A Magnetic Rolling System for Pliable Material is described as a rolling board having the ability to magnetically attract spacing and guide rails on which a rolling pin travels, thus keeping a rolling pin a specified distance above the rolling board and on track. In addition, these spacing and guide rails are also used to hold a rolling diagram, a cutting mat, and a sheet of parchment paper firmly in place. The Magnetic Rolling System for Pliable Material makes rolling pliable material such as dough and compounds to a precise thickness, simple and almost effortless.

A mold-tool assembly (100), comprising: a first nozzle assembly (110) being configured to provide a first resin (112) to a first mold cavity (114); and a second nozzle assembly (116) being configured to provide a second resin (118) to a second mold cavity (120), the second resin (118) being provided adjacent to the first resin (112).

The invention is based on the idea of connecting a smart camera directly to a frequency converter to control an industrial production process. The smart camera comprises process-specific analyses software. The smart camera takes pictures of an object in the production process and analyzes each picture immediately. Results of the analyses the smart camera sends directly to the control unit of the frequency converter that in turn controls the speed and / or torque of the AC-motor as needed. Smart cameras are capable of taking consecutive pictures at very short intervals and analyzing each picture between shots. Frequency converter's control units are also capable of fast communication and motor control. Thus this invention makes it possible to reach significantly faster response time than what is possible in a system that makes use a programmable logic controller (PLC).

A food patty-forming apparatus for forming food patties from pressurized food product includes a mold plate that is guided to reciprocate longitudinally between a fill position and a discharge position. The mold plate has a cavity that is open to the source of pressurized food product when in the fill position. The cavity is exposed when in the discharge position. A mold pattern having open areas and solid areas is arranged adjacent a first face of the cavity, and indented from a second face. A knockout plunger has open areas corresponding to the solid areas of the pattern and solid areas corresponding to the open areas of the mold pattern. The knockout plunger is shaped to allow the solid areas of the plunger to penetrate into the cavity past the first face of the cavity around the solid areas to displace a patty formed in the cavity.

A heating apparatus or platen is provided with a heating surface adjacent a heat exchange fluid area defined by the heating surface attached by side walls and end plates to a retainer plate. A flow through system pumps heat exchange fluid through a platen with holes in end plates. Optional walls partition the heat exchange fluid area into flow channels in the platen. An alternative circulating flow system circulates heat exchange fluid in a closed platen with solid end plates. A u-shaped wall and at least one internal wall create a continuous fluid flow channel inside the closed platen. Flow systems pump a heat exchange fluid through heat exchange fluid area for heating by at least one internal heating element within the platen. The temperature of the heat exchange fluid remains relatively constant as it passes through the platen from heat conduction by the internal heating elements.

Die Erfindung betrifft eine Vorrichtung zur teigschonenden Herstellung eines Teigstranges (28) aus einer in einem Behälter (5) befindlichen Teigmasse (6), für welche der Behälter (5) unten eine Ausflussöffnung (27) hat. Der Behälter (5) ist zur Drehbewegung um seine Achse (7) angetrieben. Die Ausflussöffnung (27) ist vom Behälter (5) und von einer zumindest einen Teil des Bodens des Behälters (5) bildenden Schneidscheibe (13) berandet. Die Schneidscheibe (13) ist ebenfalls zu einer Umlaufbewegung in der gleichen Richtung wie der Behälter (5) angetrieben.

The present invention is directed toward a system to vary dimensions of a template in order to attenuate if not prevent distortions in an underlying pattern formed by the template. To that end, the system features a compression device that includes a pair of spaced-apart contact members to compress a perimeter surface of the template between the pair of spaced-apart contact members. The compression device includes first and second bodies, each has a contact member and an actuator arm. One of the actuator arms is coupled to the first body to reciprocate about an axis in response to variations of a volume of a bladder disposed adjacent to the actuator arm. In this manner, the distance between the two contact members may be varied.