A dough sheeting system for sheeting highly viscous bagel dough is
presented. A continuous sheet of bagel dough is sheeted on a sheeting
table including a satellite roller device, a cross roller device, and a
gauging roller device arranged in series. The sheeting table reduces the
dough sheet to a final thickness and width before a slitting device
incorporating a plurality of rotary disc cutters, cuts the dough sheet
into a plurality of dough sheets. Then a docker device cuts and virtually
simultaneously presses the plurality of dough sheets to create a
depressed center portion. A second cycle of the docker device cuts and
presses again the depressed center portions of each newly created bagel
dough piece. A spreading belt conveyor, a reciprocating conveyor, and a
board indexing conveyor transport the bagel dough pieces to a proofing
board for proofing and processing.