Case Studies

The Client:

A leading UK bakery equipment manufacturer.

The Brief:

An oven controller enabling supermarkets to produce consistent baking results throughout their stores without the need for skilled supervision.

The Solution:

A state-of-the-art oven control system based on extensive R&D effort, with an easy-to-use graphical user interface and powerful energy-saving features.

The customer walking into a supermarket or bakery chain expects the products they buy to be the same whether the store is in London, Swansea or the Isle of Skye. Achieving this cost-effectively requires a highly automated system that allows the baking activity to be performed by unskilled operators.

Toucan’s Rainbow controller system set the standard when it was introduced in 2002, and the Rainbow 2 ‘Ecotouch’ release in 2010 extended these features with the latest state-of-the-art capabilities:

Colour touch-screen controller with a user-friendly graphical interface
Storage for up to 240 multi-stage bake programmes in up to 12 different categories
Voice prompt providing clear verbal instructions to the operator
24/7 timer allowing precise control of pre-bake and baking cycles across the entire working week
Diagnostics tool providing clear visual reports on oven performance and status
USB or Ethernet update allowing easy upload of new recipes, software updates or graphical and sound designs
Sleep mode when idle, reducing energy consumption by up to 66%
Auto-shutdown after extended idle periods to further reduce energy loss.