenze drives
OP/AL Option
Lawrence Accuview Vision Inspection System sorts and rejects for the following criteria:
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- Diameters
- Flat edges
- Holes
- Overlaps
- Toast points (baked marks)
- Sorts up to 8 lanes and 200 tortillas/minute per lane
System includes:
- Touch screen operator interface
- Rugged industrial PC
- LED illumination for uniform view of product and low cost of operation
- Color camera with high definition and air purge to prevent lens contamination
- Pneumatic reject bar with food grade air filters
- Easy cleaning plastic conveyor belting
Press Camera Option
- Used where producers demand greater control of size due to changing dough conditions for Legend 42 and Mega 52 lines
- Normally integrated with Lawrence Proofing system
- HMI display screen
- Full info display for actual and target diameter
- Digital chart recorder shows actual and target set point deviation graphed over time
Small Product Pressure Control System for Small Diameter Product Option
- Assures superior control of hydraulic pressure when there is a low resistance present and near zero pressure is still too much
- Allows the operator control of oven pressing force when the diameter for a given loader plate is smaller than the normal diameter run on that pre-press program
Pizza Docker Option
- Used to perforate the surface of product after forming but before baking
- Equal to 90% of full line production speed
- All stainless-steel frame and docker roller FDA approved rubber belt
- Easy adjustment belt tension
- Docker depth control
- Stainless-steel mesh discharge