High-volume cheese cutting solution
Achieve unmatched precision in cheese processing with a high-volume cutting solution designed for efficient shredding, slicing, and dicing, ensuring optimal hygiene and minimal waste.
Cuts, Shreds, and Slices Cheese Efficiently
The CASAN Cheese Cutting and Shredding Machine from Marel offers unparalleled precision for high-volume cheese processing. Specially designed for cheese manufacturers, food processors, and pizza production facilities, it integrates cutting-edge sensor technology to deliver uniform cheese cubes, sticks, strips, and shredded cheese with minimal waste. The CASAN uses fully automatic loading and a spacious cutting chamber that efficiently processes large volumes, including stacked Euroblocks, enhancing productivity and versatility. With a maximum output of 3.0 tons per hour and controls for fine-tuning blade frequency and hydraulic feed pressure, it ensures consistent quality and energy efficiency. Engineered with a focus on hygiene, the CASAN features an open design for easy cleaning and a unique hygiene cylinder to prevent contamination. The machine’s compact footprint allows simple integration into existing production lines, and it supports high-speed, continuous operation. Additionally, Marel provides robust global service support and customization options to meet specific processing needs, ensuring operational excellence and sustainability.
Benefits
- Enhances productivity with high-speed, continuous operation.
- Minimizes waste and maximizes raw material use through sensor-based precision cutting.
- Lowers energy costs with optimized hydraulic pressure control.
- Improves hygiene and food safety with an open design for easy cleaning.
- Seamlessly integrates into existing production lines with a compact footprint.
- Applications
- Convenience sector,Cheese,Pizza production
- End products
- Cheese cubes,Pre-packaged cheese for convenience foods,Cheese slices for pizza,Cheese strips,Cheese sticks,Shredded cheese
- Steps before
- Cheese reception,Pre-cutting,Loading
- Steps after
- Shredding,Slicing,Dicing,Cube formation,Stick formation,Strip formation,Packing,Labeling
- Input ingredients
- cheese blocks,Euroblocks
- Output ingredients
- shredded cheese,sliced cheese,cheese cubes,cheese sticks,cheese strips
- Market info
- Marel is known for its advanced food processing equipment, specializing in systems and services for poultry, meat, and fish industries. It is recognized for innovation, quality, and improving processing efficiency and sustainability.
- Max. output
- 3.0 t/hr (6,614 lbs)
- Max. cut-off length
- 1–50 mm (0.04"–2")
- Max. blade speed
- 500 blade rotations/minute
- Cutting chamber size
- W 200 mm x H 120 mm (W 7.87" x H 4.72")
- Max. infeed length
- 550 mm (21.65")
- Housing dimensions
- Length
- Housing dimensions
- Width with open blade box door
- Housing dimensions
- Height
- Connecting load
- 9.0 kW
- Gridsets
- 5/6/8/10/12/15/17/20/24/30/40/60 mm 0.20/0.24/0.31/0.40/0.47/0.60/0.79/0.94/1.18/1.57/2.36"
- Weight
- approx. 1,500 kg (3,307 lb)
- Automation level
- PLC-controlled
- Shredding mode
- High-performance
- Changeover time
- Quick
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Batch with Continuous Features
- Cleaning method
- Easy access for manual cleaning
- Energy efficiency
- Energy saving
- Waste management
- Minimized waste with residue channel
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Machine footprint
- Length
- Cutting chamber size
- W 200 mm x H 120 mm (W 7.87" x H 4.72")
- Infeed and discharge method
- Automatic loading and discharging
- Integration possibilities
- Easy integration due to small footprint
- Control panel type
- Sensor-based control
- Discharge method
- Automatic discharging options