Why Bakeries Choose the Gough Batch Sieve

Every great loaf starts with clean, free-flowing flour. Here is why bakeries across the UK trust the Gough Batch Sieve to deliver it.

In a busy bakery, the problems that show up at the mixer often start at the bag. Lumps, bag debris, string, paper and the occasional foreign body all arrive with raw ingredients. If they are not removed before mixing, the result is inconsistent dough, rejected batches and uncomfortable questions at audit time.

Sieving is the simplest, most reliable safeguard a bakery can install. And when it comes to sieving, the Gough Batch Sieve (GBS) has been designed with bakers in mind: built to last, manufactured in the UK and configured around the way your bakery works.

The Gough Batch Sieve GBS550 on a mobile support stand with quick-release clamps.

Simple, compact and built for the bakery floor

The Gough Batch Sieve is a compact vibratory sieve that removes lumps, conglomerated material, large contaminants and bag debris by particle size. At the same time it aerates the flour, giving you a lighter, more consistent ingredient going into the mix.

A single sealed, energy-efficient vibratory motor drives a smooth vibration that moves product steadily across the screen. Good product passes through; oversize material stays on top for easy removal. The design is especially low in height, so it fits where space is tight and makes bag tipping easier on operators.

Exploded view: hood ring, mesh screen and vibratory base come apart in minutes for cleaning.

High quality, inside and out

Quality in a sieve is about more than the mesh. It is about how the machine performs on shift after shift, how easy it is to clean, and how well it protects your people and your product.

• Stainless steel mesh in a range of grades, either drop-in or integrated into the deck, with perforated plate options.
• Quick-release clamps so screens and the machine can be stripped down and cleaned fast, without tools.
• Minimal maintenance thanks to a simple, robust design with very little to go wrong.
• Dust control built in with flexible connectors, a fixed or pivoting hood, and optional integrated extraction and filtration.
• Ferrous metal removal with an optional removable underslung drawer magnet.
• Ultrasonic de-blinding options to keep fine meshes flowing.
• ATEX Zone 21 and 22 compliant motors for dusty environments.
• Shorter lead times and no waiting on overseas shipping.
• Spares and replacement meshes held and made here, with a sieve remeshing service to keep your screens in specification.
• Engineers who can visit site for surveys, installation, commissioning and servicing.
• One team responsible for design, manufacture, installation and after-sales support.
• Mesh size matched to your product, from 30 microns up to 12 mm.
• Mounting on your own workspace, a fixed Gough support stand, or a mobile stand with castors.
• Rip & Tip stations with a bag rest for 25 kg sacks, grip steps and handrails, ideal for manual debagging.
• Hood options including gas-strut tipping hoods that open easily and keep dust contained.
• Integration with Floveyor aero-mechanical conveyors, vacuum conveying, vibratory feeders and metal detection, so sieved flour goes straight to where it is needed.
• EV dust extraction points or our own uniquely integrated extraction cabinet.
• Operator specific requirements can be met with our design team.

Dust matters in a bakery. The UK Health and Safety Executive classes flour dust as hazardous, and occupational asthma rates among bakers are among the highest of any occupation. A properly enclosed and extracted sieve is one of the most effective ways to keep that dust out of the air.

Rip & Tip station with a GBS 850 and fully integrated dust extraction.

Made in the UK since 1940

Gough Engineering has been designing and manufacturing sieving, separating and material handling equipment in the UK for more than 80 years. Every Gough Batch Sieve is built at our works in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire.

Buying British means more than a label on the machine:

A Batch Sieve Rip & Tip station with access steps and handrails, built for Village Bakery.

Designed to your specification

No two bakeries handle ingredients the same way, so we don't sell a one-size-fits-all sieve. We start with your process, your ingredients and your floor space, then configure the Batch Sieve around them.

Case study: a food manufacturer in Wales. Gough designed a bespoke sieve with a 1 mm aperture stainless steel frame, FDA-compliant bonding materials, a protective hood, a frame for the collection bin, discharge spouts fitted to the existing system, an appropriately rated magnet and quick-release clamps for fast cleaning. The result was a safer sieving process, easier cleaning and consistently high-quality product.

A bakery sieving station with tipping hood and built-in extraction unit.

Not sure what you need? Our in-house trials facility lets you test your own ingredients before you buy, and we offer a free two-week machine hire.

Sieving and Elevation 

Not OK, so you have sieved your flour or bakery ingredients, how do you lift the material up into the mixer? Hand collection bins, working at height. Gough can provide  unique solutions using vacuum or aero-mechanical solutions to automatically integrate with the sieve and elevate the material up into the mixers or packing lines. Here's an example delivered to customer in the UK for cleaner environments and safer manual handling - notice the hood is coupled to an LEV de-dusting system.

What it means for your bakery

Talk to a Gough engineer

Whether you run a craft bakery or a high-volume plant, we'll help you specify a Batch Sieve that fits your process. Try it with your own ingredients in our trials facility, or take advantage of our free two-week machine hire.

Call +44 (0) 1782 567770 or email contact@goughengineering.com requesting information.

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