Cutting with ALPMA

Cutting-edge concepts

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Quality has no limits.

Throughout the world, ALPMA is involved in all aspects of cutting and pack ag ing, using its expertise to meet chal leng es on the spot.As part of a global communications network, and with long-stand ing partners in more than fif ty countries, it provides its cus tom ers with rap id answers and com pre hensive service.

In the divisions Processing Technology, Cheese Production Technology and Cutting and Pack-aging Technology, being close to the cus tom er is not just an obligation, it is a mat ter of choice.

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ALPMA is represented in the following countries:ALGERIA • ARGENTINA • AUSTRALIA • AUSTRIABRAZIL • CANADA • CHILE • COLOMBIACOSTA RICA • CROATIA • CZECH REPUBLICDENMARK • EGYPT • ESTONIA • FINLANDFRANCE • GREECE • HUNGARY • INDIA • IRAN

IRELAND • ISRAEL • ITALY • JAPAN • JORDANLATVIA • LITHUANIA • NEW ZEALAND • MEXICONORWAY • POLAND • PORTUGAL • RUSSIASLOVAKIA • SLOVENIA • SOUTH AFRICASOUTH KOREA • SPAIN • SWEDENSWITZERLAND • THE NETHERLANDS • TURKEY UNITED KINGDOM • USA • VENEZUELA

It’s a small world…

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Don’t be satisfied with half-mea sures.

Only the perfect cut will do. Wheth er it is dealing with cheese or other food stuffs, wheth er it is han dling some thing small or the size of a cart wheel, the systematic cut- ting technology of ALPMA machines makes certain that each prod uct has the exact cut re quired, no matter what its con sist en cy.

Over the course of more than sixty years, AL P MA cut ting systems have reached the highest quality. They will enable you to cut your product in precise por tions to your specifications while complying with the high est standards of hy giene and ensuring maximum product quality.

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If your products need to be cut, only the finest cut will do.

The accuracy of the ALPMA cutting system ensures that the shape is just right. Precision is an important economic aspect during por-tioning; too much or too little will ad verse ly affect the profit-ability of your pro duc tion.

Whether fully or semi-auto-matic, even the smallest cut ters have a common denominator, namely cost-effectiveness.

Intelligent cutting.

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…ALPMA machines represent the latest technology.

Sixty years ago or to day…

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Portioning technology also…

Horizontal and vertical portioning in one procedure.

How many pieces – 16?

Hard Parmesan or creamy blue cheese.

There’s the right cut to suit every consistency – whether with a knife or a wire.With the hydraulic HT II, you can portion your cheese quickly and eas i ly. Of course, the HT II is also ex cel lent for car ry ing out pre-cutting for sub se quent cut lines.And with this easy to operate machine, safe ty is of par a -mount importance.

It’s perfect quality that matters.

HT II – one for all!

Even hard Parmesan can be easily cut. Double cutting set for Edam balls.

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Handling the big cheeses.

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CUT 27 – block cutter

capable of automatic feeding of

downstream equipment.

KSA 90 – the turntable can be used to cut your chee se into slabs

or seg ments.

Block cutting system BTS 600 –

divides blocks into slabs or bars.

How do you get the big cheese wheel into the small shopping basket?Cut it! Cut it! Cut it!

Slabs are divided up and sent to the cut lines. Large chees es such as Emmental or blocks of Cheddar are then quick ly cut into small portions.The fully automatic process makes light work of the pro cess. The ma chines can be used individually or integra -ted into lines.

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Cutting the right bar.

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CUT 400 – rotating, turning over and grouping for automatic feed to the slicer.

BTS 300/B – flexible and

optimized performance

for EUR block cutting.

Bar stack RM – clever and

continuous bar feeding.

Intelligent pre-cutting.

The pre-cutting of the cheese block is of decisive importance for the economical operation of the cutting line. The exact cut into bars is a fundamental pre-requisite for successful further processing, whether in pieces or slices.

The appropriate accessory modules allow you to rotate and turn over the bar just the way you want.So nothing stands in the way of a high degree of automation throughout the complete cut-ting line.

ALPMA modules – guarantees for success with optimized per-formance cutting lines.

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A “CUT” above.

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CS 60 – cuts even extremely soft cheese into equal portions.

CUT 25/M – the high-per form ance

cutter for producing portions, wedg es,

and segments.

Precision cutting is what makes it appealing.

But every cut has to be cal-culated beforehand.The CUT systems employ the latest tech nol o gy for produc-ing accurate portions. First of all, the prod uct is weighed and precisely meas ured. Then it is cut into equal weight por tions, ensuring every cut pays.

Cheese cut into wedges has a traditional touch about it. And it is not just the Anglo-Sax on cus tom er who will ap-preciate the qual i ty. The new special wedge cutting blade makes it pos si ble to cut bars into wedg es.

When it comes to buying a piece of Parme san, Italian consumers are at tract ed by cuts with a marbled surface. Our special cutting techno -logy makes this ex treme ly easy to achieve.And wherever a soft creamy cheese like Stil ton or Gor-gonzola would smear a standard blade, ul tra sound sets just the right note.

CUT 25/M Line 1. Placement of the EUR blocks. 2. Partitioning into bars with BTS 300/B 3. Weighing 4. Cutting on the CUT 25/M 5. Portion weigher 6. Turning station 7. Accumulation conveyor 8. Packaging machine

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If the line’s right, the weight’s right!

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SC 150 – the space marvel: – Feed in– Middle cut-out– Cut into segments– Separate segments– Outfeed dischargeon only 2.5 m2.

Economy is the watchword for the whole line, and it dictates every aspect of machine design.

Making effective and best use of your available pro duction area is an important fac tor. This is a clear aim in the design of every line.

The SC 150 is par- tic u lar ly com pact, and is able to sup- ply down stream line com po nents ful ly au to -mat i cal ly.

It also calculates the ideal weight for the segment size which has been requested in each case.

Every cut improves the return on investment.

SC 150 – for even, fully automatic segment cutting.

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Tip-top quality.

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Every gram too much or too little is decisive for the effi-ciency of your operation.

No one knows better than you what a challenge it is to portion naturally aged cheeses of all different types, from creamy Gorgonzola to mild Gouda to spicy moun-tain cheese, into segments of equal size and a fixed weight.

The segment cutters in the SC series from ALPMA create previously unimaginable op-portunities in terms of flex-ibility, automation and yield.

Depending on your require-ments, the ultrasonic knife finds the right pitch.

SC 60 – cutting technology in perfection for

creamy Gorgonzola.

SC 80 – ideal yield, with or

without middle cut-out.

Brie cutter SC 70 –gentle cut all the

way to the tips.

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Total line responsibility – one source of supply.

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The development of your new line marks the be ginning of a great part ner -ship.

Our responsibility for the joint project is continued through the com pre hen sive care provided by the ALPMA project specialists and in the in ten sive training we give to your personnel.We also take response for in te -grat ing components from oth er manufacturers into the line.

Whether it is a matter of train- ing, maintenance, or re pairs, AL P MA is there. Any time, any-where.

Take us at our word!

VESTOR II/S – vertical buffering for maximum

spa ce saving.

TURN II/S – the logical conclusion

behind every slicer.

Accumulating conveyor SB 230 – seamless

synchronization for performance optimization. Slicer Line

1. Placement of the blocks 2. Cutting into bars 3. Sorting and grouping 4. Slicing 5. Weighing the stacks of slices 6. Rotating and compilation on one track 7. Storage and feed-in to the packaging machine

Project planning – we think in lines.

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Optimum precision means qual i ty of cut and weight.

This is one of the re quire -ments that have to be met in any com plex line concept.Thanks to the latest technol-ogy, close contact be tween you and our project team ensures that per fec tion can be achieved.

The simulation of pro duc tion runs on the computer pro- vides three-di men sion al trans-parency in real time. This gives you a clear picture of what’s what on your line.

As a result, any weak points in the line can be identified and remedied prior to con-struction.

The first stageof your line:

Talking it over with you.