Patent ID: 6883954

Claim:
A dough treatment facility ( 1 ), comprising a dough feeder ( 2 ); a dough metering device ( 5 , 22 to 27 ), which comprises at least one delivery piston ( 5 ) which presses dough into at least one metering chamber ( 23 ), at least one drive mechanism ( 6 to 21 ) for the delivery piston ( 5 ); a dough kneading device ( 37 ); a transfer device ( 36 ) which transfers a metered dough piece ( 35 ) from the dough metering device ( 5 , 23 to 27 ) to the dough kneading device ( 37 ); and a dough discharge device ( 6 ); wherein at least one drive component ( 11 ) of the drive mechanism ( 6 to 21 ) for the delivery piston ( 5 ) comprises a load sensing device ( 13 ) which is disposed for measuring the load by which the delivery piston ( 5 ), when pressing the dough, acts on the dough.