An electrically operated slicing machine cuts off slices from an item. The slicing machine has: a cutting device, the cutting device having a rotating circular knife driven by an electric knife motor; a carriage, movable in parallel to the circular knife, for receiving and moving the item to be cut; and a knife monitor for monitoring a state of the circular knife. The knife monitor has a current-measuring device for measuring a knife motor current. The slicing machine has a control unit which is configured to determine a cutting characteristic value from the currently measured knife motor current and/or its temporal profile.

A clamp includes first and second rising portions that rise from a base portion, a first extending portion extending along a first top surface of a table from the first rising portion, a second extending portion extending along a second top surface of the table from the second rising portion, a first clamp portion to urge a medium toward the first top surface, and a second clamp portion to urge the medium toward the second top surface. A gap located above a groove in the table is provided between the first clamp portion and the second clamp portion.

A cutting machine for cutting slices of in particular strand-shaped cutting material includes: a machine housing; a drive motor; a cutting blade, driven in rotation by the drive motor in a cutting plane, for cutting off slices; a stop plate, displaceable parallel to the cutting plane, for setting a desired slice thickness; a carriage, movable back and forth parallel to the cutting plane, having a supporting plate and a bearing wall, the supporting plate and the bearing wall forming a holding device for the cutting material, the carriage including a pivoting device for moving the supporting plate between a starting position and a pivoted-up position, the supporting plate in the starting position and in the pivoted-up position forming a right angle with the cutting plane; and a fixing plate arranged orthogonal to the supporting plate and being rigidly connected to the supporting plate, the fixing plate including a slotted link.

An electrically-operated slice-cutting machine for cutting slices offin particular, strand-shapedmaterial to be cutpreferably, foodincludes: a machine housing which holds a drive motor and a rotating and/or circumferentially-movable cutting blade driven by the drive motor; a product feed for feeding the material to be cut to the cutting blade; a carrier plate; and a cutting frame arranged on the carrier plate and via which the material to be cut is fed to the cutting blade. The cutting frame is geometrically arranged such that the material to be cut is feedable by the product feed through the cutting frame to the cutting blade in an operating state of the slice-cutting machine. The slice-cutting machine has at least a first and a second lever element for releasably fixing the cutting frame, each of the two lever elements being transferrable from a holding position into a release position.

The invention relates to a machine-tool, especially a circular saw bench. The machine-tool has a clamping device that can be moved with the work piece in an advancing direction and which is guided at a certain height in relation to the workbench. The clamping device is used to support the work piece, in a carrying manner, in the region of the clamping device, in relation to the workbench.

A product slicer incorporating an automatic slicer engagement mechanism attached to a carriage assembly and configured for quick, safe, reliable, and releasable engagement with a belt to provide powered automated slicing, and disengagement to allow manual slicing.

The present invention is an automatic food slicer with a built-in scale which allows the user to have the slicer automatically stop when a particular weight of food has been sliced.

An automated trimming system is provided that includes a vision system identifying the number of rings positioned within a coil and sheared positions where the rings need to be cut. One or more trimming mechanisms receive the sheared positions and proceed to cut the rings at the sheared positions. A hook arrangement interfaces with the coil for transferring the coil to a trimming area. Moreover, an automated trimming system is provided that includes a coil having a plurality of rings. One or more trimming mechanisms select a number of rings from the coil and proceed to form a sample of desired length, by cutting a portion of the rings. A receiver unit receives the sample from the one or more trimming mechanisms to evaluate the quality of the sample.

A food log slicing apparatus includes a base, a frame mounted on the base, a loaf tray, a drive assembly, a shear bar and a slicing station mounted on the frame. The loaf tray and the shear bar are divided into a plurality of side-by-side lanes, each of which are configured to receive multiple food logs stacked in a column. Each lane has a base wall on which a lowest one of the food logs rests which is angled relative to horizontal ground. The drive assembly moves the food logs from the loaf tray to the shear bar and into the slicing station. The slicing station has a driven blade which is parallel to a planar downstream face of the shear bar, and cuts all of the food logs as the blade passes through the food logs.

A cutting machine for cutting slices of in particular strand-shaped cutting material includes: a machine housing; a drive motor; a cutting blade, driven in rotation by the drive motor in a cutting plane, for cutting off slices; a stop plate, displaceable parallel to the cutting plane, for setting a desired slice thickness; a carriage, movable back and forth parallel to the cutting plane, having a supporting plate and a bearing wall, the supporting plate and the bearing wall forming a holding device for the cutting material, the carriage including a pivoting device for moving the supporting plate between a starting position and a pivoted-up position, the supporting plate in the starting position and in the pivoted-up position forming a right angle with the cutting plane; and a fixing plate arranged orthogonal to the supporting plate and being rigidly connected to the supporting plate, the fixing plate including a slotted link.