Ultrasonic snack bar guillotine

Production Techniques (PTL) designs and manufactures a large range of chocolate processing and bar manufacturing equipment. As an extension of this range, the company has designed a highly effective ultrasonic guillotine for use in nutritional, muesli, cereal and protein bar manufacturing, bakery, licorice and cakes. The guillotines can also be used with almost any food product that can be cut ie, fish, cheese, dried fruit, etc, regardless of how sticky it is.

All units are fitted with Branson/Consonic ultrasonic parts and controlled via an Allen-Bradley interface screen. The blade has two servo actions for accurate timing and cut lengths, all on-screen settings can be adjusted and set whilst in production.

PTL has developed the system to allow the product to be cut while being able to eliminate pressure at the cut point and also producing a gap between each product piece after the cutting action. There is no contact between the blade and the belt, resulting in a cleaner belt when running sticky products. The result is safe, simple and speedy cleaning. To meet user's needs, PTL has paid particular attention to ensure operators have easy access for removal of parts for cleaning. Hand locking devices are used, which are all on safety retaining cords, eliminating tools entirely.

All units are of stainless steel construction, with food-grade plated titanium blades, and food-grade polyurethane transfer belt contact parts.

Standard machines range from 200 to 1600 mm wide.