Ovention Upgrades Drives on Fast Cooking Oven Lines
Recently on its line of Matchbox, Shuttle, MiSA and conveyor ovens, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin’s Ovention, a company owned and operated by foodservice equipment powerhouse Hatco Corporation, was presented with an improved drive technology by its motion control component supplier, Siemens, in tandem with the local distributor, Standard Electric Supply. The goal, according to Ovention Project Design Engineer Tom Dulak, was “to allow us the opportunity to upgrade our drives with a newer technology, one that featured Wi-Fi connectivity for remote testing purposes, a built-in display for field parameter verification as well as a much easier programming operation.”
Ovention ovens are designed to prepare a variety of dishes with recipes based on time, temperature and independent blower control, which offer the end-user maximum cooking control that works great for high volumes. The cooking surface moves into the cavity and is subjected to one of up to 1,000 unique cook settings that can be loaded through a USB port, then shuttled out of the oven. This is all done in a ventless environment which provides a 30% higher yield and consumes a third less energy, according to the manufacturer.