Gemini and KB Systems Install 500 Pound Capacity Custom Bowl Charge Station with Liquid Ingredient Dosing
We installed four 90,000-pound capacity indoor storage bins for three flours. KB's low profile bin technology provides for large indoor storage volumes.
A custom double weigh hopper with liquid ingredient dosing that dispenses directly to two large spiral mixers and a single bowl charge station was located in the same part of the building with the flour bins. Bulk ingredients were conveyed in closed loops directly to these use points from the silos through two conveying lines. Two custom single bowl charge stations with liquid ingredient dosing were located in a distant area of the building. We overcame this challenge and optimized the system fill rates by installing three 5,000-pound Day-Bins with automatic high/low level control. The Day-Bins were supplied by the storage bins on the other side of the bakery and they in turn conveyed ingredients in a closed loop to the bowl charge stations in this area of the building. The liquid dosing systems metered four liquid ingredients at each use point. Micro-motion meters were used for their degree of ingredient delivery precision and repeat-ability. Control of the liquid dispensing systems was seamlessly integrated into our client's existing liquid ingredient storage and pumping systems.
About Gemini www.geminibe.com
The Gemini Bakery Equipment Company was established in 1972 by its chief executive officer, Mark Rosenberg. The Rosenberg family has been in the bakery equipment business since 1911 with the establishment of the Quaker Bakery Equipment Company by Mr. Rosenberg’s grandfather.
Gemini is the largest provider of specialty bread and roll equipment and systems in North America. Headquartered in Philadelphia, PA with two manufacturing plants in Pennsylvania as well. Annual consolidated sales up to $40 million, Gemini employs approximately 125 across all three operations.
About KB Systems
KB Systems provides fully computerized custom designed indoor and outdoor bulk ingredient storage and handling systems.
KB can configure cost effective system solutions for multiple ingredients and multiple delivery points to meet the most demanding applications
Indoor ingredient storage system designs that maximize storage capacity in tight, difficult spaces is KB’s specialty. The indoor flour storage tank takes up less room than the equivalent amount of flour in bags.
KB flour systems reduce sanitation and dumpster usage as a result of no flour bag disposal.
