Baker Perkins has been chosen to supply equipment for two bread-making lines and a bun and roll system for the southern hemisphere’s largest bakery, being built in Sydney, Australia.

Overall plant control, and the control system (SCADA) for four lines of plant at the new bakery, will also be designed in-house, and supplied by Baker Perkins.

George Weston Foods is building the $135 million bakery and distribution centre at Chullora, in south-west Sydney, which will become the centre for GWF’s New South Wales bread distribution system. It has been dubbed Project Phoenix, after the company’s main bakery in Fairfield, Sydney was destroyed by fire over 18 months ago.

The two new bread production lines will each be capable of producing 8,750 loaves per hour, and the bun line is rated at 40,000 per hour – that’s a total of some 16.5 tons of product, every hour of every day.

George Weston Foods’ choice of Baker Perkins was based on confidence in the latest technology from the world’s largest supplier of industrial scale bakery equipment, know-how and services. This was backed by visits to a number of recently installed plants in the USA and the UK where Baker Perkin’s world leading unit machines have been integrated into sophisticated, high-efficiency systems.

Both bread lines will incorporate Baker Perkins mixing, forming and baking technology. Features include the latest Tweedy PV (Pressure Vacuum) mixing systems which ensure excellent texture and consistency. More than 50 of these machines are at work around the world.

The bun line, from forming through proving, baking with a Lanham conveyorised proof and bake system, to depanning, tray conveying and automatic storage, will also be supplied by Baker Perkins.

Equipment is being sourced from Baker Perkin’s two centres of design, process and project management expertise in the UK and the USA. The company’s operation in Melbourne, Australia, will build some elements of the baking systems locally, and lead the installation and commissioning phase, and provide back-up and service.

The state-of-the-art bread plants will incorporate features such as oven temperature control sensors to enable rapid changeover between a variety products, ranging from the heavier Noble Rise breads to raisin bread and white loaves. GWF brands include Sunblest, Hi Fibre, Noble Rise, Burgen and UP.

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