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A manual for designers and operators on the biscuit oven-baking technology

Table of Contents

1. The Biscuits 2. Baking Process 3. Biscuit Design and Output 4. Heat Transfer 5. Oven Designs 6. Oven Specifications: Hybrid Ovens 7. Oven Construction: Direct Gas-Fired Ovens 8. Oven Construction: Indirect Radiant Ovens 10. Oven Conveyor Bands 11. Oven Conveyor Design 12. Process Control Systems 13. Oven Safety Monitoring and Alarm 14. Oven Operation: Direct Gas-Fired Oven 15. Oven Operation: Indirect Radiant Oven 16. Oven Efficiency 17. Oven Inspection and Audit

APPENDIX 1 Ingredients for biscuits 2 Maintenance 3 Combustion data 4: Oven manufacturers 5: Oven band manufacturers

About the Author

Iain graduated from the School of Industrial Design (Engineering) at Royal College of Art in London in 1965 and joined Baker Perkins Ltd. He was Industrial Design Engineer, working in the Technical Department on the design of new biscuit, bakery and candy processing.

In 1990 Iain was appointed Regional Manager Asia Pacific for Baker Perkins and re-located to Indonesia and later to China. In 2000 Iain established his own company in Indonesia, PT Baker Pacific Mandiri. The company provided consultancy in the area of process technology and machinery for the biscuit, chocolate and candy industries, establishing a manufacturing capability for biscuit ovens and manufactured ovens in China, India and Indonesia.

During recent years, Iain has provided training programs for technical staff in biscuit bakeries, both courses presented on site and also provision of presentation materials for in house programs. Iain is the author of three books published by Elsevier.