Fortuna wins Iba trophy 2009

German company Fortuna Maschinenbau Holding has won the Innovation Prize “Iba trophy 2009″ at the Iba bakery exhibition in Dusseldorf, Germany.

The jury awarded the prize to the divider and rounder Fortuna Magnus Soft (KI-T), which is equipped with a new dough dividing and moulding system. The machine allows a fully automatic processing of extremely soft doughs with a dough yield of 180 and more, something which has been impossible before with a classical divider and rounder.

A piston”dividing chamber system divides the dough into equal-sized portions of the required weight without adding flour. Afterwards, it is separated from the dividing chambers with the help of a compressed air and oil nozzle system for which a patent application has been filed.

Another key feature is the angular moulding channels that are arranged directly over the conveyor belt so that no concerted transfer of the un-moulded pieces of dough is required. Finally, the dough pieces are placed onto special mould trays for which Fortuna has especially developed a deposition unit. This innovative process, which works without any addition of dust flour was presented in operation for the first time live at the show.

A requirement for the application was that the innovation has only been launched in 2009 and has not been exhibited at any trade fair yet. The award ceremony took place on the 6th of October at the fair stand of the German Bakery Trade Association where the president of the Association, Peter Becker, presented Volker WÔ

¶hrle, Fortuna Managing Board, with the iba trophy 2009.