An automated system and method for manufacturing a cone-shaped foodproduct holder requires the coordinated use of a forming unit, a conveyor unitand acontrol unit. In their combination, the forming unit rotates a conically-shaped bakeform at a constant angular velocity .omega.. Simultaneously, the conveyor unitadvances abread dough strip on a conveyor belt at a constant linear velocity v, fordeposit of thebread dough strip onto the bake form. Inorder to account for the conicalconfiguration of the bake form, the actions of the forming unit and theconveyor unitare coordinated by the control unit. Specifically, the control unit moves theconveyorunit with a predetermined rotation relative to the forming unit to form thefood productholder on the forming unit for subsequent baking.
