BAKERY

EFFICIENT, GENTLE, AND SANITARY SOLUTIONS FROM DOUGH TO PACKAGING

Integrate your entire bakery processing line – from dough to packaging – with PFI conveyors and product handling equipment. Every system is custom configured to your exact application and layout.

Get sanitary and efficient conveyance solutions that are versatile for your entire baking product mix and avoid product breakage with tight transfers and gentle handling.

BUILT FOR THE THINGS BAKERY PROCESSORS CARE ABOUT

We have decades of experience working with baking processors large and small. Our solutions are designed based on:

DAMAGE-FREE HANDLING

Our equipment is designed for gentle handling and tight transfers to avoid breaks and cracks of delicate baking products.

FLEXIBLE CONFIGURATIONS

Every machine and system is custom configured for you. Many can convey a range of products across a wide range of temperatures.

INTEGRATION-READY

We collaborate with OEMs and engineering firms to seamlessly link your key machines and processes to optimize your application.

SANITARY DESIGN

We put sanitation at the forefront of our designs. Equipment is designed for maximum accessibility and ease of 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 solutions convey and handle a variety of bulk and formed bakery products. Don’t see your products? We’ll use our decades of expertise to find a solution for you.

    • BARS
    • Breads
    • Breakfast
    • Cakes
    • Cereal
    • Cookies
    • Dough
    • Pastries
    • Pies
    • Sweets

    CONNECT ALL OF YOUR KEY PROCESSES

    We design and manufacture conveying and handling systems that integrate the key processes of your bakery line. We regularly partner with your other OEMs for mixers, ovens, dryers and cooling, scales, and packaging so you get the best line possible configured precisely to your layout, and a seamless project from start to finish.

    BAKERY APPLICATIONS

    Our sanitary conveying and handling equipment performs these key functions on your processing line, from end to end.

    General Conveying

    Move product efficiently from step to step using belt, horizontal motion, and vibratory conveyors.

    Elevating

    Lift product to the next step of your process gently and without loss using incline belt conveyors, lift systems, and bucket elevators.

    Merging & Sorting

    Seamlessly separate or converge product accurately with belt and horizontal motion solutions.

    Positioning

    Align product accurately so it’s staged for the next step in your process using belt and vibratory conveyors.

    Equipment Categories

    Our core sanitary conveying and handling equipment falls into the following categories. Visit our full equipment listing for information on other systems.

    SANITARY DESIGN

    We put sanitation at the forefront of our designs. Equipment is designed for maximum accessibility and ease of cleaning, in line with food processing equipment design standards.
    • All equipment is designed in line with BEMA food processing equipment design standards.

    COLLABORATIVE APPROACH

    PFI collaborates with your engineering, operations, safety and maintenance teams, as well as other OEMs, and engineering firms to ensure our conveying solutions fit and operate viably from the word go.

     Food production factory platform built by PFI
     Food production factory platform built by PFI

    FULL SYSTEM SUPPORT

    Trust PFI to design and manufacture the complementary structures you need around your key processes. From stairs to platforms, we put the same craftmanship into integrating and supporting your entire line.

    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.

    Design, Testing + Installation

    Each project is custom configured to a layout and application by engineers with years of experience. Run a full FAT of PFI and other equipment in our Algona, Iowa facility for peace of mind, then trust our skilled technicians to install it accurately and efficiently.

    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


    sales@pficonveyors.com

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