Naegele Bakery Systems Japanese pancake sandwich machines

Company: Naegele Bakery Systems

Equipment Snapshot: Naegele Bakery Systems has announced the addition of Masdac International’s pancake sandwich machines to their portfolio of bakery equipment. The machines produce dorayaki, a popular Japanese handheld pancake sandwich that comes in both sweet and savory varieties.

"Consumers today are on the lookout for unique flavors from around the world," said Ken Hagedorn, Naegele's vice president of sales and marketing. "Dorayaki, which is very popular in Japan and Europe, is poised to become a sensation in the United States. We believe that these pancake sandwiches are the ideal offering for bakery producers that want to capitalize on consumers' constant cravings for new, innovative products."

A complete pancake sandwich production line consist of six sections:

Dough depositor — High-accuracy dosing system with a stainless steel double-jacket water-cooled hopper
Flipper station — Adjustable station for turning the pancakes
Aligning and reducing unit — Unit to control and correct positioning and reduce the number of pancakes per row
Filling depositor — High-accuracy dosing and depositing system with a stainless steel hopper
Heat print and sandwiching unit — Heat stamping unit to print logos or other characters onto the pancakes
Edge sealing unit — Seal blocks to press the top and bottom pancakes together

The equipment is highly flexible, capable of producing pancakes that are filled or unfilled, semi-sealed or fully-sealed, and decorated or undecorated. The machines are fully automated, have a touch screen for easy operation, and come in four sizes to meet the needs of bakeries with different throughput requirements: