MULTIVAC slicer line

MULTIVAC has released a slicer line for the automated slicing and packing of products such as cheese, ham and other sliced products.

The line consists of an SL 800 slicer, an R 245 thermoforming packaging machine, a horizontal loader and a compact L 330 conveyor belt labeller. An H 130 handling module is used to load the packs into boxes.

The SL 800 slicer is equipped with fully automatic central loading and offers a high slicing speed of up to 800 slices/min. The product infeed is carried out in a highly controlled and compression-free process using servo-driven product infeed units. The portioning system on the machine can perform virtually any portioning task — from precise placement of slices in shingled portions and straight or offset stacks, through to the shingling of wafer-thin cut product, and right up to the folding of individual slices. The servo-driven portioning system, which can be raised and lowered, enables stacks up to 80 mm high to be produced, as well as tall shingled portions and large bulk packs of product.

The Horizontal Loader is designed to ensure that a wide range of sliced portions can be transferred efficiently from the slicer to the cavities of the thermoformed packs.

An L 330 conveyor belt labeller is used for labelling the packs of sliced products. This model is designed in the IP69K protection class and is designed to meet the highest hygiene requirements in food processing companies.

The coordinated line components can be controlled easily and with good process reliability via the open IPC control and user-friendly HMI 2.0 of the packaging machine.