Case Study
Chicken Breast or Easter Bunnies?
While many have visited a fast food restaurant and ordered a chicken sandwich, or that seasonal favorite, the riblet sandwich. They don’t look bad, but I don’t think anyone really believes they are getting an actual chicken breast or boneless rack of ribs. Or, how about the variety of baked goods that are formed into unique shapes, and confection products like chocolate bars or ice cream treats that are produced in speci c con gurations? To satisfy our quick lifestyle, and our penchant for tasty luxuries, a variety of machinery manufacturers are designing machines to increase production of these types of products. For many of these machines, the basis of the design is a reciprocating mold that moves into position and gets lled with the product du-jour. The product is then formed under pre