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A method of preparing dough for bread or fancy cakes can be carried out more quickly, precisely and reliably, dispensing with subjective judgements of the dough during and/or after the mixing, in such a manner that the state of the dough is monitored with a measuring probe and that values for the fu

A method of preparing dough for bread or fancy cakes can be carried out more quickly, precisely and reliably, dispensing with subjective judgements of the dough during and/or after the mixing, in such a manner that the state of the dough is monitored with a measuring probe and that values for the further addition of measured amounts of a main constituent such as flour or in particular water are determined from measured values which are obtained at quite specific characteristic measuring moments, in order to obtain an optimum dough which has the required properties in a reproducible manner, regardless of the varying capacity of the flour to absorb water. Apparatus designed for this purpose contains a detecting element to pick up the nature of the material being mixed or the dough and an electrical evaluation device which in turn acts on a proportioning device for the addition of a main constituent of the dough, such as water for example, but can also be used to control or regulate the temperature of the added water the speed of rotation of the tools and further machine parameters.

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Apparatus for mixing dough comprising a mixing vessel receiving dough contituents to be mixed to form a dough product, means operable in said vessel for mixing said dough constituents in said vessel, measuring probe means operable in said vessel to produce a first low frequency signal indicative of

Apparatus for mixing dough comprising a mixing vessel receiving dough contituents to be mixed to form a dough product, means operable in said vessel for mixing said dough constituents in said vessel, measuring probe means operable in said vessel to produce a first low frequency signal indicative of the viscosity of the dough being mixed and a second higher frequency signal indicative of the inhomogeneity of the dough being mixed, monitoring means for monitoring said first and second signals, input means for inputting known desired values of said first and second signals, evaluation means operatively connected between said input means and said monitoring means for comparing said first and second signals with said known desired values and for producing a difference value signal representing the difference between said first and second signals and said known desired values, control means for adding a metered amount of one of said dough constituents to said vessel, said evaluation means being operably connected to said control means such that said control means introduces a metered amount of said one dough constituent to said vessel in response to said difference value signal.