Pet Food Processing Line

When your pet food processing line calls for innovative, cost-effective solutions, including continuous mixing, forming, baking and drying equipment, Reading Bakery Systems can help.

Reading Bakery Systems is a leading manufacturer of bakery equipment.Headquartered in Robesonia, Pennsylvania, our goal is to help customers around the globe make their production processes safer, more flexible and more efficient than ever before.

Our primary brands – Thomas L. Green, Reading Pretzel and Exact Mixing – provide superior equipment that consistently meets the needs of dry pet food, pet treat and baked snack food manufacturers worldwide.

Pet Treat Systems

Reading Bakery Systems’ automated, flexible and efficient systems for baked pet treat and pet food production include a wide range of innovative equipment, such as:

MX Continuous Mixer: To produce a consistent dough and finished product, consider our Continuous Mixing technology. The Exact MX Continuous Mixer is our most versatile mixer and is suitable for a wide range of products, such as pizza, cookies, snacks and pet treats. It offers dough production rates from 500 to 6,000 kg/hour.

Rotary Moulder: The Thomas L. Green Rotary Moulder efficiently produces high definition, three dimensional rotary molded biscuits, cookies and pet treats. It features an interchangeable die roll that can be supplied with segmented rings for simultaneous, multiple shape production.

Independence Wirecut Machine: The Thomas L. Green Independence Wirecut Machine creates a variety of cookies, biscuits and pet treats. It provides piece-weight accuracy and reliability, and is best for nondescript shapes, with or without inclusions. It uniformly cuts individual shapes at up to 300 cuts per minute, depending on product type. The cutting wire can be interchanged for products with different densities and inclusions.

Low Pressure Extruder: For extruded and co-extruded products, the Reading Pretzel Low Pressure (LP) Extruder enables consistent and accurate production of a variety of structural, flat and filled extruded shapes and sticks. Unique product shapes can be designed into custom-made extrusion dies, and product changeover takes just minutes.

SPECTRUM OVEN®: The Reading Pretzel SPECTRUM OVEN® is a flexible platform that offers a variety of heat transfer combinations in a single modular design. This single pass oven is designed for balanced and consistent baking of pet foods and treats with operator-controlled exhaust, air temperature, circulation velocity, and moisture removal rate.

Multi-Pass Dryer: Add an optional SPECTRUM Multi-Pass Dryer for faster oven speeds, greater production throughput, and more process control. The Dryer efficiently reduces product core moistures improving overall quality and storage characteristics.

To experience the capabilities of our equipment, visit the RBS Science & Innovation Center in Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania. The fully equipped and licensed research and development facility offers a complete process line where customers can develop new products, validate new ingredients, test ingredient changes, and duplicate conditions they might encounter in full-scale production.

To learn more about the world’s most advanced equipment for your pet food processing line from Reading Bakery Systems, click here or call us at (01) 610-693-5816.