Nozzle-pitch layout
Cavity centres matched to nozzle spacing.
Multi-cavity tooling · depositor plate trays
Multi-cavity trays that drop straight under your depositor.
If the tray does not line up with the nozzles, you lose product at every cavity. We design from your depositor plate outwards.
Overview
Depositor plate trays, done properly.
A depositor puts product in exactly the same place every stroke. The tray has to put a cavity under each nozzle, every time.
We take your depositor plate dimensions and nozzle pitch and lay out a tray that fits without shims or adaptor plates.
What we design for
The details that make this format work.
Location features
Edges or pins so the tray sits in the same place every time.
Line-rate cavity count
Cavity count sized to your stroke rate.
Wash access
Spacing that still lets a cleandown reach every cavity.
What we ask up front
The same four questions we ask on every job like this.
Your line rate
Trays per hour or trays per shift — that drives cavity count.
Your chiller shelf or oven rack
The tray must sit flat on your shelf. Send shelf dimensions and we'll fit within them.
Your demould method
One-shot tip, invert-onto-belt, hand-lift. Silicone spec sits around it.
Your cleandown
The tray still has to survive your wash. Wall thickness and cavity spacing take that into account.
Related case study
A London bakery's tea-cake mould.
A specialist regional format, sized to the bakery's existing rack, with a scored cavity top to help raisin studding sit even at bake.
At a glance
The ideas in pictures.
How a production tray is laid out
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How a food mould gets made
- 01DrawingWe agree the shape with you
- 02MasterMade to the drawing
- 03Proof cavityPoured in food-grade silicone
- 04Your testTry it with your own recipe
- 05Full trayPoured or pressed to size
- 06On recordGrade and drawing kept for reorders
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Questions
What people ask about this format.
What do you need from us?
Plate dimensions and nozzle pitch, or a photo of the tray you run now.
Can you match an old tray?
Yes. Send it and we measure from it.
Can it take a tunnel wash?
With the right grade, yes.
Related formats
Other formats in this family.
Chiller shelf trays
Trays sized to chillers and freezers. Explore
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Ready?
Talk to us about depositor plate trays.
Send a photo, a sketch or a sample. We'll come back with a route and a quote.
Real people, a real workshop
You deal with the people who make it.
No call centre and no middlemen. When you contact TCI Culinary, you speak to the team who design, build and check your mould.
- A real Warwickshire workshopUnit 15, Waterloo Park, Bidford-on-Avon, Alcester B50 4JG.
- Real people on the phoneCall the team on 01789 224228, Monday to Friday.
- The same team on every jobDesign, production and aftercare come from the people you see here.
- BRCGS Grade AATechcraft Industries Culinary Ltd. See the certificate details.
Thomas LaneManaging Director
George PrestonDesign & Project Manager
Kelly BallingerHead of Partnerships
Jim AndertonProduction Manager
TheodoreEmployee Welfare