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.

A slicer apparatus for slicing food items includes a conveying means for conveying a food item to be cut along a conveying path, where a gap is provided extending across the conveying path; at least one cutting blade. A cutting land is arranged in and along the gap, and the cutting land comprises a recess on at least one side such that during cutting the at least one cutting blade at least partly extends into the recess. A first moving means is connected to the at least one cutting blade for moving the at least one cutting blade in distance relative to the cutting land. A second moving means is connected to the at least one cutting blade for moving the at least one cutting blade angularly relative to the conveying path. A third moving means is connected to the cutting land for adjusting at least an angular position of the cutting land around its longitudinal axis. The third moving means is configured to independently adjust the at least angular position of the cutting land around its longitudinal axis.

The invention relates to an apparatus for a single-track or multitrack provision of web-like interleaved sheet material at a cutting region in which products supplied on one track or on multiple tracks are cut into slices and interleaved sheets are introduced which are cut off from the provided interleaved sheet material in the cutting region, comprising an output device which is configured to eject at least one material web into the cutting region, wherein the output device comprises at least one driven feed roll and at least one counter-unit which forms a feed gap for the material web together with the feed roll.

The present disclosure describes new meat products and new processing and cutting techniques that more effectively utilize an animal carcass. A method of forming one or more bone-in products and one or more boneless meat products from the same segment of carcass are disclosed. The bone-in meat products and boneless meat products are formed by dividing a carcass segment having at least three rib bones into a bone-in meat portion and a boneless meat portion. The bone-in meat portion has a portion of rib bones exposed and a generally cylindrically meat member spanning its length. The boneless meat portion may be a formed by enveloping the meat portion with a flap created from attached fat or skin of the boneless meat portion thereby forming a boneless meat product that is a continuous piece of material and generally cylindrical in shape.

The apparatus (1) for detecting physical characteristics of food products (10), such as poultry, meat or fish, comprises: a conveyor (2) for transporting the products (10) along an advancement path, at an advancement speed; a floating belt (3), located above the conveyor (2) so as to define an analysis zone (Z) comprised between said floating belt (3) and the conveyor (2); a first and a second detecting device (41, 42), located on opposite sides of the advancement path, each adapted to acquire a multiplicity of partial profiles of the products (10) borne by the conveyor (2) into the analysis zone (Z), in accordance with a scanning frequency, the partial profiles being taken in a scanning plane of the related device; a processing unit (6) connected to the first and second detecting device (41, 42) and in turn comprising: a first shape module (61) configured to determine the conformation of the external surface of a first portion of the product (10), based on the partial profiles acquired by the first detecting device (41), at the scanning frequency and at the advancement speed; and a second shape module (62) configured to determine the conformation of the external surface of a second portion of the product (10), based on the partial profiles acquired by the second detecting device (42), at said scanning frequency and at said advancement speed.

A scribe saw head assembly is provided for a loin puller and has substantially reduced wear and increased life of the assembly components. A pinion assembly includes a pinion shaft and a thrust bearing. The shaft has a flange to support the thrust bearing, which is retained by a pair of retainers. The flange and thrust bearing provides constant contact between the pinion shaft and the standard of the scribe saw assembly, prevents side to side movement of the pinion shaft, and prevents longitudinal floating of the pinion shaft.

The invention relates to a conveyor device (10) for conveying food products on a plurality of parallel conveyor tracks and for formatting the food products in a specific product format, especially for conveying and formatting stacks or interleaved units made of a plurality of slices of cheese or meat products. It is proposed that the conveyor device (10) fills a product gap on one of the conveyor tracks incoming on the input side with a food product so that on the output side all parallel conveyor tracks are supplied with the food products. The invention also includes a corresponding method.

A power operated rotary knife including an annular rotary knife blade supported for rotation in a blade housing. The rotary knife blade including a body and a blade section extending from the body. The body includes an outer wall including an arcuate surface having an upper region extending from a first upper end portion to a second intermediate portion and a lower region extending from the second intermediate portion to a third lower end portion. A plurality of gear teeth extend downwardly from the upper end of the body, each of the plurality of gear teeth including an outer peripheral face forming a portion of the upper region of the arcuate surface of the outer wall. The body outer wall includes a bearing surface having a lower bearing face in the lower region of the arcuate surface and an upper hearing face in the upper region of the arcuate surface.

A ribbon saw with a double security system is provided that includes a cutting ribbon (3), vertically installed between an upper part (1a) and a lower part (1b) with driving mechanism and control electronics. The control electronics include a first artificial vision security system, with a camera (5) and a second magnetic artificial vision security system, with an inductive sensor or metal detector (6) installed on the table (4), in front of the cutting ribbon (3). The security system is connected to one or two braking systems (14,15) based on a disc (14) and a pneumatic clamp (15) that stops the mechanism of pulleys (12a, 12b) of the ribbon (3), when it detects the color and the metallic or ferrous material of the gloves that the operator wears.

Methods and apparatuses for portioning and storing a meat chub are disclosed, including providing an apparatus comprising: a housing having an opening; a lid removably coupled to the opening of the housing, the lid comprising a plurality of slotted openings; and one or more cutters removably insertable through the plurality of slotted openings; wherein the housing is configured to receive a meat chub through the opening and retain the meat chub within the housing, wherein the lid is configured to secure the meat within the housing when the lid is coupled to the housing, and wherein when the lid is coupled to the housing, the one or more cutters are configured to pass through the plurality of slotted openings to cut through the meat chub retained in the housing.