Industrial dough sheeter for a bakery
We imported an industrial stainless-steel dough sheeter from China for a bakery in Chiloé, with a running test at origin and export packing for sea freight.
Industry: Bakery
Results
Food-grade stainless-steel (SUS 304) dough sheeter
Running test at the factory before dispatch
Export packing and cargo consolidation in China
0% import duty under the Chile–China free trade agreement
Delivered to the bakery in Castro, Chiloé
From a factory in central China to an island in southern Chile.
The client
The client is a bakery in Castro, on the Big Island of Chiloé. Its daily output depended on the availability of its bakers, and every absence directly cut the day's production. To reduce that dependence and secure operational continuity, the bakery needed to mechanise dough sheeting with an industrial sheeter: the equipment that rolls and thins the dough between rollers before shaping.
The machine
| Specifications | |
|---|---|
| Equipment | Industrial roller dough sheeter |
| Material | SUS 304 food-grade stainless steel |
| Capacity | 15 to 20 kg of dough per batch |
| Roller | 485 mm |
| Motor | 4 kW, three-phase 380 V |
How we brought it
- Specifications in writing. Before paying, we confirmed the material, capacity, dimensions and electrical connection with the supplier.
- A supplier in Henan. We bought it from a supplier in Henan province, in central China.
- Test before dispatch. The supplier filmed the machine running at the factory so we could check it remotely before it left.
- Export packing. Closed rigid packing, suitable for sea freight.
- Cargo consolidation. The package entered the consolidation warehouse in China, labelled with our name, and shipped to Chile from there.
- Customs and delivery. We cleared it with 0% duty and the machine continued on to Castro.
What we apply since this case
- Port prices. This sheeter was quoted ex-factory, in an inland Chinese city. Now we always ask for an FOB port price (Ningbo, Shanghai or Shenzhen), so the supplier covers the transport inside China.
- Every motor checked. A machine rarely has just one motor. Before paying, we ask for the voltage and protection of each one, so it arrives ready for the Chilean power grid.
From order to delivery
Running test at the factory
Recorded by the supplier at the factory, before dispatch.
The sheeter at the factory 
Wrapped in film for the trip 
Control panel 
Export packing 
Package sealed, ready for dispatch 
At the consolidation warehouse in China, under Felipe Alarcón's name