FAM Hymaks hygienic dicer for cheese and meat products

The FAM Hymaks dicer has been developed for the cheese and meat industries, which have high sanitation standards. It complies with major industry standards, such as EN 1672-2-2005, NSF-3A-14159-1-2002, EHEDG Hygienic Equipment Design Criteria and USDA Guidelines for the sanitary design and fabrication of dairy processing equipment.

The dicer’s single-piece design prevents minute crevices, and it does not have any exposed bores, threads or bolts in the product area that can harbour product residue and bacteria. All surfaces in the product area are self draining.

To avoid lubricant contamination, bearings and seals are situated more than 25 mm away from produce, while sanitary seals and gaskets close off the product area completely from the non-product area.

The dicer is capable of slices from 1.5 to 25 mm, strip cuts from 3 to 60 mm and dices from 3 to 40 mm. The machine’s capacity is up to 5500 kg per hour.

The dicer can handle large blocks of soft, semi-hard or processed cheese that can be cut chilled or frozen to as low as -10°C. Products such as bacon, poultry, ham, beef and pork can be cut chilled or frozen to as low as -16°C. It is also suitable for dicing pet food.

It has striking power potential of 20.5 kW with two synchronised motors of 5.5 and 15 kW (7.5 and 20 hp respectively). Its steep infeed chute results in a smooth product flow.

A digital variable frequency drive allows finetuning and setting of drum speed and spindle via touch screen.