Biscuit Cutting

Let’s explore in detail the application of using an ultrasonic cutting machine to cut cookies.

This may sound like a futuristic concept, but in reality, it is a very practical and efficient technology, especially in the high-end food processing field. It solves some inherent problems of traditional cutting methods such as mold stamping, rotary cutters, or wire cutting.

The working principle of ultrasonic cutting

Simply put, ultrasonic cutting does not rely on “pressing” or “sawing” to cut objects, but on high-frequency vibration.

  • Generating ultrasonic waves: The transducer in the device converts electrical energy into high-frequency (typically 20kHz – 40kHz) mechanical vibrations.
  • Amplify vibrations: These tiny vibrations are amplified by a metal component called an amplitude modulator.
  • Transmission to the blade: The amplified vibration is transmitted to the cutting blade or mold. At this point, the blade itself is undergoing rapid vertical micro vibrations (tens of thousands of times per second) at ultrasonic frequencies that are inaudible to the human ear.
  • Cutting process: When the high-speed vibrating blade comes into contact with the cookie dough, the huge acceleration and friction generated will instantly reduce its stickiness. So as to cleanly cut the cross-sectional mass instead of flattening it.

Biscuit Cutting - Ultrasonic Cutting Machine - Cheersonic

The huge advantage of cutting cookies

Compared with traditional methods, ultrasonic cutting has brought revolutionary improvements:

  • Perfectly flawless cutting edges
    No burrs, no pulling: High frequency vibration can cleanly cut fibers and particles in the dough (such as chocolate beans and crushed nuts), without pulling the dough like traditional blades, resulting in rough or deformed edges.
    Ultimate clarity: Even extremely complex and intricate patterns (such as hollow patterns and delicate letter logos) can be perfectly presented, with every detail clear and sharp.
  • Extremely high product consistency
    Due to the non-contact vibration cutting process rather than squeezing, the blade hardly sticks to the dough. This means that the cutting quality is completely consistent from the first to the last cookie, without affecting the shape of subsequent products due to the accumulation of dough caused by the blade area.
  • Significantly reduce waste and downtime
    Almost no need for cleaning: Traditional molds require frequent downtime to clean adhered dough, while ultrasonic cutting basically avoids this problem, greatly improving production efficiency and reducing raw material waste.
  • Suitable for various types of dough with different characteristics
    High viscosity dough: Dealing with sticky dough rich in butter, syrup, or honey is its strongest point, and the most headache inducing problem of traditional methods has been perfectly solved.
    Containing large particles: Easily cut dough containing large pieces of chocolate, nuts, and dried fruits without pulling or crushing particles out of the dough.
    Soft/Fermented Dough: Accurate cutting can also be achieved for fluffy and soft fermented cookie dough, without compressing the dough and preventing it from bursting.

Actual application scenarios

You may see its application in the following situations:

  • High end handmade cookie brand: produces gift cookies with extremely complex and exquisite patterns.
  • Large scale food processing plants: producing products with simple production lines but large quantities (such as square cookies), pursuing ultimate production efficiency and zero downtime.
  • New product development: Develop new cookies containing large, hard ingredients that cannot be perfectly cut using traditional methods.

Summary

The application of ultrasonic cutting technology in cookie production is a typical case of “using technology to improve quality and efficiency”. Although it is not a household technology, in the industrial field, it completely solves industry pain points such as sticking knives, burrs, and deformation, and can produce products with almost perfect appearance and high consistency, especially suitable for high-end markets and large-scale production that pursues ultimate efficiency.

If you are a practitioner in the food industry, considering investing in this technology to upgrade your product line would be a very forward-looking choice.

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.

Chinese Website: Cheersonic Provides Professional Ultrasonic Cutting Solutions