Buyer's guide

What Size Mixer Do I Need for Your Bakery?

Size your mixer by the dough (or flour) you process per batch and per hour — not just by bowl liters. Here's how.

Start with your batch

Work from your largest regular batch: flour weight per mix and dough type. A spiral mixer is rated by flour and dough per cycle; a planetary by the load and tool. Headroom matters — running near maximum every cycle shortens machine life.

Match to the range

Dirmak IBT planetary mixers run 85–317 qt and ISM spiral mixers 80–370 qt. Each product page lists cake, cookie and bread dough capacities so you can map your batch to a model.

Get a recommendation

Tell us your dough type, batch size and target output per hour and we'll recommend the right model and tooling, with the full datasheet. Request a quote.