A cutting apparatus for slicing and/or dividing meat products, in particular bacon and/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 in which slices and/or pieces are cut off from the products by means of a first rotating blade and by means of a second rotating blade. 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 slices and/or pieces from the at least one first product, and wherein the second blade is associated with the second conveying means and is provided for cutting off slices and/or pieces from the at least one second product.

Systems and methods for cutting and cooking a substance are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: convey, via a primary conveying subsystem, a layer of food substance along a conveyance path along which the layer of food substance is conveyed; cut, via a cutter, the layer of food substance into food pieces; apply, via a primary pressurized fluid outlet, primary pressurized fluid such that the food pieces are released from the cutter; heat, via the heating mechanism, a chamber; apply, via a secondary pressurized fluid outlet, secondary pressurized fluid so that the food pieces are held flat to the primary conveying substrate, and hold, via a secondary conveying subsystem, the layer of food substance flat between the primary conveying substrate and a secondary conveying substrate for at least a portion of the chamber.

A slicing machine for cutting agricultural produce items includes a conveyor plenum with a plenum top plate formed with many vacuum ports arranged in a longitudinal direction below the gap between conveyor belts in a dual-belt conveyor, a water jet knife positioned to emit a stream of high-pressure water between the individual belts in the dual belt conveyor with enough force to cut a produce item into separate pieces, and a belt shaker configured to strike the dual-belt conveyor at cyclical intervals.

A Laminated core manufacturing device includes: an overlapping unit configured to overlap the plurality of laminated core materials conveyed along different conveyance routes; an edge aligning unit configured to align edge positions in a width direction of the plurality of laminated core materials between the plurality of laminated core materials; an uplift prevention unit configured to prevent uplift of the plurality of laminated core materials; an edge position correction unit configured to correct the edge positions in the width direction of the plurality of laminated core materials; and a punching unit configured to punch out the plurality of laminated core materials which are overlapped by the overlapping unit and have been subjected to an edge position alignment process performed by the edge aligning unit, an uplift prevention process performed by the uplift prevention unit, and an edge position correction process performed by the edge position correction unit.

Machine for forming spaghetti of vegetable products (19) comprisinga cutting unit (11) rotatable about an operating axis (A) and having a face (12), perpendicular to the operating axis (A), from which blades (13) protrude to form spaghetti from a product (19) that is pushed against the face (12);a supply device (14) comprising a thrust unit (15) having:two mutually opposite tape members (16, 17), which between them define a passage (18) for products (19) and can be spread symmetrically with respect to the operating axis (A);elastic means (20) connected to said tape members (16, 17) and configured to resiliently oppose a mutual divergence of said tape members (16, 17). The tape members (16, 17) are positioned and configured in such a way that the passage (18) extends along the operating axis (A) and has an outlet opening (18a) which faces the face (12) of the cutting unit (11).

System and method for producing resilient planks are described. A die punch press is provided to receive and die punch resilient slabs into planks. Die punching the resilient slabs into plural planks can sometimes create a deformity on at least one bottom edge of the plank. The planks are then automatically conveyed from the die punch press to a shaping tool. The shaping tool receives individual planks and forms at least one bevel in the respective plank removing the deformity. The planks can then be stacked and prepared for shipping.

Processing apparatus such as a food slicer (10) includes upper and lower conveyor units (16, 14) having shiftable conveyor belts (40, 22) designed to receive incoming products and to move such products along a path of travel (124) through the conveyor units (16, 14) and into a slicer assembly (18). The upper conveyor unit (16) is equipped with control apparatus (72) serving to maintain a predetermined, substantially constant force against products passing through the conveyor units (16, 14). The upper conveyor unit (16) is bidirectionally pivotal about respective axes parallel with the path of travel (124), and transverse thereto. This allows the slicer 10 to accommodate products of varying size, shape, and makeup.

A cutting machine comprising one or more form tubes that are divided in two in the longitudinal direction into a front form tube section and a rear form tube sectionat least across a portion of its circumference, so that the two form sections can be moved from a pressing position in which they are aligned with each other into a loading position in which they are not aligned with each other, and in the loading position the rear form tube section can be loaded with a new meat strand while the rest of the previous meat strand is still being cut into slices and moved in the front form tube section. The blade may be disposed to simultaneously cut slices from a plurality of form tubes and may be disposed for motion in the longitudinal direction as well as a direction transverse to the longitudinal direction.

The conveying apparatus (1) for an industrial slicing machine comprises: a lower conveyor (2) designed to drag restingly a food product in a feed direction (D); and an upper conveyor (4) of floating type arranged above the lower conveyor (2) and comprising a frame (40) that carries a motor-driven conveyor belt (41), adapted to push in the feed direction (D) the product dragged by the lower conveyor (2) and closed in a loop around a plurality of linkage devices (50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55) mounted on the frame. The belt (41) defines two active branches (42, 43) facing the lower conveyor (2), adapted to contact above and push the product and connected together by a recessed branch (44) that defines a concavity (C) facing the lower conveyor (2).

An industrial slicer (1) comprises a cutting station (T) that includes: a plurality of blades (21, 22, 23) for slicing a food product (2), the blades (21, 22, 23) being distanceable and nearable to one another in pairs at various reciprocal distances, so as to obtain slices having thicknesses corresponding to said distances; and adjustment means (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45) for adjusting said distances and comprising a plurality of adjustment devices (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35) that are adapted to act upon respective blades (21, 22, 23), of which at least two of said devices can be activated independently of each other.