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05 · Bakery & Snack Food — Production line

Biscuit Production Line

Links ingredient handling, dough mixing, forming, tunnel baking, cooling and packing for hard biscuits, soft biscuits or cookies.

Rating
Sized to baked biscuits per hour (kg/h of finished product) for a given size and weight
Versions
Hard dough sheet-and-cut · Soft dough rotary moulding · Cookie depositing
Best for
Biscuit factories, private-label bakeries and investors entering packaged biscuits
  • One line plan from mixing to packing, or individual sections
  • Forming head chosen by dough type, and can be combined on one band
  • Oven and cooling sized on your biscuit thickness and bake profile
  • Capacity stated on baked product for your biscuit size
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Short answer: A biscuit production line mixes the dough, forms it into pieces, bakes them in a tunnel oven, cools them and sends them to stacking and packing. The dough type (hard, soft or cookie) sets the forming method, and the biscuit thickness and bake profile set the oven length and cooling conveyor.

How it works

  1. Ingredient handling and mixing – flour, sugar, fat and other ingredients are weighed and mixed in a horizontal or vertical mixer.
  2. Forming – depending on the dough: laminating, gauging rolls and a rotary cutter; a rotary moulder; or a wire-cut or extruding depositor.
  3. Topping (optional) – sugar, salt or seed sprinklers and egg wash can be added before baking.
  4. Baking – pieces travel through a multi-zone tunnel oven on a steel or mesh band.
  5. Oil spraying (optional) – crackers are often sprayed with oil after baking.
  6. Cooling – a long cooling conveyor brings biscuits down to packing temperature without cracking.
  7. Stacking and packing – biscuits are stacked or collected and packed in flow wraps, trays or cartons.

Which configuration fits

Form Suits Watch out for
Sheet-and-cut Crackers, hard sweet biscuits Dough rest and lamination time
Rotary moulding Short-dough, printed biscuits Dough must be consistent; one mould roll per design
Cookie depositing Soft cookies, inclusions Spread on the band, piece weight control

A cooling conveyor that is too short is a frequent cause of checking (fine cracks) in biscuits after packing, so it is sized together with the oven rather than as an afterthought.

What we need from you to quote

  • Product types, recipes and photos or samples
  • Biscuit size, thickness and weight
  • Forming method, with designs for moulds or cutters
  • Output in kg/h of baked biscuits and running hours
  • Pack format and packing speed
  • Site plan, ceiling height and utilities: power, gas, compressed air, exhaust routing

Where it sits in a line

The central piece is the tunnel oven. Flour can come from a grain milling line or bulk storage. After cooling, biscuits may be sandwiched or coated, then packed and checked with a food metal detector and an in-line checkweigher. For wafer products see the wafer biscuit production line.

Common configurations

  1. Option A

    Hard dough sheet-and-cut

    an elastic dough is laminated, gauged and cut, for crackers and hard sweet biscuits.

  2. Option B

    Soft dough rotary moulding

    a short, crumbly dough is pressed into engraved roller cavities, for shortbread-type and printed biscuits.

  3. Option C

    Cookie depositing

    a soft dough is extruded or wire-cut onto the band, for cookies and biscuits with inclusions.

What we confirm before quoting

Our engineers check these points with you, so the quotation fits your site rather than a catalogue default.

  1. 01Dough type and recipe (hard, soft, cookie, with or without inclusions)
  2. 02Forming method and shapes, with mould or cutter drawings
  3. 03Biscuit size, thickness and piece weight
  4. 04Baking profile, oven heating type and cooling length
  5. 05Pack format: stacks, trays, flow wraps or family packs

Frequently asked questions

  1. Can one biscuit line make several product types?

    Yes, many lines combine a sheeter and cutter with a rotary moulder, and sometimes a depositor, all feeding the same oven. The oven and cooling conveyor are shared, so we size them for the most demanding product.

  2. Gas or electric oven for biscuits?

    It depends on local energy prices and supply, and on the bake profile. Gas is common for larger lines; electric gives simple control and is often chosen where gas supply is limited.

  3. What do you need to start the design?

    Product samples or photos, recipes, the biscuit size and weight, target output, pack format and a floor plan with utilities. A line layout is drawn from these before the quotation is finalised.

Get a quote for the Biscuit Production Line

Tell us your raw material, finished product and target output. Our engineers reply with a matched configuration and quotation.

What to send with your inquiry

  1. 1Raw material and its condition
  2. 2Finished product and packaging
  3. 3Target output — raw input or finished product
  4. 4Site photos, power supply, utilities

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