Is your pet food production line in need of efficient, cost-effective solutions that can perfect your process and your product?
Reading Bakery Systems, headquartered in Robesonia, Pennsylvania, offers more than 120 years of experience in food engineering. Our innovative research and development capabilities enable us to design and manufacture the world’s most advanced unit machines and turnkey systems for the production of pet food, pet treats, and a wide range of other bakery products.
Our two primary brands – Thomas L. Green and Reading Pretzel – provide mixing, dough handling and forming, auxiliary, baking, and drying equipment that consistently meet the needs of pet food and snack food manufacturers worldwide, and make their production processes safer, more flexible and more efficient than ever before.
Dough Mixing
Continuous Mixing with the Exact EX Continuous Mixer helps to produce more consistent dough, a major advantage compared to batch mixing. It can be utilized for both soft and chewy and hard and crunchy pet food and treats.
Extrusion
The Reading Pretzel Low Pressure (LP) Extruder will enable you to create a variety of structural, flat and filled extruded and co-extruded shapes and sticks. It provides a more flexible, cost-effective alternative to conventional dough forming and sheeting systems for customers who produce a variety of pet foods and treats.
You can broaden your product range by substituting different compression heads and dies. Product changeover takes just minutes, and extruders can be configured with multiple die sets in 13? (325mm) and 15? (375mm) wide increments.
For pet food or treats with soft fillings, the Reading Pretzel Filled Stick Extruder System, which consists of a Low Pressure Extruder and pump system that combine raw batches of dough and dough filling into a specifically shaped filled rope, is another option to consider.
Molding
For high-definition 3-D shapes, the Thomas L. Green Rotary Molder presses dough into interchangeable die rolls and can be supplied with segmented rings for simultaneous, multi-shape production. A combination of electronic and manual control components allows operators to fine tune the machine for maximum product quality.
Baking and Drying
The Reading Pretzel SPECTRUM OVEN® offers a variety of heat transfer combinations in one modular design. The single-pass convection baking platform features operator-controlled air temperature, circulation speed, exhaust, and moisture removal for reliable, consistent baking of pet food. The addition of an optional SPECTRUM Multi-Pass Dryer will increase oven speed, production throughput and process control.
Product Research
If you are new to the pet food industry or would like to explore our innovative equipment, consider working with our team in the Reading Bakery Systems Science & Innovation Center.
Test the latest new machinery and processing techniques, duplicate conditions you might encounter in full-scale production, change and test ingredients in your products, and develop new products to improve the quality of your pet food and increase your profitability.
Whether your pet food production line requires a mixer, extruder, moulder, oven, dryer, or other innovative solution, Reading Bakery Systems delivers an unmatched level of commitment to high quality and customer support. Contact us today at (01) 610-693-5816 to find out how we can help.