Masa sheeting process with product length control
US5626898A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 23, 1995 |
| Grant date | May 6, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 23, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA21C3/028
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A masa dough sheeting process is disclosed which eliminates the use of at least one stripper wire or doctor blade wherein the dough is worked between pinch rolls rotating at selected, infinitely varying speed ratios enabling controlled differential adhesion characteristics between the dough material being sheeted and the surfaces of the rolls. Compensation against compressive forces created during product cutting which tend to shrink cut product size is realized through readily variable cutter roll speeds with respect to the speeds of the front roll upon which the cutting occurs.
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