The present disclosure is directed to rotary molded products and methods of making rotary molded products. Methods of making rotary molded products include combining a reduced-fat dough with a fat to make a dough with the ability to be used in a novel array of rotary molded shapes. Dough pieces and cooked rotary molded products having novel features and dimensions are also provided.

A cartridge assembly (3) of a 3D printer system for printing a plastic substance, such as a dough, comprises a refillable cartridge (31) and a punch-fill adapter (32) having a circumferential cutting edge (26) and being provided with a punch-fill connector (24) to form a manually releasable interconnection between the cartridge and the punch-fill adapter. When said interconnection is effective, the cartridge assembly is effective as a manual tool for punching, by means of said circumferential cutting edge, punched slices out of a supply slice of said plastic substance, and thereby for automatically inserting said punched slices into the inner space of the cartridge. Thanks to this punch-fill connector the manual (re)filling of the cartridge can be performed more easily and more reliably.

A cartridge assembly (3) of a 3D printer system for printing a plastic substance, such as a dough, comprises a refillable cartridge (31) and a punch-fill adapter (32) having a circumferential cutting edge (26) and being provided with a punch-fill connector (24) to form a manually releasable interconnection between the cartridge and the punch-fill adapter. When said interconnection is effective, the cartridge assembly is effective as a manual tool for punching, by means of said circumferential cutting edge, punched slices out of a supply slice of said plastic substance, and thereby for automatically inserting said punched slices into the inner space of the cartridge. Thanks to this punch-fill connector the manual (re)filling of the cartridge can be performed more easily and more reliably.

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for using a continuous conveyor belt. One of the systems includes a conveyor belt adapted to move a plurality of comestibles and having i) a first edge, ii) a second edge opposite the first edge, iii) a first row of apertures that is substantially parallel to the first edge, and iv) a second row of apertures that is substantially parallel to the second edge.

A device, system, and method for pizza dough shaping having a main housing 205; main drive 210; turntable 215 that holds the pan for rotation; clamping system 220 positioning the pan concentrically on the turntable 215 and holding it securely during spinning; forming ring 225 working with ram 230; and ram drive 235; wherein the device operation includes placing a dough ball roughly centered on the pan 1305; placing the pan onto turntable 1310; initiating start 1315; clamps engaging and centering pan on turntable 1320; forming ring lowering and surrounding dough ball 1325; ram lowering and pressing dough ball into a pancake that is accurately round and of uniform thickness 1330; readying to spin 1335; spinning ramp-up 1340; sustaining 1345; and ramping down 1350 through preselected profiles for uniform results, whereby the dough ball is formed into a finished pizza crust disk in approximately 30 seconds.

A dough line, comprising at least one conveyor for transporting elongated dough pieces in a direction of conveyance, a first and a second contact surface extending in the direction of conveyance arranged above the conveyor that curls up a dough piece conveyed underneath into a cylindrical shape, and a moulding unit for moulding the curled up dough piece, compressing the dough piece in an axial direction, wherein the first contact surface is configured for exerting a force onto a leading edge of the dough piece with at least a component in a direction opposite to the direction of conveyance and subsequently curling up the dough piece over a part of its length, and the second contact surface is configured for engaging the dough piece at an outer lateral surface of the part already curled up by the first contact surface substantially tangentially with respect to the direction of conveyance.

A dough piece mold is configured to receive at least one dough piece during a fermentation and baking process. The dough piece mold has at least one machine readable identification label with a ceramic-based carrier, containing identification data, which include mold type data and unambiguous individualization data for the respective dough piece mold. A dough processing installation can be used to perform a dough processing method using a plurality of such dough piece molds.

A dough piece mold is configured to receive at least one dough piece during a fermentation and baking process. The dough piece mold has at least one machine readable identification label with a ceramic-based carrier, containing identification data, which include mold type data and unambiguous individualization data for the respective dough piece mold. A dough processing installation can be used to perform a dough processing method using a plurality of such dough piece molds.

A rotary molding system configured to mold food products includes a fill plate through which food product is configured to pass, a cylindrical rotatable drum having mold cavities into which the food product is configured to be deposited, and a platen mounted within the drum. The platen has a plurality of passageways configured to be in communication with the mold cavities. Drum roller supports and rollers are provided on the platen. The extends partially outwardly from the platen and are in contact with the drum.

A movable forming device (10) to fold a dough piece (P) by moving one end (PS) of the dough piece (P) onto the other end (PT) of the dough piece includes at least one suction tool (23) which holds the one end of the dough piece by suctioning and lifting the one end from its upside, and a supporting tool (33) including a support part (33a) which is movable below the suction tool. The one end of the dough piece is grasped between the suction tool and the supporting part by bringing the suction tool and the supporting part closer to each other.