We normally don’t see much in the line of problems with dough rollers unless they have been in storage for a while, and then only if the rollers are steel, then rust can be a problem. This can be addressed with emeory paper if not too bad, of if real bad, the rollers are easily removed and sent to a machine shop to be turned and polished on a lathe, then they’re as good as new. Chains and sprockets are also easily replaced. The biggest problem that I see with dough rollers is lack of proper cleaning. Make sure you are removing and thoroughly cleaning all of the scrapers. We had one here with a “hidden” scraper that never got cleaned, then when we started having problems with the dough sticking we discovered pieces of dried dough in the mangled dough piece, we found the culprit and it now gets cleaned regularly and we don’t have any more problems…so long as everything gets cleaned. One more thing, make sure the scrapers are all installed properly…I know first hand “Oops” that can cause problems too.
Tom Lehmann/The Dough Doctor
