Automation/Labor

Bakeries, as is the case with other industries, are concerned with their labor costs. There is a consistent drive to modernize and automate their baking facilities. This puts bakers in a dilemma, where automation reduces human resources but also demands higher skills. As a result, bakers want to retain their experienced people.

Banner-Day is keenly aware of this concern and has designed their system to be easy to use (user friendly), optimizing associates’ effectiveness and therefore their value to the company. This highlights the lengths to which Banner-Day has gone to understand the bakers’ needs and effectively utilize its design, engineering and project management staff to respond to the varying conditions faced by bakers on the bakery floor.

Dedication, hard work and focus on results are the hallmark of Banner-Day.

Banner-Day understands that pre-engineering the process and equipment takes time, but in the long run, reduces the life time operating costs and provides the opportunity to reduce product costs. Rushing the design and engineering stages of the project can adversely affect the installation and, ultimately the success of the product, which in turn affects revenue and profitability.

Two components of the Banner-Day system that impact bakery automation and labor costs are:

Automated Ignition Systems – Ovens with “constant spark” ignition systems require manual shut-off of the gas cock at each individual burner prior to purge, and manual opening of the same cocks to light the oven following purge. Further, each individual burner must be visually checked to confirm that the burner is lit. The B-D system automates oven lighting and eliminates the manual labor to perform this process. Burner status can be verified at the B-D System HMI touch screen.

User-friendly controls make it easy to access burner information and oven systems status which facilitates time-saving proactive maintenance.

The patented Banner-Day Power Interruption Protection System, (“PIP”^®) – Typically does not require the oven to be re-purged with power outages of short duration. When power is interrupted all gas valves immediately close; if power is restored with in approximately 8 seconds, the oven will automatically re-light as soon as the main drive starts. This feature maintains your throughput and eliminates the inherent scrap associated with a prolonged delay due to re-purging the oven.

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