A slicing machine for slicing a product calibre into slices and producing shingled or stacked portions from the slices includes a slicing unit, a feeding unit for feeding at least one calibre to the slicing unit along a feeding direction, a discharge unit for discharging the slices or the portions in a direction of travel of the machine, and a gripper movable along the feeding direction. The gripper includes a product parameter detection apparatus configured to detect at least one product parameter of the calibre of product held by the gripper. The product parameter detection apparatus is configured to communicate with a product parameter analysis apparatus configured to store product parameters detected by the product parameter detection apparatus and/or to process them into a processing result.

The present disclosure relates to a method and device for processing food. The device comprises at least two food slicing devices adapted to each produce partial portions, and a combination device disposed downstream of each food slicing device to combine the partial portions to a multi-type portion. A sensor assembly may be provided to determine at least one property of the partial portions, wherein a control device is provided to control the operation of the food slicing devices based on the properties of the respective partial portions to adjust the weight of the partial portions. A control device is alternatively provided to synchronize the timing of the slicing operation of the food slicing devices. A buffering device is alternatively provided between at least one food slicing device and the combination device to retain and release partial portions based on a control signal from a control device.

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 muntin bar fabrication system can be used to efficiency produce a wide variety of different types of muntin bars, allowing the fabrication of both standard and custom muntin bar assemblies for doors, windows, and other fenestration products. In some examples, the fabrication system includes a muntin bar stock storage assembly that holds multiple different types of muntin bar stock. The system also includes a muntin bar stock extraction device that extracts one of the different types of muntin bar stock from the storage assembly and conveys the extracted muntin bar stock to a feed device. The feed device feeds the extracted piece of muntin bar stock into a cutting system that includes a multi-axis cutter. The cutting system that performs one or more cutting operations on the extracted muntin bar stock so as to fabricate one or more individual muntin bars from the extracted muntin bar stock.

To ensure that, during slicing, a gripper can remain stationary when a log which it is holding has been completely sliced while other grippers move forward for the slicing of the other logs they are holding, a hydraulic cylinder unit is arranged between each gripper and a gripper carriage, which unit is either switched pressureless in a lane of the completely sliced log or is hydraulically connected to the other hydraulic cylinder units in order to allow the displacement of hydraulic medium from the hydraulic cylinder unit of the completely sliced log, which retracts during further slicing, into the other hydraulic cylinder units.

A device for carrying out cutting operations on at least one open format edge of a printed product, includes: a transport unit configured to transfer the printed product along a guide path from a first cutting location to a second cutting location and from the second cutting location to a third cutting location for an edge-related cutting operation, the transport unit having at least one gripper configured to grip the printed product by its spine to convey the printed product from one cutting location to the next in a suspended manner, and at at least one cutting location, at least one cutting tool configured to perform the edge-related cutting operation comprising a first edge-related cutting operation and optionally at least one second subsequent edge-related cutting operation.

An electronic cutting machine includes a static dumping assembly configured to collect static charge from a workpiece placed on a working surface of the machine during use. The dumping assembly of the electronic cutting machine may include a static collection strip at least partially forming or defining the working surface of the cutting machine. The electronic cutting machine may also include a material sensor configured to detect at least one of a presence and a type of workpiece.

The device comprises a log advancing path and a set of jaws in the form of double four-bar linkage, with an adjusting mechanism to adjust the position of the jaws according to the diameter of the logs to be cut.

The invention relates to a drive unit (1) for a product hold-down element (51) of a food cutting machine (73) for driving a transport means (55) of a product hold-down element (51). The drive unit (1) comprises a driveshaft (3), a gearbox (5) having a gearbox housing (7) with a first and a second side (13, 15), a motor (9), and a torque support (11). The drive shaft (3) is connected to the gearbox (5) and is designed to drive a transport means (55). The motor (9) is connected to the gearbox (5) so that a rotation of the motor (9) is transmitted to the drive shaft (3) by means of the gearbox (5). The drive shaft (3) and the motor (9) are connected to the gearbox (5) on the first side (13) of the gearbox housing (7). The gearbox housing (7) is mounted on the torque support (11) on the second side (15).

A destemming device includes a housing, a motor, and a belt system configured to fit within the housing. The housing includes at least one cutting aperture. The cutting aperture is formed from a plurality of cutting fingers that have a cutting edge. When a plant stem is pressed or fed into the device, the cutting fingers create a cutting aperture that is sized to conform closely to the plant stem.