Reading Bakery Systems (RBS) has been supplying flexible, reliable and cost-effective extruded snack manufacturing equipment since the 1940s. Our state-of-the-art equipment is unrivaled in the commercial baking industry.
As a global leader in the snack food industry, RBS has a long history of manufacturing expertise. The company began as Reading Pretzel Machinery in 1947. Today, we also proudly offer the world’s most advanced continuous mixing equipment from Exact Mixing as well as equipment from Thomas L. Green, which has supplied the biscuit, cracker and cookie industries since 1893.
RBS understands the dynamic nature of the global snack food industry and has supplied efficient, reliable and cost-effective equipment to customers in the pretzel, baked snack, biscuit, cookie, cracker, and pet treat industries that helps them make an impressive visual presentation and distinguish their products from others on the market.
Low Pressure Extrusion
Manufacturers can create a wide range of structural and flat extruded shapes with the Reading Pretzel Low Pressure (LP) Extruder. It allows for high-speed production of complex shapes by forcing dough through compression head and die assemblies and is a flexible alternative to conventional dough forming and sheeting systems.
The LP Extruder was recently redesigned with augers that deliver more product flow with less work; new lightweight, seamless hoppers that eliminate harborage areas; pre-feed rolls made of food-safe plastics; an improved cutting mechanism with a longer service life; improved guarding for better safety; and a bandcutter cam that is positioned away from the product zone to reduce contamination and allow for easier maintenance.
High Pressure Extrusion
Our High-Pressure Extruder mixes and cooks ingredients to produce expanded shapes, including curls, popcorn shapes, rings, and balls. Its flexible design provides for quick and easy changeover of the screws, barrels and product dies, allowing for a wide variety of products with interesting textures and flavors in different shapes.
Fried Snack Extrusion
The Reading Pretzel Fried Snack Extruder produces flexible and innovative product shapes for fried snack extruded products, such as potato rings, potato sticks, and ethnic noodles. It can process up to 3,000 pounds (1500 kilograms) of dough per hour.
The extruded product is delivered to the fryer by a belted conveyor or by incorporating an optional oil “free float” conveying section. The Extruder with pre-feed rollers manages dough flow for optimum consistency from the time it enters the infeed hopper through being cut off at the die face by the high-speed bandcutter, which operates at up to 275 cuts per minute (cpm) or in cycle mode up to 50 cpm.
Filled Stick Extruder
To create sticks filled with soft fillings, such as cheese, chocolate or peanut butter, the Reading Pretzel Filled Stick Extruder System will meet your co-extrusion needs.
A Low Pressure Extruder and pump system combine raw batches of dough and metered dough filling into a specifically shaped, filled rope. The dough and filling exit through a die plate that gives the co-extruded dough rope its exterior shape.
Product changeover is simple, involving an easy exchange of die plates and compression head assemblies.The double walled extrusion housing can also be designed with an optional temperature control system to better manage the character of your sensitive dough.
Explore the complete range of extruded snack manufacturing equipment from Reading Bakery Systems that is designed to meet your production needs. Contact us at (01) 610-693-5816, or click here to learn more about our equipment.