Dough forming station for a device for forming a dough ring and device for forming a dough ring with a dough forming station of this type

A dough forming station (52) for a device for forming dough ring (40) from a piece of dough, comprising

• a. a roller (54) with
• i. a roller rotational axis (58) and
• ii. a plurality of dough forming inserts (61, 62, 63) arranged on an outer lateral surface (60) of the roller (54),
• b. a punch beam (53), which has a punch beam longitudinal axis (70), with at least one punch (71, 72, 73;
• 103),
• wherein the at least one punch (103) has a stamping portion (92) with a stamping diameter (DS) and an entraining portion (93) with an entraining diameter (DM), the stamping diameter (DS) being smaller than the entraining diameter (DM),
• c. a piece of dough is arranged for forming between the at least one punch (71, 72, 73;
• 103) and the respective dough forming insert (61, 62, 63),
• d. a lifting drive is provided to displace the punch beam (53) with the at least one punch (71, 72, 73;
• 103) along a stroke direction (75) oriented perpendicular to the roller rotational axis (58) such that a portion of dough is stamped out of the piece of dough by the at least one punch and the dough forming insert to form a dough ring,
• e. the roller rotational axis (58) and the punch beam longitudinal axis (70) are oriented parallel to one another,
• f. the plurality of dough forming inserts (61, 62, 63) are arranged about the roller longitudinal axis (58) along a rotational direction (59), and
• g. the piece of dough is arranged on the dough forming insert,
• wherein the dough forming inserts are a plurality of matrix changing inserts.

A device for forming a dough ring (40) from a piece of dough with a dough forming station, comprising

• a. a roller (54) with
• i. a roller rotational axis (58) and
• ii. a plurality of dough forming inserts (61, 62, 63) arranged on an outer lateral surface (60) of the roller (54),
• b. a punch beam (53), which has a punch beam longitudinal axis (70), with at least one punch (71, 72, 73;
• 103),
• wherein the at least one punch (103) has a stamping portion (92) with a stamping diameter (DS)and an entraining portion (93) with an entraining diameter (DM), the stamping diameter (DS) being smaller than the entraining diameter (DM),
• c. a piece of dough is arranged for forming between the at least one punch (71, 72, 73;
• 103) and the respective dough forming insert (61, 62, 63),
• d. a lifting drive is provided to displace the punch beam (53) with the at least one punch (71, 72, 73;
• 103) along a stroke direction (75) oriented perpendicular to the roller rotational axis (58) such that a portion of dough is stamped out of the piece of dough by the at least one punch and the respective dough forming insert to form a dough ring,
• e. the roller rotational axis (58) and the punch beam longitudinal axis (70) are oriented parallel to one another,
• f. the plurality of dough forming inserts (61, 62, 63) are arranged about the roller longitudinal axis (58) along a rotational direction (59), and
• g. the piece of dough is arranged on the respective dough forming insert.