Rotating conical rollers spread dough into a disc shape

摘要

An apparatus and method for rolling a block of food dough (3) is disclosed. The dough (3) is placed on a table (7) and rolled by means of conical-shaped rolling rollers (23) swivelling and rotating above the table (7). The apparatus includes a first driving means for swivelling the rolling rollers, a second driving means (25) for rotating the rolling rollers (23), and a control means for controlling the second driving means. The controller maintains the speed of the rotation of the rolling rollers (23) higher than the speed of the rolling rollers (23) would have been if the rolling rollers (23) were merely passively rotated by the swivelling motion of the rolling rollers (23) on the dough (3). The rolling rollers (23) and table (7) can move relative to each other to enable the thickness of the dough (3) to be controlled.