New Processing Equipment: January 2022
Higher capacities, new shapes, longer blade life, automation, flexibility, sanitary design, quick changeover, and gentler handling of fragile ingredients are among the top features and benefits that snack and bakery companies want from their slicing, cutting and portioning machinery.
Company: Baker Perkins
Website: www.bakerperkins.com
Equipment Snapshot: Baker Perkins has newly redesigned its TruClean Servo Bar Cutter so that it can be reconfigured to cut a variety of products to specific piece lengths, giving the customer flexibility to run different kinds of products without needing to worry about mechanical limitations
Company: Egan Food Technologies
Website: www.eganfoodtech.com
Equipment Snapshot: Last September, Egan unveiled the SlabForm DUO line, which produces granola, nutrition, and protein bars in more efficient fashion for smaller shops.
Company: FoodTools
Website: https://foodtools.com/
Equipment Snapshot: FoodTools has been rolling out customized versions of its TC-200 inline tortilla slicer that take stacks of corn tortillas and cut them into chips at high production speeds
Company: Grote Co.
Website: www.grotecompany.com/en-us/
Equipment Snapshot: Grote has redesigned its flagship Slicer/Applicator, focusing primarily on quality-of-life improvements that are sometimes overlooked.
Company: LeMatic
Website: https://lematic.com/
Equipment Snapshot: LeMatic has come out with the G8 Slicing System, which focuses pressure on the product that is independent of the slicing position
Company: Urschel Laboratories
Website: www.urschel.com
Equipment Snapshot: Urschel has upgraded its Model CC Slicer with new SL14 cutting heads that go into the existing machine that are more sanitary and provide greater use of ease and higher capacity.