NL2035545B1 - Tool, apparatus and method for stamping dough portions - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method and a stamping tool for embossing, imprinting, cutting or stamping dough portions, and an apparatus comprising such a stamping tool. The stamping tool comprising a stamping member is connected 5 a the main body. The stamping member comprises a stamping side which is configured for facing a dough portion. The stamping member is configured to be brought into engagement with the dough portion by pushing the stamping member into and/or against the dough portions. The stamping side of the 10 stamping member comprises a pervious part, and the stamping tool comprises a supply conduit configured for supplying a pressurized fluid to the pervious part at a side of the stamping member facing away from the stamping side, wherein the pervious part is configured to pass said.pressurized fluid 15 from the supply conduit to a surface of pervious part of the stamping member at the stamping side.
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Tool, apparatus and method for stamping dough portions
The invention relates to a tool, apparatus and method for stamping dough portions.
Traditional dough products, such as braided bread, braided bread rolls, braided brioche, knotted rolls, Kaiser rolls, etc., are commonly prepared by braiding, twisting, rolling up, or combining smaller dough pieces or strands of dough together. Performing the traditional preparation methods for such dough product are relatively complicated for a machine, and are unsuitable for an industrial, high-volume bakery production environment.
Instead of using the traditional braiding of dough for manufacturing such traditional dough products, in industrial production environment often only the outward appearance of such traditional dough products is replicated using a suitable shaping tool or stamping tool for embossing, impressing and/or cutting a portion of dough.
With respect to dough processing, ‘stamping’ comprises a method of embossing, impressing or cutting patterns into a dough piece with a stamping or punching tool by moving the stamping or punching tool to the dough pieces for the purpose of stamping. The change in form and shape may on the one hand reproduce the outward appearance of traditional dough products, and/or may on the other hand serve to decorate the dough product.
Devices for stamping dough pieces are, for example, known from US 2021/0352918 and EP 1183950. The known devices are provided with a stamping tool which comprises a blunt or sharp stamp for impressing or cutting patterns into the dough pieces. The stamping tool is provided with a down-holder or stripper plate that is brought into contact with the upper side of the dough piece and serves to fix the dough piece on the support when the stamping tool is withdrawn from the dough piece.
Although it is known to configure the down-holder or stripper plate for easily and gently fixing the dough pieces on the support, the down-holder or stripper plate is brought into contact with the upper side of the dough piece, which may influence the shape and appearance of the upper side of the dough piece.
On the one hand, the down-holder or stripper plate can be used to provide a desired pattern or shape to the upper side of the dough piece. However, for some applications, a pushing on the upper side of the dough pieces and a resulting change of the shape and appearance of the upper side, is undesirable.
It is an object of the present invention to at least partially solve the above identified disadvantage and/or to provide an alternative stamping tool and method for embossing, impressing or cutting dough pieces.
According to a first aspect, the present invention provides a stamping tool for stamping dough portions, wherein the stamping tool comprising a main body and a stamping member, wherein stamping member is connected to the main body, and wherein the stamping member comprises a stamping side which is configured for in use facing a dough portion, wherein the stamping member is configured to be brought into contact with a dough portion, for, in use, embossing, impressing or cutting the dough portion by pushing the stamping member into and/or against the dough portions, wherein the stamping side of the stamping member comprises a pervious part, and wherein the stamping tool comprises a supply conduit configured for supplying a pressurized fluid to the pervious part at a side of the stamping member facing away from the stamping side, wherein the pervious part is configured to pass said pressurized fluid from the supply conduit to a surface of the pervious part of the stamping member at the stamping side.
The stamping tool according to the invention is configured to use the pressurized fluid to at least substantially keep the dough portions on or in their support when the stamping member is withdrawn from the dough portions, after the stamping member has been brought info engagement with the dough portion. Accordingly, a dedicated down-holder or stripping plate is not necessary in the stamping tool of the present invention, and can be omitted.
It is noted that in this application, the word ‘pervious’ means ‘giving passage’ or ‘admitting the passage of a fluid’. As such, the pervious part of the stamping tool of the invention is configured for admitting the passage of the pressurized fluid from the supply conduit to the stamping side facing surface, also denoted as the outward facing surface, of the pervious part.
In an embodiment, the pervious part comprises an arrangement of passages which are in fluid communication with the supply conduit and which debouch in openings at the stamping side surface of the pervious part of the stamping member. The arrangement of openings in the pervious part may be a regular arrangement, for example in rows and/or columns.
The openings are preferably configured to at least substantially prevent that dough enters said openings.
Preferably a diameter of said openings is smaller than 1 mm, more preferably smaller than 0,3 mm.
In a preferred embodiment, the pervious part comprises a pervious porous material, preferably comprising one or more of a ceramic with a porous structure of intercommunicating pores, a sintered material comprising a porous structure of intercommunicating pores, such as sintered metal powder, and a three-dimensional printed material comprising a porous structure of intercommunicating pores.
The pervious porous material comprises a material with intercommunicating pores which allow a fluid to flow form one side of the material to an opposite second side of the material. When using a pervious porous material for the pervious part, the arrangement of openings in the pervious part is usually an irregular arrangement having openings with irregular diameters and/or shapes, and the voids in the porous material and/or the porosity should be large enough to allow the fluid to flow through the porous material from the supply conduit to the stamping side facing surface of the pervious part. The use of a pervious porous structure provides a more uniform distribution of the pressurized fluid, such as compressed air, over the area of the pervious porous parts of the wall of said cup. Accordingly the pushing force for pushing the portioned dough portion out of the portioning cup and receiving chamber is also more uniformly distributed over the area of the pervious porous parts of the wall of said cup, which provides a more evenly distributed pushing force against the dough portion.
In an embodiment, the pervious part covers at least a part of the stamping member that is configured to come into contact with the dough during the stamping step, preferably the pervious part is larger than the part of the stamping member that is configured to come into contact with the dough during the stamping step. Accordingly, the pressurized fluid can be distributed over substantially the complete surface of the part of the stamping member that is configured to come into contact with the dough during the stamping step, and can provide an even release of the dough, substantially over the whole surface of said part of the stamping member, away from the stamping tool after the dough portion has been provided with the desired shape.
In an embodiment, the pervious part is configured 5 to provide a non-stick surface facing outward of the stamping member. Accordingly, in addition to its function for keeping the dough portions on or in their support when the stamping member is withdrawn from the dough portions, the pervious part also provides, in use, a non-stick surface as, for example, described in more detail in WO 2019/066659 of the same applicant, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Due to the non-stick surface, the stamping member can easily been removed from the dough portion substantially without the dough sticking to the stamping member.
In an embodiment, the stamping member comprises a shaping edge at a side of the stamping member which faces away from the main body, wherein at least the shaping edge of the stamping member comprises the pervious part, preferably wherein the pervious part of the shaping edge is configured to provide the non-stick surface. It is noted, that term ‘shaping edge’ according to the present invention relates to a structure which enable to make an opening or incision in a surface of a portion of dough, in particular a dough comprising a leavening agent before or after a leavening or proofing step. Accordingly, the stamping edge does not need to be highly sharp, inter alia because dough, in particular dough for the preparation of bread products, is substantially a viscoelastic material in which it is possible to produce an opening or incision with a blunt, unsharp or even rounded tool. Accordingly, the shaping edge with the non-stick surface of this embodiment allows an easy and clean removal of the shaping edge out of the dough portion.
In an embodiment, the supply conduit is arranged at least partially inside said stamping tool. Accordingly, the supply conduit does not interfere with the external shape of the stamping tool and thereby this embodiment provides more freedom in designing and obtaining a desired shape of the forming tool for embossing, imprinting, cutting and/or stamping a dough portion to correspond to an external shape of a traditional dough product.
In an embodiment, at least said stamping member is integrally formed using a three-dimensional printing process, preferably wherein the main body and the stamping member are integrally formed using a three-dimensional printing process.
In addition or alternatively, in an embodiment, at least a part of the supply conduit is integrally formed with the stamping member and/or the stamping tool. It is noted that such integral design of a stamping member and/or a stamping tool with pervious parts and an internal supply conduit for supplying said pressurized fluid to the pervious parts is preferably manufactured using a three-dimensional printing method, such as powder bed printing as described in more detail in WO 2019/066659. Preferably the pressurized fluid comprises a gas, preferably a compressed gas or compressed air. When using a compressed gas or compressed air, said compressed gas or air can suitably be used to provide a driving force for pushing the dough away from the stamping tool after the dough portion has been provided with the desired shape by embossing, imprinting, cutting and/or stamping. In addition, the compressed gas or compressed air in combination with a suitable porous pervious material, as for example the non-stick porous pervious material produced by metal powder bed 3D printing using suitable printer settings as described in more detail in WO 2019/066659, provides a pervious part from which dough can easily release.
According to a second aspect, the present invention provides an apparatus for stamping dough portions, wherein the apparatus comprises: a support surface for supporting a dough portion or wherein the apparatus is configured for receiving a product carrier with a support surface for supporting a dough portion, a tool carrier which is configured for holding a stamping tool according to any one of the claims 1 - 9,
: wherein the tool carrier is configured to move the stamping tool relative to the support surface in at least a direction towards and away from the support surface during a stamping step which is configured to change the shape and/or the appearance of the dough portion by embossing, imprinting, cutting and/or stamping, a fluid supply device, wherein the fluid supply device is connected to the supply conduit of the stamping tool, wherein the fluid supply device is configured for providing pressurized fluid to the pervious parts of the stamping member at least during a part of the stamping step.
It is noted that the apparatus of the present invention and the embodiments thereof, solves the same problems and provides the same advantages as the stamping tool as described above. In order to keep the dough portions on or in their support when the stamping member is withdrawn from the dough portions, the fluid supply is preferably configured to at least provide the pressurized fluid at the start of or during the movement of the stamping tool in the direction away from the support surface.
In an embodiment, the apparatus further comprises a positioning unit which is operable to detect at least a position of the dough portion, and wherein the tool carrier is configured to position the stamping tool at a desired position above the dough portion, at least prior to the stamping step. Accordingly, the apparatus comprises means to ensure a correct position of the stamping tool with respect to the to be stamped dough portion, and thereby can ensure the correct position of the stamped feature(s) on or in the dough portion.
In an embodiment, the apparatus further comprises a control member which is configured to activate the fluid supply device, to control the pressure of the pressurized fluid, and/or to control the movement of the tool carrier, preferably based on dough portion position information from the positioning unit.
According to a third aspect, the present invention provides a method for stamping dough portions comprising the steps of: providing a dough portion on a support surface, or providing a product carrier with dough portion on a support surface of the product carrier, arranging a stamping tool or an embodiment thereof as described above, at a side of the dough portion facing away from the support surface, moving the stamping tool relative to the support surface in at least a direction towards and away from the support surface during a stamping step wherein a travel of said stamping tool is configured to change the shape and/or the appearance of the dough portion by embossing, imprinting, cutting and/or stamping, wherein at least during a part of said stamping step, pressurized fluid is provided to the pervious parts of the stamping member via the supply conduit of the stamping tool.
It is noted that the method of the present invention and the embodiments thereof, solves the same problems and provides the same advantages as the stamping tool or the apparatus as described above.
In an embodiment, the pressurized fluid is provided at the start of a movement of the stamping tool in the direction away from the support surface or during the movement of the stamping tool in the direction away from the support surface, wherein the fluid preferably comprises a compressed gas or compressed air.
In an embodiment, prior to the stamping step, the method further comprises the step of detecting at least a position of the dough portion using a positioning unit, positioning the stamping tool at a desired position above the dough portion.
The various aspects and features described and shown in the specification can be applied, individually,
wherever possible. These individual aspects, in particular the aspects and features described in the attached dependent claims, can be made subject of divisional patent applications.
The invention will be elucidated on the basis of an exemplary embodiment shown in the attached drawings, in which:
Figure 1 schematically shows several examples of traditional braided bread rolls;
Figure 2A - 2D schematically show several examples, both in a top view and a cross-section, of dough portion provided with incisions suitable for replicating the outward appearance of traditional dough products;
Figures 3A and 3B schematically show a first example of a stamping tool according to the invention;
Figures 4A and 4B schematically show a second example of a stamping tool according to the invention;
Figure 5A and bB schematically shows a third example of stamping tool according to the invention, arranged on a work surface of a three-dimensional printing apparatus;
Figure 6 schematically shows an example of an apparatus for stamping dough portions comprising a stamping tool according to the present invention; and
Figure 7 schematically shows a flow chart of an example of a method for stamping dough portion using a stamping tool according to the present invention.
Figure 1 schematically shows some example of traditional bread products 1, 2, 3, 4, in particular braided bread rolls or knotted dinner rolls, which are commonly prepared by braiding, twisting, rolling or combining smaller dough pieces or strands of dough together. This braiding is performed manually by an artisan and the result is appealing and good-looking bread or bread roll.
The manually braiding of dough portions for the production of traditional braided bread products is time- consuming an usually not suitable for mass-production.
Accordingly, in industrial production environment, often only the outward appearance of such traditional dough products is replicated using an appropriate stamping tool or stamp. Such a stamping tool is configured to provide one or more incisions in the upper surface of an unbaked dough piece in order to mimic the braided structure of the traditional braided bread products. Furthermore, the stamping tool can be configured to shape the upper surface and/or the circumferential shape of the piece of dough to at least partially correspond to the external shape of the traditional braided bread product.
Figure 2A - 2D schematically show several simple examples, both in a top view and a cross-section, of dough portion provided with embossings, imprints, or cuttings for providing a desired the outward appearance of traditional dough products. As shown in these examples, the shaping of the dough portions may comprise deep and narrow cuts 22, wider openings 21, openings 23 with a shaping of the upper surface of the dough portion in the form of a Kaiser roll for example, or shallow curt 24 with a shaping the dough portion in the form of a croissant for example.
Figures 3A schematically shows a first example of a stamping tool 40 according to the invention, and figure 3B schematically shows a cross-section along the line V-V in figure 3A. It is noted that the dough product that can be produced with the stamping tool 40 substantially corresponds to the example previously presented with reference to figure 2C, for example for manufacturing Kaiser rolls.
The stamping tool 40 according to this first example, comprises a main body 42 and a stamping member 43 which connected to said main body 42. The main body 42 is provided with a radially extending flange 421 with mounting holes 422 for mounting the stamping tool 40 on a tool carrier of a stamping apparatus (not shown).
The stamping member 43 is arranged at the stamping side 421 of the main body 42. The stamping member 43 comprises a stamping edge 431, which is configured for in use providing an opening or incision into a surface of a dough portion. In this example, the stamping tool 40 comprises three curved stamping edges 431, which come together in the center 432 of the stamping member 43 in order to provide the incision pattern in a dough piece as for example schematically shown in the example of figure 2C. It is noted that the traditional
Kaiser roll comprise five curved incisions, and accordingly the stamping tool may be provided with five curved stamping edges.
In the exemplary embodiment shown in figures 3A and 3B, the main body 42 comprises a stamping member 43, which is configured and designed to comprise a substantially concave shape to provide a template for the desired convex shape of the upper side of the dough portion after stamping.
In addition, the stamping tool 40 comprises a circumferential edge 424 which is configured to provide the desired shape of the circumference 412 of the dough portion after stamping.
As schematically shown in the cross-section view of figure 3B, the stamping member 43 and its stamping edge 431 comprises a pervious material, whereas the main body 42 and its circumferential edge 424 comprises substantially impervious material. The pervious material of the stamping member 43 and its stamping edge 431 is configured to provide passage for a pressurized fluid which is provided to the fluid conduit 425, so that the pressurized fluid can pass through said pervious part from the supply conduit 425 to the outward facing surface 423 of the stamping member 43 and the outward facing surface 435 of the stamping edge 431.
In use, for making the desired shape of said piece of dough, the stamping member 43 is pushed into a piece of dough, and when the stamping member 43 is moved out of the piece of dough, pressurized fluid is provided to the supply conduit 425, and the pressurized fluid which pass through said pervious part of the stamping member 43 and its stamping edge 431, is configured to cleanly separate the dough from the outward facing surfaces 423, 435 of the stamping member 43 and its stamping edge 431, in order to keep the dough portion on its support.
Preferably, the stamping member 43 is made out of porous material which is configured such that in combination with the pressurized fluid, the stamping member 43 provides a non-stick surface at the outward facing surfaces 423, 435,
In particular, since the outward facing surface 423, 435 of the stamping side of this example is used to shape the surface of the dough portion, and thus comes in contact with the dough portion, an outward facing surface 423, 435 of the stamping member 43 with non-stick properties is advantageous.
Figures 4A and 4B schematically show a second example of a stamping tool 50 according to the invention, for making a cross-shaped incision in a dough portion for example for the manufacturing of cross buns. The stamping tool 50 comprising a main body 51 and a stamping member 52. The main body comprises a stamping side 511 which is configured for in use facing a dough portion. The stamping member 52 is connected to the stamping side 511, and comprises a stamping edge 521, which is configured for in use providing a cross- shaped incision into a surface of said dough portion.
In the example of figures 4A and 4B, the stamping member 52 comprises the pervious part or the porous pervious part. The stamping member 52 is substantially hollow from the inside, as schematically shown in figure 4B, which hollow inside provides a supply conduit 523 that is in fluid connection with a fluid input 512 at the main body 51. The supply conduit 523 is arranged inside the stamping member 52 and main body 51. Accordingly, by supplying a fluid via the supply conduit 523 to the pervious part of the stamping member 52, said fluid can flow through the pervious part of the stamping member 52 to the outer surface 525 of the pervious part of the stamping member 52 in order to release dough from the outer surface 525 of the stamping member 52.
Preferably pervious part comprises the non-stick porous pervious material produced by metal powder bed 3D printing using suitable printer settings as described in more detail in WO 2019/066659. Accordingly, the pervious part provide a non-stick surface. The non-stick surface provides a clean and easy removal of the stamping member 52 and its stamping edge 521 out of the dough portion.
It is noted that, substantially the whole stamping member 52 is made from pervious material or porous pervious material.
Figure 5A schematically shows a third example of a stamping tool 60 according to the invention, which is arranged on a work surface 70 of a three-dimensional printing apparatus. Figure 5B schematically shows a cross-section of a part of the stamping tool 60 of figure 5A.
The stamping tool 60 of this third example is very similar to the stamping tool 50 for making a cross-shaped incision in a dough portion as described above with reference to figures 4A and 4B. The stamping tool 60 comprising a main body 61 and a stamping member 62. The main body comprises a stamping side 611 which is configured for in use facing a dough portion. The stamping member 62 is connected to the stamping side 611, and comprises a stamping edge 621, which is configured for in use providing an incision into a surface of said dough portion.
The stamping edge 621 comprises a pervious part.
In this example substantially the whole stamping edge 62 is made from pervious material. The stamping member 62 is substantially hollow to form a first supply conduit 622, which first supply conduit 622 is in fluid connection with a fluid input (not shown) arranged at a side of the main body 61 which faces the work surface 70. Accordingly, by supplying a fluid, preferably a pressurized fluid, to the first supply conduit 622, the fluid can pass through the pervious part of the stamping edge 622, in particular to in order to release dough from the outer surface 623 of the stamping edge 621 of the stamping member 62.
It is noted that in this example the part 624 of the stamping member 62 between the stamping edge 621 and the main body 61 is made from impervious material. Accordingly, the stamping member 62 is configured for pushing the stamping member 62 into a dough portion to a depth equal to or less than the height h of the stamping edge 621. Since the part 624 of the stamping member 62 between the stamping edge 621 and the main body 61 does not come into contact with the dough portion, pervious material is not needed in this part 624 of the stamping member 62.
Recent developments in additive manufacturing processes, such as three-dimensional printing, have made it possible to produce elements with structures and designs which could not be produced in a conventional way. In particular when using a powder bed fusion process, an energy source, such as a laser beam, is used to melt parts of a layer of powder material arranged on the work surface 70, which subsequently solidifies to form the desired part layer.
Subsequently, a new layer of powdered material is then spread over the powder bed including the formerly solidified part, and again a part of this new layer is melted by the energy source to the previous layer to build a desired part geometry.
By repeating these steps, the desired part is built layer upon layer, in particular in a direction substantially perpendicular to the work surface 70.
By selecting appropriate processing parameters during the selective melting of the metal granular material in a thin layer of said metal granular material by a laser beam, pervious and/or impervious parts can be produced which can be arranged adjacent in the layer of metal granular material. By changing the process parameters between the processing of subsequent layers of metal granular material, pervious and/or impervious parts can be produced which are arranged adjacent in a direction substantially perpendicular to the layers of metal granular material. By combining these processes, a three-dimensional metallic element can be manufactured comprising three-dimensional structures or volumes with a pervious part and an impervious part which are integrally formed, as for example described in more detail in WO 2019/066659 of the same applicant.
Figure 6 schematically shows an example of an apparatus 80 for stamping dough portions 81 into shaped dough portions 81’. The apparatus 80 comprises a support surface 82, in this example the support surface 82 comprises a conveyor belt of a belt conveyor 83, for supporting the dough portions 81. Alternatively, the dough portions 81 can be arranged of a product carrier, for example a baking tray (not shown), wherein the belt conveyor 83 is configured for receiving the product carrier with the dough portions.
The apparatus 80 comprises a tool carrier 84 which is configured for holding one or more stamping tools or an embodiment thereof as described above, at a side of the tool carrier 84 facing the support surface 82. The tool carrier 84 is connected to an actuator, in this example a robot arm 85, wherein the robot arm 85 is configured to move the tool carrier 84 with the one or more stamping tools, relative to the support surface 82 in at least a direction S towards and away from the support surface 82 during a stamping step which is configured to change the shape and/or the appearance of the dough portion 81 by embossing, imprinting, cutting and/or stamping. In this example, the stamping tools are configured to provide an opening or incision 81” into the upper surface of said dough portions 81’.
In the example of figure 6, the robot arm 85 is preferably configured to move along with the support surface 82, at least during a stamping step. This allows to shape the dough portions 81 on the belt conveyor 83, while the dough portions 81 are moving along a transport direction T.
As schematically indicated in {figure 6, the apparatus 80 comprises a fluid supply device 86, comprising a compressor 88 connected to a hose 89, wherein the hose 89 is arranged along the robot arm 85 and connects to the tool carrier 84, and inside the tool carrier 84 to the supply conduit of the stamping members of the stamping tools (not shown in detail). The compressor 88 of the fluid supply device 86 provides pressurized fluid, in particular pressurized air, to the pervious parts of the stamping members of the stamping tools on the tool carrier 84, at least during a part of a stamping step.
The apparatus 80 further comprises a control device 90 which is at least connected to the belt conveyor 83, the robot arm 85 and the fluid supply device 86 to control the apparatus 80 for stamping the dough portions 81. In particular, the control device 90 is configured for activating the compressor 88 or a suitable valve (not shown) to supply pressurized fluid to the pervious parts of the stamping tools on the tool carrier 84, prior to and/or during a withdrawal of the stamping edges of the stamping tools on the tool carrier 84 away from the dough portions 81’ on the support surface 82, provided by the movement of the robot arm 85,
Figure 7 schematically shows a flow chart of an example of a method for stamping dough portion using a stamping tool according to the present invention. The method comprising the steps of: 91. providing a to be shaped dough portion on a support surface, or providing a product carrier with a to be shaped dough portion on a support surface of the product carrier at a stamping position of a stamping apparatus, 92. arranging a stamping tool according to the invention at a side of the dough portion facing away from the support surface, 93. moving the stamping tool relative to the support surface in at least a direction towards and away from the support surface during a stamping step wherein a travel of said stamping tool is configured to bring at least part of the pervious part of the stamping member in contact with the dough portion, preferably to push at least part of the pervious part of the stamping member in the dough portion, wherein during said stamping step, preferably when the stamping is complete and/or the stamping tool is moved away from the support surface, a pressurized fluid is supplied to said pervious part of the stamping member via the supply conduit of the stamping member to keep the shaped dough portions on the support surface, and 94. conveying the shaped dough portion away from the stamping position.
After the last step 94, the stamping position is ready to receive a next to be shaped dough portion and the method may be repeated 95.
It is to be understood that the above description is included to illustrate the operation of the preferred embodiments and is not meant to limit the scope of the invention. From the above discussion, many variations will be apparent to one skilled in the art that would yet be encompassed by the scope of the present invention.
It is noted that the stamping tool, apparatus and/or method is particularly suitable for embossing, imprinting, cutting and/or stamping bread dough, cookie dough, pizza dough, and the like.
In summary, the invention relates to a method and a stamping tool for embossing, imprinting, cutting or stamping dough portions, and an apparatus comprising such a stamping tool. The stamping tool comprising a stamping member is connected a the main body. The stamping member comprises a stamping side which is configured for facing a dough portion. The stamping member is configured to be brought into engagement with the dough portion by pushing the stamping member into and/or against the dough portions. The stamping side of the stamping member comprises a pervious part, and the stamping tool comprises a supply conduit configured for supplying a pressurized fluid to the pervious part at a side of the stamping member facing away from the stamping side, wherein the pervious part is configured to pass said pressurized fluid from the supply conduit to a surface of pervious part of the stamping member at the stamping side.
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