Dough Forming Pressing Plate with Spacers

A method for identifying a spacer thickness, comprising;

• receiving one or more images of a plurality of pressed comestible products from a camera;
• determining one or more diameters of the pressed comestible products that correspond with a first position in a pressing pattern;
• determining an average diameter from the one or more diameters;
• identifying a spacer thickness recommendation for a second position in the pressing pattern, wherein the spacer thickness recommendation is based on a variance between the average diameter and a desired diameter;
• and
• providing the spacer thickness recommendation to a monitor for presentation or to a spacer adjustment module for changing a spacer or a skin in a dough forming apparatus.

A system for monitoring comestible products, the system comprising:

• a monitoring station and one or more storage devices storing instructions that are operable, when executed by the monitoring station, to cause the monitoring station to perform operations comprising:
• receiving one or more images of a plurality of pressed comestible products from a camera;
• determining one or more diameters of the pressed comestible products that correspond with a first position in a pressing pattern;
• determining an average diameter from the one or more diameters;
• identifying a spacer thickness recommendation for a second position in the pressing pattern, wherein the spacer thickness recommendation is based on a variance between the average diameter and a desired diameter;
• and
• providing the spacer thickness recommendation to a monitor for presentation or to a spacer adjustment module for changing a distance between a pressing plate and a skin or for changing a skin in a dough forming apparatus.