Processed cheese stick cutter
Achieve precise and consistent cheese stick production with a machine designed to streamline forming, cutting, and cooling in one seamless process, enhancing efficiency and product uniformity.
Forms and Cuts Cheese Sticks Efficiently
The StickCutter from the Natec Network is an innovative solution for processing cheese sticks with precision and efficiency. This machine excels at forming, cooling, and cutting processed, analogue, and hybrid cheese into uniform sticks, snacks, bars, and strips. Designed for continuous, high-speed operations, it can handle up to 1,800 kg/h with a flexible cutting system that adjusts stick lengths from 50 mm to 135 mm without mechanical changes. Its PLC-controlled system allows for seamless integration into existing production lines, with options for remote monitoring and format customization to suit various product specifications.
Crafted with stainless steel components, the StickCutter ensures durability and hygiene in food processing environments, adhering to CE guidelines. It features manual cleaning for thorough maintenance. Its mobility on rollers aids in flexible plant arrangements. Capable of processing cheese widths from 4 mm to 100 mm and thicknesses from 2 mm to 12 mm, the StickCutter maximizes throughput while minimizing manual intervention, offering a significant advantage for cheese manufacturers seeking consistent quality and production efficiency.
Benefits
- Increases production efficiency by forming, cooling, and cutting in a single step.
- Offers flexibility in product specifications with adjustable stick lengths and thicknesses.
- Ensures consistent product quality through precise, continuous cutting operations.
- Enhances operational flexibility with its mobile design for easy plant integration.
- Supports sustainable practices by adhering to CE guidelines for safe and hygienic processing.
- Applications
- Meat products,Soups,Sauces,Mozzarella,Pasta filata,Specialty food,Vegan food,Pet food,Plant-based food,Fruits,Processed cheese,Cream cheese,Dressings,Vegetables,Baby food
- End products
- Cheese snacks,Cheese strips,Cheese bars,Analogue cheese sticks,Hybrid cheese sticks,Cheese batons,Processed cheese sticks
- Steps before
- Forming,Cooling
- Steps after
- Packing
- Input ingredients
- processed cheese,analogue cheese,hybrid cheese
- Output ingredients
- cheese sticks,SOS cheese sticks
- Market info
- Hochland Natec is known for manufacturing innovative engineered-to-order equipment and solutions for the dairy and food processing industry, specializing in cheese production and processing technologies, with a strong reputation for quality and innovation.
- Size
- LxWxH
- Power supply
- 400 V,50 Hz,3 phase / 8 kVA
- Capacity
- Up to 1,800 kg/h (4,000 lbs/h)
- Cutting speed
- Up to 150 cuts/min
- Stick width
- 4 mm - 100 mm (0.16" - 4")
- Stick length
- 8 mm - 500 mm (0.3" - 19")
- Stick thickness
- 2 mm - 12 mm (0.08" - 0.5")
- Cheese types
- Processed cheese,analogue,hybrid cheese
- Cleaning method
- Manual cleaning
- Compliance
- According to CE guidelines
- Working mechanism
- Continuous cutting system
- Integrated steps
- Forming,cooling,and cutting in one step
- Changeover time
- Length changes possible without mechanical modification
- Automation level
- HMI controlled
- Movability
- Movable on rollers
- Cleaning method
- Manual cleaning
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Inline Continuous
- Cheese Types Compatibility
- Processed cheese,analogue cheese,hybrid cheese
- Cleanability
- Manual cleaning
- Machine footprint (LxWxH)
- 2,000 x 2,100 x 1,500 mm (78" x 82" x 59")
- Movability
- Movable on rollers
- Stick width
- 4 mm - 100 mm (0.16" - 4")
- Stick length
- 8 mm - 500 mm (0.3" - 19")
- Stick thickness
- 2 mm - 12 mm (0.08" - 0.5")
- Control panel type
- HMI with format adjustments
- Integration possibilities
- Integration with FreeSlice and other SOS cheese systems
- Cheese stick length adjustment
- 50 mm to 135 mm without mechanical modification
- Movability
- Movable on rollers for flexible placement
- Additional functions
- Cutting shaft customization according to formats