DOUGH FORMING APPARATUS AND METHODS

摘要

An apparatus (10) for forming open ended, cone-shaped snack products includes a rotary cutter (28) having opposed, counterrotating rollers (30) each formed by multiple cutting discs (36) axially spaced on a mandrel (34) by spacers (38). A dough sheet formed by a sheeting device (12) is conveyed to a slitting device (24) which slits the dough sheet into multiple pairs of dough strips. The dough strips are after being twisted 90 DEG , drawn under tension through the nip of the rollers (30) in a face to face stacked orientation. The snack products are cut and shaped by cavities (32) in the cutting discs (36).