Hydraulics Places Pizza Pepperoni

Most of us have popped a frozen pizza into a conventional or microwave oven in an effort to satisfy the munchies. But I doubt any of us ever thought of how hydraulics probably played in role in the making of frozen pizza.
April 20, 2016
Most of us have popped a frozen pizza into a conventional or microwave oven in an effort to satisfy the munchies. But I doubt any of us ever thought of how hydraulics probably played in role in the making of frozen pizza.

Whether you like your pizza with traditional round or French bread crust, if you take it with pepperoni, there's a good chance your last pizza went through a Peppamatic machine designed and manufactured by the Grote Co.

Learn how Grote engineered hydraulics and electronic controls into their machines that slice and place pepperoni on pizzas faster than the eye can see and with near-perfect precision by reading the classic article. Just click here.

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Alan Hitchcox Blog

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Alan joined Hydraulics & Pneumatics in 1987 with experience as a technical magazine editor and in industrial sales. He graduated with a BS in engineering technology from Franklin University and has also worked as a mechanic and service coordinator. He has taken technical courses in fluid power and electronic and digital control at the Milwaukee School of Engineering and the University of Wisconsin and has served on numerous industry committees.

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