The invention relates to an apparatus for slicing food products, in particular to a high-performance slicer, having a working region which includes a cutting region and a transport region having a product feed, wherein the product feed supplies products to be sliced to the cutting region on one track or on multiple tracks and a cutting blade moves, in particular in a rotating and/or revolving manner, in a cutting plane at the end of the cutting region; and having a contactlessly working scanning device for detecting at least some of the outer contour of the products to be sliced, wherein the scanning device includes at least one compact sensor arranged in the working region for contour detection.
B26D 5/34 - Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting with interrelated action between the cutting member and work feed having the cutting member controlled by scanning a record carrier scanning being effected by a photosensitive device
B26D 5/00 - Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
B26D 5/32 - Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting with interrelated action between the cutting member and work feed having the cutting member controlled by scanning a record carrier with the record carrier formed by the work itself
The invention relates to an apparatus for slicing food products, in particular to a high-performance slicer, having a working region which includes a cutting region and a transport region having a product feed, wherein the product feed supplies products to be sliced to the cutting region on one track or on multiple tracks and a cutting blade moves, in particular in a rotating and/or revolving manner, in a cutting plane at the end of the cutting region; and having a contactlessly working scanning device for detecting at least some of the outer contour of the products to be sliced, wherein the scanning device includes at least one compact sensor arranged in the working region for contour detection.
B26D 5/34 - Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting with interrelated action between the cutting member and work feed having the cutting member controlled by scanning a record carrier scanning being effected by a photosensitive device
B26D 5/00 - Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
B26D 5/32 - Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting with interrelated action between the cutting member and work feed having the cutting member controlled by scanning a record carrier with the record carrier formed by the work itself
A cutting apparatus for cutting off or slicing meat products, in particular bacon or fresh meat products, comprises a product feed that is configured to guide at least one first product and at least one second product simultaneously into a cutting region, which includes a first rotating blade and a second rotating blade for cutting off or slicing the products into smaller pieces. In this respect, the product feed has a first conveying means for guiding the at least one first product into the cutting region and a second conveying means for guiding the at least one second product into the cutting region, wherein the first blade is associated with the first conveying means and is provided for cutting off or slicing the at least one first product, and wherein the second blade is associated with the second conveying means and is provided for cutting off or slicing the at least one second product.
A22C 17/00 - Other devices for processing meat or bones
B26D 1/143 - Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting memberApparatus or machines thereforCutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work having a cutting member moving about an axis with a circular cutting member, e.g. disc cutter rotating about a stationary axis
B26D 7/06 - Arrangements for feeding or delivering work of other than sheet, web, or filamentary form
B26D 1/15 - Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting memberApparatus or machines thereforCutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work having a cutting member moving about an axis with a circular cutting member, e.g. disc cutter rotating about a stationary axis with vertical cutting member
B26D 1/00 - Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting memberApparatus or machines thereforCutting members therefor
B26D 11/00 - Combinations of several similar cutting apparatus
B26D 1/147 - Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting memberApparatus or machines thereforCutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work having a cutting member moving about an axis with a circular cutting member, e.g. disc cutter rotating about a stationary axis with horizontal cutting member
B26D 1/28 - Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting memberApparatus or machines thereforCutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work having a cutting member moving about an axis with a non-circular cutting member moving about an axis substantially perpendicular to the line of cut and rotating continuously in one direction during cutting
The invention relates to an apparatus for the single-track or multi-track slicing of food products, in particular a high-performance slicer, having a product feed that feeds products to be sliced and disposed on a product support on one track or on multiple tracks in a feed direction to a cutting region in which a cutting blade moves, in particular in a rotating and/or revolving manner, in order to slice the fed products in a cutting plane, which extends perpendicular to the feed direction, at a predefined or predefinable cutting frequency by means of the cutting blade; and having a dividing device that has at least one holder, which is arranged in the region of the cutting plane, for at least one elongated separation element, which extends in a dividing plane extending in parallel with the cutting plane, and a drive for the holder by which the holder can be excited to perform to-and-fro movements perpendicular to the feed direction at a dividing frequency in order to divide the front ends of the products by means of the separation element in parallel with the feed direction so that, in a respective cutting process, a plurality of product parts are cut off from a respective front product end by means of the cutting blade, wherein a control device is provided, and wherein the drive for the holder comprises a drive that can be controlled by means of the control device, in particular a servomotor.
B26D 1/08 - Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting memberApparatus or machines thereforCutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work having a linearly-movable cutting member wherein the cutting member reciprocates of the guillotine type
B26D 7/06 - Arrangements for feeding or delivering work of other than sheet, web, or filamentary form
B26D 7/26 - Means for mounting or adjusting the cutting memberMeans for adjusting the stroke of the cutting member
A pressing device for pressing meat products, in particular frozen and/or partly frozen meat products, preferably fresh meat products and/or bacon, comprises a pressing chamber. The pressing chamber comprises a counter-element and a pressing member that is movable by a drive, wherein the pressing member can be moved from a starting position towards the counter-element into an end position in order to compress the product, and wherein the drive is configured to drive at least one eccentric cam, which is rotatable about an axis of rotation, in order to move the pressing member from the starting position into the end position, wherein the pressing member can be moved from the starting position into the end position by a rotation of the eccentric cam of more than 90 degrees.
A22C 7/00 - Apparatus for pounding, forming, or pressing meat, sausage-meat, or meat products
B30B 1/26 - Presses, using a press ram, characterised by the features of the drive therefor, pressure being transmitted directly, or through simple thrust or tension members only, to the press ram or platen by cams, eccentrics, or cranks
A pressing device for pressing meat products, in particular frozen and/or partly frozen meat products, preferably fresh meat products and/or bacon, comprises a pressing chamber into which a product to be pressed can be inserted by an insertion device. The insertion device comprises a conveyor that is configured to convey the product transversely to a longitudinal direction of the pressing chamber to an insertion section, wherein the conveyor is supported at a housing of the pressing device, and wherein the conveyor is movable relative to the housing between an insertion position, in which the insertion section adjoins the conveyor, and an inactivity position in which the insertion section does not adjoin the conveyor.
An apparatus for processing food products comprises a product conveyor having a frame and a conveyor unit for conveying products along a conveying direction, wherein the conveyor unit is arranged laterally projecting at the frame with respect to the conveying direction and comprises a work unit which is associated with the processing of the conveyed products and which is arranged at least partly beneath the projecting conveyor unit of the product conveyor.
An apparatus for processing food products comprises a product conveyor having a frame and a conveyor unit for conveying products along a conveying direction, wherein the conveyor unit is arranged laterally projecting at the frame with respect to the conveying direction and comprises a work unit which is associated with the processing of the conveyed products and which is arranged at least partly beneath the projecting conveyor unit of the product conveyor.
Provision is made that the frame of the product conveyor is supported or held at the work unit via a mechanical connection or extends into a free space defined by the work unit.
B65G 35/00 - Mechanical conveyors not otherwise provided for
B65B 9/04 - Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, between opposed webs one or both webs being formed with pockets for the reception of the articles, or of the quantities of material
B65B 35/24 - Feeding, e.g. conveying, single articles by endless belts or chains
B65B 59/00 - Arrangements to enable machines to handle articles of different sizes, to produce packages of different sizes, to vary the contents of packages or to give access for cleaning or maintenance purposes
B29C 51/26 - Component parts, details or accessoriesAuxiliary operations
B65B 9/10 - Enclosing successive articles or quantities of material, in preformed tubular webs, or in webs formed into tubes around filling nozzles, e.g. extruded tubular webs
B65B 35/30 - Arranging and feeding articles in groups
B65B 47/04 - Apparatus or devices for forming pockets or receptacles in or from sheets, blanks, or webs, comprising essentially a die into which the material is pressed or a folding die through which the material is moved by application of mechanical pressure
B65G 47/26 - Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors arranging the articles, e.g. varying spacing between individual articles
A movable contact element for a pressing device for pressing meat products, in particular frozen and/or partly frozen meat products, preferably fresh meat products and/or bacon, comprises a base part; an attachment part; a transverse sliding part; and a height part that are connected to one another at respective connection points and that form a contact surface for a product at one side of the contact element during the pressing. The contact surface has an effective length along a first direction of extent and an effective width along a second direction of extent perpendicular to the first direction of extent, with the effective length and the effective width of the contact surface being variable.
A22C 7/00 - Apparatus for pounding, forming, or pressing meat, sausage-meat, or meat products
B30B 1/42 - Presses, using a press ram, characterised by the features of the drive therefor, pressure being transmitted directly, or through simple thrust or tension members only, to the press ram or platen by magnetic means, e.g. electromagnetic
A pressing device for pressing meat products, in particular frozen and/or partly frozen meat products, preferably fresh meat products and/or bacon, comprises a pressing chamber which extends along a longitudinal axis and into which a product to be pressed can be inserted, wherein the pressing chamber comprises at least one counter-element and at least one contact element, which is movable in the direction of the counter-element, that cooperate such that the product inserted into the pressing chamber can be compressed between the at least one counter-element and the at least one contact element; and wherein the pressing device comprises at least one servomotor that is configured to move the at least one contact element.
A22C 7/00 - Apparatus for pounding, forming, or pressing meat, sausage-meat, or meat products
B30B 1/26 - Presses, using a press ram, characterised by the features of the drive therefor, pressure being transmitted directly, or through simple thrust or tension members only, to the press ram or platen by cams, eccentrics, or cranks
B30B 1/42 - Presses, using a press ram, characterised by the features of the drive therefor, pressure being transmitted directly, or through simple thrust or tension members only, to the press ram or platen by magnetic means, e.g. electromagnetic
B30B 15/00 - Details of, or accessories for, pressesAuxiliary measures in connection with pressing
B30B 15/14 - Control arrangements for mechanically-driven presses
B30B 15/28 - Arrangements for preventing distortion of, or damage to, presses or parts thereof
In a method of pressing and processing meat products, in particular frozen and/or partly frozen meat products, preferably fresh meat products and/or bacon, the products are inserted into a pressing chamber of a pressing device and are pressed in the pressing chamber by at least one displaceable contact element, with the contact element being moved by means of a servomotor.
A22C 7/00 - Apparatus for pounding, forming, or pressing meat, sausage-meat, or meat products
B30B 1/26 - Presses, using a press ram, characterised by the features of the drive therefor, pressure being transmitted directly, or through simple thrust or tension members only, to the press ram or platen by cams, eccentrics, or cranks
B30B 1/42 - Presses, using a press ram, characterised by the features of the drive therefor, pressure being transmitted directly, or through simple thrust or tension members only, to the press ram or platen by magnetic means, e.g. electromagnetic
B30B 15/00 - Details of, or accessories for, pressesAuxiliary measures in connection with pressing
B30B 15/14 - Control arrangements for mechanically-driven presses
B30B 15/28 - Arrangements for preventing distortion of, or damage to, presses or parts thereof
A method for the slicing of food products, wherein at least one product is fed to a cutting plane in which at least one cutting blade moves, in particular in a rotating and/or revolving manner, by a product feed which comprises at least one conveying device. At least one multifunctional work unit is adjusted in dependence on the operating situation into a contact position, in which the work unit presses the product moving in the conveying direction toward a lower product support and/or toward a lateral product contact, or into a blocking position in which the work unit counteracts a movement of the product in the conveying direction.
The invention relates to an apparatus for slicing food products, in particular to a high-performance slicer, having a working region which includes a cutting region and a transport region having a product feed, wherein the product feed supplies products to be sliced to the cutting region on one track or on multiple tracks and a cutting blade moves, in particular in a rotating and/or revolving manner, in a cutting plane at the end of the cutting region; and having a contactlessly working scanning device for detecting at least some of the outer contour of the products to be sliced, wherein the scanning device includes at least one compact sensor arranged in the working region for contour detection.
B26D 5/34 - Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting with interrelated action between the cutting member and work feed having the cutting member controlled by scanning a record carrier scanning being effected by a photosensitive device
B26D 5/00 - Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
B26D 5/32 - Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting with interrelated action between the cutting member and work feed having the cutting member controlled by scanning a record carrier with the record carrier formed by the work itself
Slicer, skinner, cutter for the treatment and processing of
food-stuffs, in particular meat, sausages, cheese, pasta,
pastries, confectionery, vegetables; apparatus for gripping,
handling, conveying, aligning, arranging, sorting,
combining, treating, packaging and depositing foodstuff
products including robots; rotary knives in particular
sickle knives and circular knives as part of apparatus for
treatment and processing of foodstuffs; product presses for
shaping and re-shaping foodstuffs.
SLICER, SKINNER, CUTTER FOR THE TREATMENT AND PROCESSING OF FOODSTUFFS, IN PARTICULAR MEAT, SAUSAGES, CHEESE, PASTA, PASTRIES, CONFECTIONERY, VEGETABLES; APPARATUS FOR GRIPPING, HANDLING, CONVEYING, ALIGNING, ARRANGING, SORTING, COMBINING, TREATING, PACKAGING AND DEPOSITING FOODSTUFF PRODUCTS INCLUDING ROBOTS; ROTARY KNIVES IN PARTICULAR SICKLE KNIVES AND CIRCULAR KNIVES AS PART OF APPARATUS FOR TREATMENT AND PROCESSING OF FOODSTUFFS; PRODUCT PRESSES FOR SHAPING AND RE-SHAPING FOODSTUFFS.
An apparatus for the lateral overlapping of portions which are transported in a longitudinal direction and which each comprise at least one slice cut off from a food product is provided.
B65G 57/32 - Stacking of articles characterised by stacking during transit
B65G 47/08 - Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles from a single group of articles arranged in orderly pattern, e.g. workpieces in magazines spacing or grouping the articles during feeding
B26D 7/32 - Means for performing other operations combined with cutting for conveying or stacking cut product
B65G 41/00 - Supporting frames or bases for conveyors as a whole, e.g. transportable conveyor frames
B65G 47/68 - Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors, i.e. discharging or feeding devices adapted to receive articles arriving in one layer from one conveyor and to transfer them in individual layers to more than one conveyor, or vice versa, e.g. combining the flows of articles conveyed by more than one conveyor
B65G 15/50 - Endless load-carriers consisting of a series of parallel ropes or belt strips
The invention relates to a method for slicing food products by means of a slicing device which has a working region with a cutting region and a transport region, wherein products to be sliced are supplied to the cutting region on a single track or on multiple tracks and are sliced at the end of the cutting region by means of a cutting blade that is moved in a cutting plane, especially in a rotating and/or circulating manner. According to the invention, the products to be sliced are scanned at at least one scanning point by exactly one compact sensor which is operating contactlessly and is arranged in the working region. The operation of the slicing device is controlled as a function of the outer contour of the products, wherein a part of the contour of the product is detected by means of the compact sensor and a part of the contour of the product, which cannot be detected by means of the compact sensor, is predetermined.
B26D 5/00 - Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
B26D 5/32 - Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting with interrelated action between the cutting member and work feed having the cutting member controlled by scanning a record carrier with the record carrier formed by the work itself
B26D 5/34 - Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting with interrelated action between the cutting member and work feed having the cutting member controlled by scanning a record carrier scanning being effected by a photosensitive device
The invention relates to a device for cutting food products, in particular a high performance slicer, having a working area consisting of a cutting area and a transport area provided with a product conveying system. Said product conveying system conveys the products to be cut to the cutting area on one or more tracks and at the end of the cutting area, a cutting blade moves, in particular, rotatingly and/or in a circular manner, in the cutting plane. Said device comprises a contact-free sensing device for detecting at least one part of the outer contour of the product to be cut. The scanning device for detecting the contours comprises at least one compact sensor arranged in the working area.
B26D 5/00 - Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
B26D 5/32 - Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting with interrelated action between the cutting member and work feed having the cutting member controlled by scanning a record carrier with the record carrier formed by the work itself
B26D 5/34 - Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting with interrelated action between the cutting member and work feed having the cutting member controlled by scanning a record carrier scanning being effected by a photosensitive device
The invention relates to an apparatus for slicing food products, in particular to high-performance slicers, having a cutting region at whose end a cutting blade moves, in particular in a rotating and/or revolving manner, in a cutting plane, and having a transport device which transports products to be sliced in a direction of transport over one track or multiple tracks to the cutting region, with the transport device comprising a plurality of positioners for the products in the or each transport track driven simultaneously in the direction of transport and arranged spaced apart from one another in the direction of transport.
The invention relates to an apparatus for the lateral overlapping of portions which are transported in a longitudinal direction and which each comprise at least one slice cut off from a food product, having at least one overlapping unit which comprises a belt conveyor having at least two tracks, wherein an upper track and a lower track are deflected at the incoming side about a common input axle and at the outgoing side about two output axles disposed at different height levels.
B65G 57/32 - Stacking of articles characterised by stacking during transit
B26D 7/32 - Means for performing other operations combined with cutting for conveying or stacking cut product
B65G 47/08 - Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles from a single group of articles arranged in orderly pattern, e.g. workpieces in magazines spacing or grouping the articles during feeding
B65G 47/68 - Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors, i.e. discharging or feeding devices adapted to receive articles arriving in one layer from one conveyor and to transfer them in individual layers to more than one conveyor, or vice versa, e.g. combining the flows of articles conveyed by more than one conveyor
B65G 15/50 - Endless load-carriers consisting of a series of parallel ropes or belt strips
B65G 41/00 - Supporting frames or bases for conveyors as a whole, e.g. transportable conveyor frames
The invention relates to a device for slicing food products, in particular a high-performance slicer, comprising a rotor shaft which rotates about a rotational axis during operation and which can be adjusted in an axial manner, in particular in order to carry out blank cuts and/or to adjust cutting gaps; a rotor which is driven by the rotor shaft; a cutting blade which is supported by the rotor, in particular a circular blade which rotates about the rotational axis in a planetary manner and additionally rotates relative to the rotor about a blade axis that runs parallel to the rotational axis in an offset manner; and a rotary drive for the rotor shaft.
B26D 1/16 - Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting memberApparatus or machines thereforCutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work having a cutting member moving about an axis with a circular cutting member, e.g. disc cutter rotating about a movable axis mounted on a movable arm or the like
B26D 1/157 - Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting memberApparatus or machines thereforCutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work having a cutting member moving about an axis with a circular cutting member, e.g. disc cutter rotating about a movable axis
A slicer having at least one cutting blade, in particular a scythe-like blade, rotating about an axis of rotation and having an imbalance. Also included is a rotary drive for the cutting blade. Further included is a counterweight having at least one balance mass for compensating the imbalance of the cutting blade.
B26D 7/26 - Means for mounting or adjusting the cutting memberMeans for adjusting the stroke of the cutting member
B26D 1/14 - Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting memberApparatus or machines thereforCutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work having a cutting member moving about an axis with a circular cutting member, e.g. disc cutter
B26D 1/25 - Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting memberApparatus or machines thereforCutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work having a cutting member moving about an axis with a non-circular cutting member
B26D 1/28 - Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting memberApparatus or machines thereforCutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work having a cutting member moving about an axis with a non-circular cutting member moving about an axis substantially perpendicular to the line of cut and rotating continuously in one direction during cutting
B26D 1/00 - Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting memberApparatus or machines thereforCutting members therefor
A device for cutting up food products, particularly a high-performance slicer, having a product feed which comprises at least one conveying device. At least one product may be fed to a cutting plane in which at least one cutting tool is moving, particularly in a rotating or circulating manner. The cutting device further comprises at least one multifunctional working unit for at least intermittently handling the product. The working unit can be displaced into a contact position, in which the working unit presses the product which is movable in the conveying direction against a lower product bearing surface and/or a side product bearing surface, and into a locking position. In the locking position, the working unit prevents any movement of the product in the conveying direction.
The invention relates to a device for slicing food products, in particular a high-performance slicer, comprising a rotor shaft which rotates about a rotational axis during operation and which can be adjusted in an axial manner, in particular in order to carry out blank cuts and/or to adjust cutting gaps; a rotor which is driven by the rotor shaft; a cutting blade which is supported by the rotor, in particular a circular blade which rotates about the rotational axis in a planetary manner and additionally rotates relative to the rotor about a blade axis that runs parallel to the rotational axis in an offset manner; and a rotary drive for the rotor shaft.
B26D 1/157 - Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting memberApparatus or machines thereforCutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work having a cutting member moving about an axis with a circular cutting member, e.g. disc cutter rotating about a movable axis
B26D 1/16 - Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting memberApparatus or machines thereforCutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work having a cutting member moving about an axis with a circular cutting member, e.g. disc cutter rotating about a movable axis mounted on a movable arm or the like
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High performance slicing apparatus with at least one removable conveyor belt unit
The invention relates to a slicing apparatus for food products, in particular to a high-performance slicer, having at least one belt conveyor which is configured as a removable conveyor belt unit.
B65G 15/10 - Conveyors having endless load-conveying surfaces, i.e. belts and like continuous members, to which tractive effort is transmitted by means other than endless driving elements of similar configuration comprising two or more co-operating endless surfaces with parallel longitudinal axes, or a multiplicity of parallel elements, e.g. ropes defining an endless surface
B26D 7/06 - Arrangements for feeding or delivering work of other than sheet, web, or filamentary form
B26D 7/32 - Means for performing other operations combined with cutting for conveying or stacking cut product
B65G 15/00 - Conveyors having endless load-conveying surfaces, i.e. belts and like continuous members, to which tractive effort is transmitted by means other than endless driving elements of similar configuration
The invention relates to a device for slicing food products, in particular a high-performance slicer, comprising at least one cutting blade (10) that rotates about an axis of rotation (D) and has an imbalance (UM), in particular a sickle blade, a rotational drive (24) for the cutting blade (10), and a counterweight, which comprises at least one balancing mass (32, 34), for compensating the imbalance (UM) of the cutting blade (10).
B26D 1/14 - Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting memberApparatus or machines thereforCutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work having a cutting member moving about an axis with a circular cutting member, e.g. disc cutter
B26D 1/25 - Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting memberApparatus or machines thereforCutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work having a cutting member moving about an axis with a non-circular cutting member
B26D 7/26 - Means for mounting or adjusting the cutting memberMeans for adjusting the stroke of the cutting member
B26D 1/00 - Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting memberApparatus or machines thereforCutting members therefor
The invention relates to a device for cutting up food products, particularly a high-performance slicer, having a product feed which comprises at least one conveying device. By means of said product feed, at least one product may be fed to a cutting plane in which at least one cutting tool is moving, particularly in a rotating or circulating manner. The cutting device further comprises at least one multifunctional working unit for at least intermittently handling the product. The working unit can be displaced into a contact position, in which the working unit presses the product which is movable in the conveying direction against a lower product bearing surface and/or a side product bearing surface, and into a locking position. In the locking position, the working unit prevents any movement of the product in the conveying direction.