BAKERY

BAKERY CONVEYOR SYSTEMS BUILT FOR PRODUCT INTEGRITY & SANITATION

Integrate your entire bakery processing line – from dough to packaging – with sanitary conveyor systems custom engineered for your products, application, and layout.

Minimize product damage, protect food safety, simplify sanitation, and maximize efficiency.

BUILT FOR THE REALITIES OF BAKERY PROCESSING

Trust PFI to design and manufacture complete, integrated conveyance solutions that support your bakery operation with:

DAMAGE-FREE HANDLING

Gentle handling and tight transfers reduce breakage and product loss.

FLEXIBLE CONFIGURATIONS

Custom systems handle multiple products, formats, and temperatures.

SEAMLESS INTEGRATION

Customized to connect with core bakery equipment like mixers, ovens, and more.

SANITARY DESIGN

Open, accessible design supports fast, thorough cleaning.

  • We are very happy with PFI’s service and equipment. We work with a range of people from both Algona and San Antonio, and everyone is professional and committed to producing the best solution possible. The service has been top-notch.

    Engineer, Bakery Processor

    BAKERY FOOD PRODUCTS

    Our bakery conveying systems are designed to handle a wide range of bulk ingredients and baked goods, including:

    Raw dough on a PFI PURlift conveyor
    • Bread and buns
    • Cookies and biscuits
    • Snack cakes and pastries
    • Granola and cereal bars
    • Crackers and baked snacks
    • Frozen and par-baked goods
    • Dough (raw and proofed)
    • Packaged bakery items

    CONNECT EVERY STEP OF YOUR BAKERY LINE

    Every PFI conveying system is configured precisely to your layout and application, integrating key bakery processing equipment like mixers, ovens, dryers and cooling, scales, and more. So you get the best line possible and a seamless project from start to finish.

    Bakery plant process flow: ingredient delivery, general conveying, mixing, elevate, oven, positioning, cooling, general conveying, packaging, general conveying.
    Bakery plant process flow: ingredient delivery, general conveying, mixing, elevate, oven, positioning, cooling, general conveying, packaging, general conveying.

    Bakery lines are complex.


    PFI designs complete conveying systems that link your entire process. We build systems to handle:

    • Ingredient & bulk raw material handling
    • Dough transfer & staging
    • Post-oven cooling and handling
    • Spreading, laning, and positioning between processes
    • Merging and sorting between product streams
    • Incline to scale or packaging

    Need something different? Contact us, and we’ll figure it out together! 

    ONE-STOP-SHOP SUPPORT

    A conveyor is only part of the solution. PFI brings automation, line and plant controls, systems integration, and installation together with our conveyance systems–so you get a holistic solution and project management from one team.

    AUTOMATION & CONTROLS

    Get automation like vision, inspection, robotics, and more integrated directly into your conveyance to save footprint, cost, and complexity.

    Rely on us to program the line controls to run it all seamlessly.

    Bread on conveyor
    Raw dough on a PFI PURlift conveyor

    INSTALLATION

    Get your operation up and running fast by having your entire bakery line installed by our skilled technicians and millwright network.

    Learn more about our Technical Services.

    PROTECT FOOD SAFETY WITH SANITARY DESIGN

    We put sanitation at the forefront of our designs for the safety of your team and consumers. All PFI equipment is designed for maximum accessibility, ease of cleaning, and uptime.

    • All equipment is designed in line with BEMA food processing equipment design standards.

    FIND THE RIGHT BAKERY SANITARY CONVEYING & HANDLING EQUIPMENT FOR YOU


    Bucket Elevator

    Time-trusted, high volume vertical conveying with OEM buckets.

    Curveyor

    Convey product around 30-180 degree turns with tight transfers to the next step.

    EDF Feeder

    Feed, screen, and lane product accurately with this versatile vibratory feeder. Use on its own or with a Hopper Feeder or Mix-Blend System.

    Eleveyor

    Elevate product to key equipment or platforms on this incline belt conveyor.

    Floor Load Dumper

    Efficient, high production handling for your bulk raw product containers.

    Forklift Dumper

    Efficient, high production handling for your bulk product containers.

    Hopper Feeder

    Store and feed products with a combined hopper and vibratory feeder.

    Horizontal Belt Conveyor

    Connect your processing line with flat-bed conveyors built for your exact layout with a range of belt options.

    MAGNEflex

    Get accurate flow control with this electromagnetic vibratory feeder.

    Mix-Blend System

    The Mix-Blend System, its components and complementary conveyors give you consistently accurate mixed recipes by feeding multiple products together.

    PURlift

    Vertical lift, positive drive conveyor – not just for dough.

    PURmotion

    Get gentle handling in an optimized sanitary design in this horizontal motion conveyor.

    Retractor

    Transfer, arrange, deposit and reject up to 150 cycles per minute.

    Screw Conveyor

    Incline raw and dry bulk food products without spillage or loss. Integrate with dumpers and more throughout your mixing, grinding, and other processes.

    Spreader

    Spread or converge product between different width belts and processes.

    Storeveyor

    Inline bulk storage and discharge with control to avoid line disruptions.

    Troughveyor

    Transfer loose products without spillage on this trough belt conveyor.

    VIBRAflex II

    Versatile vibratory conveyor for all value-added applications.

    REQUEST A CONFIGURATION

    Ready to get started on your configuration? Contact us to customize our bakery sanitary conveying equipment specific to your application, layout, and processes.

    Sanitary conveying, delivered.™

    Contact us

    300 Kofab Drive
    Algona, IA 50511


    515.295.7265


    [email protected]

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