Exact Mixing, a leading supplier of advanced bakery equipment, has spent the past three decades helping bakeries around the world modernize their production lines with advanced continuous mixing technology. Yet many in the industry still rely on traditional batch mixing, a method that, while once standard, now struggles to keep up with today’s high-volume demands.
In batch mixing, each cycle requires loading, mixing, unloading, and cleaning, leaving equipment idle while the dough sits waiting. These pauses create problems:
- Inconsistent quality – dough temperature, hydration, and gluten structure fluctuate between batches.
- Lost time – stop-and-go cycles slow throughput, especially at high volumes.
- Rising costs – more labor is needed to handle measuring, loading, and cleaning.
- Increased waste – off-spec dough and ingredient overuse cut into profits.
For bakeries trying to scale production, batch mixing often becomes the choke point that prevents growth.
The Solution: Continuous Mixing at Scale
Exact Mixing, a global supplier of production line mixing equipment, eliminates those bottlenecks with fully automated continuous mixing systems. Instead of producing dough in discrete batches, continuous mixers meter ingredients in precise amounts, blend them in multiple controlled stages, and deliver a nonstop stream of dough directly to forming equipment.
Key innovations that set Exact Mixing apart include:
- Loss-in-weight ingredient metering for ±0.25% accuracy – Precise control over flour, water, yeast, fats, and minor ingredients ensures uniform dough quality and prevents costly overuse.
- Multi-stage mixing zones for incorporation, development, and inclusions – Ingredients are introduced at the right time, in the correct sequence, so gluten develops properly and inclusions like seeds, nuts, or chocolate chips remain intact.
- Continuous temperature and hydration control – Automated adjustments account for flour variability, ambient humidity, and process heat, keeping dough within exact tolerances from start to finish.
- Hygienic stainless-steel construction with clean-in-place (CIP) options – Designed for modern sanitation standards, mixers can be cleaned quickly and thoroughly with minimal labor.
- Integration with complete production lines, including sheeters, depositors, proofers, and ovens – Continuous mixers are engineered to match downstream capacity, ensuring dough feeds directly into the next step without creating bottlenecks.
- Scalable capacities from 100 kg/hr to 20,000+ kg/hr – Whether you’re running a regional bakery or a global operation, Exact Mixing has models sized for your needs today and designed to expand as demand grows.
Exact Mixing’s continuous mixer models cover every dough type:
- EX Continuous Mixer – stiff, low-absorption doughs like crackers, pretzels, bread snacks.
- HDX Continuous Mixer – high-absorption doughs like buns, pan breads, rolls.
- MX Continuous Mixer – high-fat or inclusion-heavy doughs like cookies, icings, batters.
- LDX Continuous Mixer – two-stage mixing for products like cookies needing creme-up before flour addition.
- FX Continuous Mixer – low-moisture powder blends like fabricated potato chips, rice- or corn-based snacks.
The Result: Efficiency, Quality, and Growth
Industrial bakeries that switch to continuous mixing see immediate, measurable gains:
- Higher throughput – no downtime between loads means mixers never sit idle.
- Lower costs – one operator can oversee high-speed production with minimal manual intervention.
- Better product quality – every kilogram of dough has uniform hydration, texture, and temperature.
- Reduced waste – no more off-spec dough or ingredient overuse.
- Greater scalability – output can multiply without doubling equipment or staff.
Exact Mixing supports every system with technical training, remote troubleshooting, and rapid-response parts replacement, ensuring bakeries stay up and running even under the most demanding schedules.
Exact Mixing: Powering the Future of Production
For bakeries aiming to compete in high-volume markets, finding the right production line equipment supplier is the first step. Contact Exact Mixing to get started today.
