Horizontal Dough Mixer

A horizontal dough mixer is the first and most critical machine in a biscuit production line, blending flour, sugar, oil, water and additives into a uniform, well-developed dough.

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Product Overview

Wanttone’s industrial horizontal dough mixer kneads, rolls and folds the dough so that its surface becomes smooth with excellent elasticity, toughness and extensibility — the exact dough condition required for downstream sheeting, laminating and rotary moulding. With batch capacities from 75 kg to 1,000 kg, a fully welded 304 stainless steel U-shaped barrel and dual-speed frequency control, it handles both hard biscuit dough and soft, high-fat biscuit dough with equal reliability.

Open horizontal mixing chamber showing the mixing blades
Open mixing chamber
Control panel and status indicators on the horizontal dough mixer
Mixer controls

Capabilities & Applications

Key Features

  • Food-Grade Hygienic Construction

    The mixing barrel, shaft and paddles are all made of 304 stainless steel, with a seamless welded monolithic barrel that leaves no sanitary dead corners and allows fast, thorough wash-down between batches.

  • Dual-Speed Mixing with Frequency Control

    Variable working speeds (typically 20–40 r/min) let operators adapt mixing intensity to each recipe, from gentle blending of soft dough to powerful kneading of hard dough.

  • Sealed Bearing Design

    Premium sealed bearings (Japanese-brand options available) prevent grease leakage and dough contamination, protecting both product safety and bearing service life.

  • U-Shaped Insulated Barrel

    The U-barrel with a fixed lid and single-side flipping discharge ensures even mixing, safe operation and lower energy consumption; extra feeding ports can be added on request.

  • PLC Automatic Control

    Recipe-based automatic control of mixing time and speed reduces dependence on operator skill and keeps dough quality consistent batch after batch.

  • Heavy-Duty Drive for Continuous Duty

    Main motors from 7.5 kW to 45 kW with hydraulic or motor-driven discharge cylinders are engineered for 24/7 industrial production.

Applications

  • The horizontal dough mixer is the standard dough preparation solution for hard biscuits, soft biscuits, soda crackers, cookies and sandwich biscuits. It processes wheat flour dough, high-gluten dough, high-fat short dough and dough with yeast or chemical leavening. In a complete line, it sits upstream of the dough feeding system, three-roll sheeter, laminator, gauge rolls, rotary cutter or rotary moulder, and ultimately the tunnel oven — dough quality from the mixer directly determines forming stability and final biscuit texture.

A Defined Role in the Line

  1. Upstream Requirements

    Confirm the incoming material or product condition, target throughput, infeed height and available utilities.

  2. Core Machine Function

    A horizontal dough mixer is the first and most critical machine in a biscuit production line, blending flour, sugar, oil, water and additives into a uniform, well-developed dough.

  3. Downstream Integration

    Match discharge height, line speed, control signals, guarding and cleaning access with the next operation.

Specifications & Configuration

Technical Parameters for Horizontal Dough Mixer
ModelBatch CapacityBarrel VolumeMain MotorMixing Speed
WH10075 kg/batch~150 L7.5 kWVariable frequency
WH250200–250 kg/batch~450 L15–22 kW20–40 r/min
WH400400 kg/batch~730 L30–37 kW20–40 r/min
WH600600 kg/batch~1,065 L37–45 kWVariable frequency
WH10001,000 kg/batchCustomizableCustomizableVariable frequency

Power supply typically 380 V/50 Hz, three-phase; other voltages available on request. All parameters can be customized to your recipe and capacity requirements.

The Wanttone Difference

Wanttone is not just an equipment builder — we are a biscuit manufacturer ourselves. Our predecessor, Yangjiang Biscuit Equipment General Factory, began developing automated biscuit machinery in 1981, and today Guangdong Wanttone Food Co., Ltd. runs its own biscuit production using the same machines we sell. That means every horizontal dough mixer we deliver has been validated under real production conditions, with dough recipes and mixing curves refined over four decades. Backed by ISO 9001 quality management, our in-house Foodstuff Machinery Research Institute and a one-stop service system covering factory design, installation, commissioning, operator training and lifetime after-sales support, Wanttone gives you a dough mixing solution proven by makers, not just drawings.

Frequently Asked Questions

What capacity horizontal dough mixer should I choose for my biscuit line?

Match batch capacity to your line output and mixing cycle time. As a rule of thumb, a 250 kg mixer suits lines around 100–250 kg/h, while 400–600 kg mixers serve lines of 500 kg/h and above. Our engineers will calculate the correct size based on your target capacity, dough resting time and number of batches per hour.

Is the mixer suitable for both hard and soft biscuit dough?

Yes. The dual-speed frequency-controlled drive handles stiff, low-moisture hard dough as well as high-fat, high-sugar soft dough.

What materials contact the dough, and how is hygiene ensured?

All product-contact parts — barrel, shaft, paddles and discharge chute — are 304 stainless steel with polished, weld-free-contact surfaces and no dead corners, meeting food-grade hygiene requirements and enabling fast cleaning.

Can the mixer connect with my existing feeding and forming equipment?

Yes. We design the discharge height, flipping direction and control signals to integrate with dough feeding hoppers, tilting machines, conveyors and sheeters from Wanttone or third parties. Feeding ports for flour, water, oil and additives can be customized.

What about spare parts and maintenance support?

We supply a recommended spare-parts list with each machine and stock wear parts such as seals and paddles. Skilled technicians are regularly dispatched for overseas installation, maintenance guidance and operator training, with lifetime after-sales service.