We have all heard of big data, but what about big baking? Australia's breadmaking industry is as strong as its grain production. Unlike local bakeries, large-scale baking operations require larger ovens and mixers that spin for a long time to make bread dough.

Juha Chandran stated that these machines present CBC with interesting challenges. With more than 32 years of engineering background, it can be said that Juha has not "surpassed his wheat" as the main contact for several of the largest bakeries in CBC Regency Park, Adelaide, Australia. Juha has more than 22 years of professional career and has been dedicated to providing sales and engineering solutions to major bakery customers.

"Large bread manufacturers often come to us with a fairly extensive shopping list. For them, we are a one-stop shop for power transmission everything-chains, belts, sprockets, gearboxes, motors, bearings and seals Solution," he said. "The commodity bread products produced by many of our customers will continue to be supplied to well-known food chain stores across the country, so we recognize that for our customers, machine maintenance is critical to the quality of their final products."

According to Juha, his main goal for these customers is simple: extend the service life of bakery machines to help them simplify bread production. "All machines in the bakery need bearings. As a bearing business, this is very suitable for our CBC engineering team."

Three years ago, a major bakery manufacturer encountered a persistent problem, and their mixing center failed after only about 2-3 months of operation.

“At any given time, the mixer on the mixer hub usually contains about 20-30 kilograms of dough mixture, and this operation usually runs 24 hours a day. This puts a lot of pressure on the machine,” Juha said. "In addition, the mixer also needs to comply with the standard sanitary operations performed by maintenance workers on a regular basis, which puts further stress on the components exposed to water and detergents."

After each shift, the workers in the customer's bakery will use an electric washing machine to disinfect the mixer hub, which causes corrosion of the bearing housing on the equipment. Although strong cleaning cycles are necessary, they cause them to malfunction and eventually collapse under the pressure of continuous use.

The customer brought a unit for the CBC engineering service team to view. The team disassembled the agitator unit at the CBC warehouse. After careful inspection, Juha found that water penetrated into the bearing hub through the seal assembly and injected moisture into the bearing cavity, effectively destroying the entire system.

To read the full text, click here.