Automatic Cheese Weighing and Slicing Machine
As the cheese processing industry transforms towards standardization, precision, and efficiency, traditional cheese cutting equipment generally suffers from problems such as uneven cut surfaces, blade sticking, large quantitative errors, and high raw material loss. Manually assisted weighing and cutting is even more inefficient and difficult to adapt to the needs of large-scale production. The Ultrasonic Fixed Weight Cheese Cutting Machine has emerged to address these issues. It integrates four core functions: cheese weighing, cheese scanning, cheese slicing, and dicing. Using ultrasonic high-frequency vibration cutting technology as its core, it strictly adheres to the design principle of “fixed weight for each cut,” precisely achieving standardized quantitative cutting of 25 grams per portion. This completely solves industry pain points, providing cheese processing companies with an efficient, precise, and hygienic integrated solution, and is widely used in dairy processing plants, bakeries, and catering supply chain companies, among other scenarios.
The core focus of this equipment is “precise quantification + efficient cutting.” The entire machine body is constructed from food-grade 304 stainless steel with seamless welding, meeting food contact utensil safety standards. Its IP67 waterproof rating facilitates quick disassembly and cleaning, effectively preventing cross-contamination during cheese processing and balancing durability and hygiene. Its four core functions are interconnected and work synergistically, achieving fully automated control from raw material testing to finished product cutting. This minimizes manual intervention, reducing labor costs and maximizing the consistency of weight and appearance of each cheese piece. Compared to traditional cutting equipment, efficiency is increased by more than 5 times, and raw material loss rate is reduced from over 8% to below 1%.
The cheese weighing function is fundamental to achieving 25-gram quantitative cutting and is the core guarantee of the equipment’s accuracy. The equipment is equipped with a high-precision weighing sensor with an accuracy of 0.1 grams, seamlessly linked with the PLC control system to form a closed-loop process of “grabbing-weighing-feedback-adjustment.” After the operator places the whole block of cheese on the feeding conveyor belt, the equipment smoothly grips the cheese with flexible claws and delivers it to the weighing area. Sensors collect the cheese’s weight data in real time and quickly transmit it to the control system. The control system automatically calculates the number of portions the cheese can be cut into based on a preset 25-gram per portion weight, while simultaneously analyzing the density distribution of different parts of the cheese to provide data support for subsequent scanning and cutting. If the cheese is found to be overweight or underweight during the weighing process, the equipment will automatically issue a warning signal, allowing the operator to adjust the material in time and avoid ineffective cutting, thus controlling product quality from the source.
The cheese scanning function provides accurate data for precise cutting, effectively solving the quantitative error problem caused by the irregular shape and uneven density of cheese in traditional equipment. The equipment is equipped with a high-definition vision scanning module. After the cheese is weighed, it is conveyed to the scanning area. The scanning module quickly completes a three-dimensional scan of the cheese within 1-2 seconds, accurately capturing all details such as the cheese’s shape, dimensions, contour curvature, and thickness distribution, and constructing a digital model of the cheese. The scanning data is fused and analyzed with the weighing data. The control system, based on the 25-gram quantitative requirement, automatically plans the optimal cutting path, determining the cutting position, thickness, and angle of each cut. This ensures that the weight of each slice of cheese is precisely controlled at 25 grams, with an error of no more than ±0.3 grams, while maximizing the use of cheese raw materials and minimizing waste. Whether the cheese is round, rectangular, or irregularly shaped, the scanning module can accurately adapt, ensuring a reasonable cutting path.
The cheese cutting and slicing function is the core execution part of the equipment. Utilizing ultrasonic high-frequency vibration technology, it achieves non-destructive and flat cutting of cheese, completely solving problems such as sticking, chipping, and stringiness associated with traditional mechanical cutting. The equipment has a built-in ultrasonic generator that converts electrical energy into high-frequency mechanical vibration of 40kHz-60kHz, which is transmitted to the food-grade titanium alloy cutter head via an amplitude transformer. The cutter head vibrates 20,000 to 40,000 times per second, forming a micron-level vibration gap, significantly reducing the friction between the cutter head and the cheese, reducing cutting resistance by more than 70%. This high-frequency vibration cutting method easily severs the protein and fat bonds within cheese without applying excessive pressure. Whether it’s soft cheeses like Brie and mascarpone, or hard cheeses like cheddar and gouda, it achieves a smooth, string-free, crumb-free, and deformation-free cut.
During the slicing and dicing process, the equipment strictly adheres to the principle of “fixed weight for each cut.” Following the path planned by the scanning module, the whole block of cheese is first sliced into several approximately 25-gram portions. A second precision dicing process then completes the standardized 25-gram portions. The equipment supports flexible adjustment of cutting parameters. For different cheese textures, the vibration frequency and cutting speed can be adjusted via the touch interface: for soft cheeses, the vibration frequency can be adjusted below 45kHz to reduce deformation; for hard cheeses, the frequency can be increased to above 55kHz to enhance cutting force. After cutting, the finished cheese is automatically conveyed to the discharge area, neatly arranged for subsequent packaging processes, achieving integrated operation of “cutting-quantification-discharge.”
Beyond its four core functions, this ultrasonic fixed-weight cheese cutter boasts numerous user-friendly designs and added advantages. Equipped with a 15-inch touchscreen interface, the machine is simple and easy to use, requiring no specialized training for operators. It supports the storage of 100 recipes, and parameter retrieval for switching between different product specifications takes only 30 seconds, adapting to diverse production needs. A built-in safety light curtain effectively prevents operators’ hands from entering the cutting area, ensuring operational safety. It also features a fault alarm system that promptly issues alarms and displays the cause of any problems such as weighing anomalies, scanning malfunctions, or cutting failures, facilitating rapid troubleshooting and repair.
From an industry perspective, the application of this equipment not only improves the efficiency and precision of cheese processing but also promotes the standardization of the cheese processing industry. The 25-gram per serving quantitative cutting meets the needs of both retail and catering scenarios, while also helping businesses avoid measurement violations, enhancing product reputation and market competitiveness. Compared to manual weighing and cutting, this equipment significantly reduces labor costs, processing up to 1500 pieces per hour, more than five times the efficiency of manual labor. Based on a daily processing capacity of 1 ton of cheese, it can reduce raw material waste by nearly 15 tons annually, significantly lowering production costs for businesses.
In summary, the Ultrasonic Fixed Weight Cheese Cutting Machine, with its precise weighing, efficient scanning, non-destructive cutting, and standardized slicing functions, perfectly fulfills the core requirement of “fixed weight per cut, 25 grams per portion,” solving many pain points of traditional cheese cutting. Its automated, intelligent, and hygienic design is adaptable to various cheese processing scenarios, meeting the needs of large-scale production while ensuring product quality stability. It is a core piece of equipment for the transformation and upgrading of the cheese deep processing industry, injecting new momentum into the industry’s high-quality development.
About Cheersonic
Cheersonic manufactures the leading portioning equipment for bakeries producing fresh and frozen desserts. Since 1998 bakers have used Cheersonic machines to cut, slice and portion cheesecake, pie, layer cake, loaves, butter, cheese, pizza, sandwichs, and more. Cheersonic offers ultrasonic cutting solutions that support start-up bakeries and high production commercial facilities alike. Small standalone machines can be used in manual baking facilities and large inline robotic solutions aid in high speed production.
Cheersonic offers many ultrasonic slicing models, both inline and offline applications, with production speeds of 80 to 1,500 cakes or pies per hour.
Cheersonic’ latest offline introductions include ultrasonic cutting with or without divider inserts between each slice. This improves the quality of the cut and makes for a much better product presentation for the customer. In addition, robotic arm improves the speed, efficiency, and accuracy of the cutting process, producing professional looking products every time.
