Integrated Dough Rolling and Cutting Mechanism
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing dough processing machines are bulky, costly, and require significant manual effort, especially in producing complex pastries like Baumstriezeln, where multiple manual steps are necessary, making the process complex and cost-intensive.
Innovation Solution
A compact dough processing device with integrated cutting and rolling functions, featuring multiple pairs of rollers with increasing conveying speed to maintain dough width and reduce thickness, and cutting elements on a roller to automate the cutting process, minimizing manual labor and space requirements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional separate side-by-side devices are used for various processing steps, then processing functionality is comprehensive, but device complexity and floor space requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple processing functions (rolling out, cutting, stacking) into a single integrated device. The rolling device includes both rolling elements for sheeting out dough and cutting elements for cutting it, eliminating the need for separate side-by-side devices and reducing overall device complexity while maintaining comprehensive processing capability
Solution Approach 2:
The rolling device serves multiple functions: it rolls out the dough to form sheets, cuts the sheets into portions, and facilitates stacking. This multi-functional design replaces multiple specialized devices, reducing floor space requirements and simplifying the overall system
2Adaptability or versatility
If traditional separate side-by-side devices are used for various processing steps, then processing functionality is comprehensive, but floor space requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple processing functions (rolling out, cutting, stacking) into a single integrated device. The rolling device includes both rolling elements for sheeting out dough and cutting elements for cutting it, eliminating the need for separate side-by-side devices and reducing overall device complexity while maintaining comprehensive processing capability
Solution Approach 2:
The device utilizes vertical stacking arrangement where the dough is processed in layers. The stack of dough sheets is built vertically rather than requiring horizontal expansion, reducing floor space requirements while maintaining processing functionality
3Manufacturing precision
If rollers with constant conveying speed are used, then dough thickness reduction is achieved, but dough width expansion occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs rollers with different conveying speeds arranged in sequence. Each subsequent roller rotates faster than the previous one, creating a dynamic speed gradient that progressively reduces dough thickness while the increasing speed prevents lateral expansion, maintaining dough width consistency
4Adaptability or versatility
If manual processing steps are used for complex pastries, then flexibility in processing is maintained, but labor effort and processing time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The device automates the processing of complex pastries like Baumstriezeln through its integrated rolling and cutting mechanisms. The dough is automatically rolled out to precise thickness and cut into required shapes, eliminating manual labor while maintaining the flexibility to produce various pastry types through adjustable cutting patterns and rolling parameters
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The device enables efficient, automated processing of dough with reduced manual effort and space requirements, ensuring consistent dough width and thickness reduction, and preventing dough expansion, thus simplifying the production of pastries like Baumstriezeln.
Implementation Method 1
The rolling device has at least two pairs of rolling rollers, which the dough runs through one after the other during processing and which promote the dough in a conveying direction
Implementation Method 2
The cutting device has a plurality of cutting elements which are arranged at a distance from one another in such a way that the dough is cut into strips as the dough is conveyed by the sheeting device
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AI summary
A dough processing device is provided. The dough processing device comprises a rolling unit (10) for rolling out dough that can be fed to the rolling unit (10). The dough processing device (100) further comprises a cutting unit (20) for cutting the dough, the cutting unit (20) being integrated into the rolling unit (10). The cutting unit (20) has several cutting elements (21) that are spaced apart from one another such that, when the dough is conveyed through the dough processing device (100), it is cut into strips substantially parallel to the conveying direction.