Univex SFG500B Reversible Dough Sheeter, Bench Model, 19.75" Belt, 220V/3Ph

The Univex SFG500B is the bench-model sheeter in the SFG range, alone among the six in sitting on a counter rather than standing on its own legs. A 19.75" belt, hard chrome polished cylinders that close from 1.9" to fully shut, a 3/4 hp chain drive, and 312 lbs. sitting on a 52" × 35" footprint.

What you give up, and what you get back

A bench sheeter is a compromise made deliberately. It costs you the bench it stands on — 52" of width, permanently — and it gives you back floor space, a working height you choose by choosing the bench, and a machine that folds to 32.5" tall when it is not in use. For a bakery that sheets in the morning and needs the room for something else by ten, that trade is usually the right one.

The reduction mechanism is the same as its floor-standing siblings: two polished chrome cylinders whose gap is set by hand, dough passed through and reversed, the gap closed a step, and the sheet brought down in stages rather than in one pass. Hard chrome is on the cylinders so the surface stays slick and smooth through years of flour, and working in stages is what stops a sheet tearing and springing back.

Two things to check before you buy this one

First, the controls. Univex’s floor models document a direction control lever and a foot pedal; the SFG500B sheet lists only the lever. We are not going to tell you it has a pedal on the strength of a sibling’s sheet. If hands-free reversing matters to how you work, ask us and we will confirm it with the factory first.

Second, the voltage options. The bench model is the most restricted in the range: 220 V three-phase as standard, with 220/60/1 its one published alternative. The 500 floor models add 400 V configurations and the 600 series adds 115 V as well. If your site cannot give this machine three-phase or single-phase 220, the bench model is not the one to order.

Why Operators Choose It

• The range’s one bench machine. Everything else in the SFG line stands on the floor.
• Folds to 32.5" tall. The published folded height, for a bench that has to do other work.
• Full 19.75" working width. A 50.2 cm belt on a countertop footprint.
• Thickness by hand, in steps. Cylinder separation set manually anywhere from 0" to 1.9".
• Chrome cylinders. Hard chrome polished, the same as on the floor models.
• Stops if the guard opens. Interlock switches cut the drive, which is the one safety device Univex documents across the whole sheeter range.
• Lightest in the line. 312 lbs. net — by a wide margin the easiest SFG to get through a doorway.

Controls

Main power switch, emergency stop switch and a direction control lever. Thickness is set by hand. Univex’s sheet for this model does not list the foot pedal documented on the floor machines — see the note above.

Ideal For

Small bakeries and pastry kitchens, pizzerias with a single prep bench, restaurant kitchens laminating in modest quantity, and any site where the floor cannot be given up to a machine.

Specifications

Electrical Supply

Standard build is 220 V three phase at 2.60–7.35 A on a NEMA L-15-20 connection, with 220/60/1 the one published alternative. Note a conflict inside Univex’s own material: the product page prints 208-240/60/3 where the specification sheet prints 220 V standard. We publish the sheet figure and flag the discrepancy rather than smoothing it over — have an electrician confirm the supply against the sheet before the machine is built, because it leaves the factory wired for one configuration.

Siting

Univex specifies installation in a lighted, airy room on a compact and level support, with an operating range of 41°F to 104°F (5°C to 40°C). Humidity is limited to 50% at 68°F or 90% at 104°F. No installation clearances are published for any machine in this range.

Accessories, and why there is no packing list here

Univex prints "Standard Accessories" and "Optional Accessories" headings on the SFG500B sheet and leaves both of them blank. There is therefore no published list of what ships in the crate, and we have not invented one. The sole factory option Univex names for any sheeter is a prison package. Ask us and we will get the crate contents confirmed before you order.

Certification

No NSF, UL, cETLus, ETL or CSA mark is published for any Univex dough sheeter — not on the specification sheets, not on the product pages, not in the operator manual. There is no mark here to scope or to qualify. Where a competing listing shows a badge on a machine in this range, it did not come from the manufacturer.

Factory Options and Accessories (Additional Cost)

• Prison package, factory installed
• Optional 220/60/1 configuration

Warranty

One year, on-site parts and labor.

Specifications per Univex data; subject to change by the manufacturer.