WIRE CUT
The Spooner Vicars Bakery Systems Wire Cut Unit can process a wide variety of doughs with and without inclusions such as nuts, chocolate chips and fruit up to 10mm particle size. The machine can be supplied with its own conveyor, mounted over the oven band either in line or at 30 degrees thereby increasing the product density on the oven band. It can also be configured for frozen dough with its own paper feed unit.
Using the Wire Cut as a Rout Press Extruding Unit, and with the option of a Guillotine, the machine can produce continuous ropes of single or dual extrusions to produce products such as Fig Bar and Filled Breakfast Snacks.
Performance
The large diameter feed rollers and attention to the design of the Filler Block results in a controlled flow through the nozzles to give accurate weight control.
This is a high performance machine capable of speeds from 75 to 300 cuts/minute.
Productivity
Reduced changeover times are achieved with; removable hopper, dies and die block. The hopper hinges back to reveal complete access to the Feed Rollers. The Filler block and nozzle plate are pneumatically raised and lowered into position and mechanically locked. This reduces the strain on operators reduces the time required for removal and replacement.
Sanitation
The hopper hinges back providing access to the feed rollers. The feed Rollers can be completely removed from the machine in 10 minutes for off machine sanitation. The Filler Block and Nozzle Plate are easily lowered and slide from the machine for changeover or cleaning.
Cost of ownership for the change parts is minimal by comparison with other types of Wire Cuts on the Market
- High speed: engineered for up to 300 cycles per minute (product dependent)
- Accuracy: the large diameter feed rollers and filler block are designed to give accurate weight control
- Sanitation: removable feed rolls designed to meet today’s quick and simple strip-down requirements
- Versatility: can process a wide range of doughs with or without inclusions
- Reduced changeover times with easily removable hopper, die plates, and filler block
- Die block and nozzle raised and lowered by pneumatics and mechanically locked into the raised position
- The wire mechanism typically cuts with the product flow; however, the servo system can be programmed to cut in reverse if necessary
- Independent VFDs to each Feed Roll
- Independent Servo driven wire cut motion
- Adjustable roller gap for inclusions and Co-Extruded application
- Wire Oscillating mechanism for doughs with inclusions
- Quick and easy wire change
- The forward cut speed can be increased to reduce “wedging” in slow-speed operation with large products
- Different configurations with or without its own conveyor
- Motorised adjustments with recipe control
- Knife to replace cutting wire
- Oscillating device for wire or knife applications where the dough is ‘stiff’ and with particulate inclusions
- Numerous nozzle designs to create differing shapes
- Continuous extrusion mode
- Twin Extrusion