String cheese cutter for continuous production
Enhance your cheese production line with precise, adjustable length cutting, catering to various cheese formats via automated high-capacity processing.
Cuts and Cools String Cheese Precisely
The Tetra Pak® String Cheese Cutter AC is a crucial component for cheese manufacturers focused on producing high-quality string cheese products. Designed to seamlessly integrate into continuous cheese production lines, it efficiently handles string cheese, mozzarella, cheddar, and other pasta filata varieties. This equipment operates using a laned cutting table with brine diffusers and fiber optic sensors, ensuring precise length adjustments and consistent product quality. With a capacity of 680 kg/h, it supports high-throughput operations, making it ideal for large-scale production facilities. The machine features 24 individual cooling lanes, each with controlled brine flow for optimal temperature maintenance. Automated via PLC controls, it offers easy operation and ensures minimal downtime with its easy disassembly and low maintenance design. Constructed with an open channel frame design, it promotes superior hygiene standards and effortlessly integrates into existing production lines, enhancing both efficiency and product consistency.
Benefits
- Enhances production efficiency with continuous high-capacity cutting.
- Reduces labor involvement through easy-to-operate PLC-controlled systems.
- Maintains product quality with precise length adjustment and consistent cooling.
- Supports flexible production with adjustable string length and multiple diameter capabilities.
- Promotes high hygiene standards with an open channel frame design.
- Applications
- Pasta filata cheese,Dairy products,String cheese
- End products
- Pizza cheese shreds,Mozzarella string cheese,String cheese sticks,Low-moisture part-skim mozzarella logs,Provolone pasta filata,Cheddar string cheese ropes
- Steps before
- Cooked and stretched pasta filata cheese preparation,Extrusion through forming head
- Steps after
- Brine bath,Packaging
- Input ingredients
- extruded cheese ropes,pasta filata cheese
- Output ingredients
- string cheese,cut cheese ropes,processed cheese
- Market info
- Tetra Pak is renowned for providing innovative packaging solutions, specializing in carton packaging for the food and beverage industry. It is esteemed for high-quality, sustainable, and efficient processing and packaging equipment on a global scale.
- Capacity
- 680 kg/hour (1500 lbs/hour)
- Automation
- PLC-controlled
- Cutting lanes
- 24 individual lanes
- Sensor Type
- Fiber optic sensors
- String Length Adjustment
- Manual Sensor Head Adjustment
- Automation level
- PLC
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Continuous
- Cleaning method
- Easy to disassemble and clean
- Changeover time
- Quick adjustments
- Energy efficiency
- Low maintenance cost
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Cheese type
- String cheese
- Machine Footprint
- Compact design
- Number of Lanes
- 24 individual cooling lanes
- Flow Control
- Flow valves for brine distribution
- Control Panel
- PLC with on/off switch and E-stop
- Height Adjustment
- Adjustable table height for rope thickness control
- Frame Design
- Open Channel Frame Design
- Control panel type
- PLC with on/off switch,E-stop and reset button
- Adjustable height
- Table height adjustable under extruder head