Technical Briefs

Oven Air Management
In this article, we will share our understanding of the importance and implications of air pressure for oven operation and the relationship of air pressure and air flow throughout the bakery. A proper understanding and evaluation of air pressure and flow throughout the bakery is critical. Read the Article…

SmartSpark™ Burner Ignition & Flame Sensing.
Banner-Day, a leader in oven performance optimization and combustion technology developed the SmartSpark™ light/sense ignitor to provide highly reliable burner ignition and flame detection on ribbon burners used in conveyor ovens. Read the Article…

Introducing SmartSpark™ for Conveyor Burner Ignition & Flame Sensing. Read the Article…

SmartSpark™ Conveyor Oven Ignitor / Sensor Specifications.
This Stainless Steel Rectification Ignitor/Sensor is specifically designed to provide highly reliable burner ignition and flame sensing when used in a Conveyor type oven. Read the Article…

Combustion Air Flow
As we listen to bakers, they regularly express challenges and concerns with their oven performance. Frequently, in conjunction with direct fired gas ovens, a topic of concern is combustion air flow, the impact it has on zone temperature and heat control and its impact on the quality of the bake. Read the Article…

Role of PLC in Your Oven Operations
In modern industrial manufacturing facilities around the globe, the use of Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) has become almost completely ubiquitous. However, there are bakeries that have not made that investment throughout their operations. Read the Article…

Overlooked Topics and Oven Performance
Important Direct Gas Fired oven topics often overlooked by bakers. Read the Article…

Sustainability Attitude and Stewardship – Part 1
For many of us, when the question of sustainability arises, the primary question is what are we doing that is sustainable and what are the implications long term? And are we doing anything about it? When considered on a global scale the answer is probably no. That being said, it then all comes down to the company’s and their employee’s attitude and stewardship. And in the end that just becomes good business. Read the Article…

Sustainability Attitude and Stewardship – Part 2
Historically energy, was not a major cost factor and waste heat recovery did not produce an attractive ROI. However, going forward, energy costs are rising; environmental awareness is increasing; and with this comes increased accountability with possible energy allocation. This potential reality should be shared with your employees. Read the Article…

Use of Steam in Bread and Roll Ovens
Regularly we focus on the performance of the baker’s ovens, addressing a variety of performance questions and challenges. This article focuses on a thermal aspect of the baker’s process that gets only modest attention – steam. Read the Article…

Gas Meter Selection and Installation
With the cost of fuel on the increase, many bakers are finding it beneficial to install gas meters on individual pieces of equipment, instead of just having one master plant-wide meter. This enables them to determine precisely how the fuel is being used and where efficiencies can be gained by making equipment and/or process changes. Read the Article…

Challenges of Lateral Heat
In the commercial baking industry, tunnel and tray ovens fired by ribbon burners are very common. These ovens consist of a conveyor which carries the product along the length of the baking chamber, passing over a series of burners throughout the oven. The burners are grouped into zones, with each zone individually controlled to a specific temperature set-point. Read the Article…

Oven Performance — What Makes the Difference?
We realize that there are any number of manufacturers out there that can provide you with a DSI system for your oven, be it new, used or a retrofit of existing equipment. All of these systems have a number of things in common – burners, ignitors, DSI modules. What sets one manufacturer apart from another is the attention paid to the details. Noteworthy and little known is that Banner-Day pioneered and developed DSI in the 1970s and their continued research led to some of the advancements that are discussed in this article. Read the Article…

Learn How to Save Energy with Banner-Day Systems
The Banner-Day Total Oven Control (TOC™) System, which includes such features as “recipe control,” “tray skipping” and panel zone switches, provides for energy conscious oven operation. Read the Article…

Far Side Sensing^® Field Test Results
Banner-Day, a leader in oven performance optimization, and ERB-Ensign, a leader in combustion technology, collaborated to develop Far Side Sensing^® which provides reliable flame detection on ribbon burners at the end of the burner opposite the ignition source. Read the Article…

Temperature Control System
The common industry temperature control system allows an oven zone to add/subtract heating capacity in order to prevent significant temperature under- and over-rides. However, due to its temperature-only control basis, true precision is not achieved. Read the Article…

SmartBake™ Modular System
SmartBake™ by Banner-Day is the next evolution in the control of direct fired bakery ovens. SmartBake™ is a modular system that enables precision control of an oven, while offering simple and rapid installation. SmartBake™ provides the ability to phase in an oven control retrofit project over an extended period enabling better capital spending management within today’s tight budgets. Read the Article…

Arc Flash

ASB 2011 Arc Flash Safety Presentation by Banner-Day’s Ed Baldwin
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Arc Flash General Overview
In the last several years, arc flash hazards and arc flash safety are topics that have come much further to the forefront due to changes in various codes, including the National Electrical Code (NEC) and the publishing of “Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace” (NFPA 70E). Read the Article…

Why the Focus on Arc Flash?
Arc flash incidents in the U.S. cause more than 30,000 injuries every year with about 3% of these resulting in death. Arc flash is a growing source of concern for manufacturers and other employers, and OSHA has begun citing companies for arc flash violations. Arc flash is the result of a rapid release of energy due to an arcing fault between a phase bus bar and another phase bus bar, a neutral or a ground. Read the Article…

Safe-DD™ Externally Mounted Dual Disconnect
The Banner-Day externally mounted Safe-DD™ dual disconnect is a compact panel containing two fused disconnects (primary and lighting), a control transformer and appropriately sized fusing. The main disconnect is responsible for feeding the primary power to the main control panel. The secondary lighting disconnect, wired in parallel to the main disconnect, provides power to the lighting circuit. Read the Article…

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