Consistent chocolate decoration, even on uneven cakes

FoodJet decorates mellow cakes with chocolate or compound using vision-guided depositing. A camera reads the position of each cake, so the deposit lands in the same place on every product, even when cakes sit slightly off-centre on the conveyor. You get a repeatable decoration pattern across the batch, without manual finishing or operator-to-operator variation.

Why decoration drifts on soft, domed products

Mellow cakes are soft, domed and rarely line up perfectly on the conveyor. Hand decoration depends on the operator and changes during a long run, and fixed nozzles miss products that sit off-centre. The result is uneven placement, rework and product you cannot sell at full value.

How vision-guided decoration works

The system runs inline at line speed, with no manual handling between detection and deposit.

1. Detect. A camera reads the position and rotation of each cake on the conveyor as it enters the depositing zone.
2. Align. The software maps the stored decoration pattern onto each individual product, correcting for position and rotation in real time.
3. Deposit. Individually controlled nozzles apply chocolate or compound at the set pattern and volume, on every product, at line speed.
4. Adjust. Change the pattern, volume or design in software during production, without stopping the line.

Because the pattern follows the product rather than a fixed position, decoration quality stays the same from the first cake to the last.