Sagar Bodkhe

GET Britannia Industries Limited

PITCH OF THE BISCUIT PATTERN IN OVEN BAND

R1

,
N1

d
P
Let,

P1 be the pitch between cups in moulder/cutter.

R1 , N1 , 1 be the Radius, RPM & angular velocity of the Moulder/Cutter
respectively.
n be the number of cups in cutter/roller (in one row)
be the angular velocity and N1 be the RPM of the moulder/cutter.
P2 be the pitch at the extraction web.
d be the transverse distance between the biscuits/cups.
r be the radius of the cups.

v c ,N , be the Linear velocity RPM & angular velocity of the

2
2
extraction/cutting web respectively.
R2 the radius of rubber roller driving the conveyer.
f be the frequency of motor driving the rubber roller of the conveyer.
Pw be the pitch at the wire band.
Pitch at cutter/moulder:

P1=

2 R1
n
Time interval between two consecutive drops:

t=

P1
60 P 1
=
1 R1 2 N 1 R1

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Pitch at the conveyer:

Sagar Bodkhe
GET Britannia Industries Limited

Conveyer velocity

v c =R 2 2=R2

2 N2
60

Putting the values in the equation for P2

P 2=

2 R2 N 2
n N1

From the above expression it can be seen that :

1. As RPM of the extraction band increases pitch increases.
2. As RPM of the moulder/cutter increases pitch decreases.
Pitch changes as dough pieces are transferred from one conveyer to
another, the change in pitch can be calculates as :
Change in pitch due to transfer from extraction/cutting web to wire band

P=

P1
v
v1
where,

is change in pitch , v

is change in velocity , P1 is input pitch &

v1

is input

velocity.

Void % area relation to pitch and the cup radius

Void Space=

Pd(2 r 2 )
Pd

General relation to calculate RPM and linear velocity of conveyer when motor frequency
(f), number of poles in motor (n), gear box ratio (i) ,driving roller radius (r) is known.
Parameter

Motor shaft output RPM (N1)

Equation

120

f
n

Gear Box output RPM (N2)

(for rollers coupled directly to gear box this is the
speed of the roller)
(If roller not directly coupled to the gearbox output
then final Net reduction gear ratio (i) considering
all gears/sprockets in the drive train should be
used)

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Linear velocity of conveyer (V)

N1
i
N2 r
30