Alpma cheese cutters come of age.

Alpma GB announce that their 21st fixed weight cheese cutter has now been sold into the UK market making the Alpma Cut25 machine and its associated line the clear leader for this application. Most lines are in production on cheddar and similar varieties and have proved their worth not only in the production data of low giveaway and effective yield but also in the reliability of the machines which regularly give service for 24/7 operations. The machines are also in service with ultrasonic blades for the cutting of Stilton cheese.

Alpma first introduced the concept of cutting cheese with a guillotine knife in 1985. The development of fixed weight production was always an objective but it took until 1998 for the programming and weighing systems to be quick and reliable enough for production conditions. The electronic controls allowed, for the first time, the selection of different sizes of portion by just pressing a button and the production of any weight of portion, cut to a sales price point. Such technology in a factory is welcome and a far cry from the traditional methods of cutting using wire frames.

Alpma lines are now in production with a duplex blade to give outputs to 200/min and further developments are always being considered to meet the increasing constraints that producers have to meet to remain competitive.

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