Bacon Slice Sheeting

Customer wanted a new production line with “state of the art” technology that could be implemented across existing production lines .

Challenges:

• Accurately placing slices of product on sheets of paper and stacking the sheets at rates higher than any existing OEM equipment could provide.
• Combining of partial groups of slices to create a full sheet.
• Inconsistent position and temperature of product.
• Interfacing with an OEM slicer.

Benefits:

• 30-40% more throughput capacity than existing production line.
• Improved stack quality.

Project Included:

• Custom equipment development, design and manufacture.
• Multi-Axis interdependent motion control.
• Wash down design.
• Overall line integration.
• Conveyors.
• Pneumatics.