Ultrasonic Energy Bar Portioning Process

Ultrasonic Energy Bar Portioning Process – Cheersonic

In the field of food processing, especially in the cutting process of products with complex ingredients such as grain bars and nut bars, traditional mechanical cutting methods have long had many pain points that are difficult to overcome. These products are usually made by bonding whole nuts, crispy grains, high viscosity syrup or honey, with uneven texture and extremely sticky. When using traditional linear or reciprocating cutters for slitting, the enormous mechanical pressure first squeezes the rod body, which can easily cause structural deformation or even fracture, and the intact product may become scrap as a result. A more common problem is that the rich oils and syrups in the product will tightly adhere to the surface of the metal blade, causing residue accumulation with each cutting. This not only pollutes subsequent products and affects their appearance, but also forces the production line to frequently shut down for manual cleaning and maintenance, seriously dragging down overall production efficiency and increasing the labor intensity of operators. In addition, hard nut fragments or grain edges are prone to collapse under heavy pressure, resulting in rough cut surfaces and uneven edges, producing a large amount of process debris. This not only reduces the aesthetic and high-end feel of the final product, but also brings about the loss of raw materials and pollution problems in the clean area.

Faced with these challenges, ultrasonic cutting technology provides an innovative and perfect solution. For specific products such as cutting Job’s tears mixed nut sticks, it is undoubtedly an ideal choice to improve overall quality, production efficiency, and automation level. The core of its outstanding performance lies in its unique working principle: ultrasonic cutting does not rely on physical pressure to “break” materials, but rather precise “micro vibration separation” through energy. The core of the equipment – the ultrasonic generator – generates high-frequency electrical signals up to 20000 times per second, which are converted into mechanical vibrations of the same frequency through a transducer. This high-frequency vibration is amplified by a variable amplitude rod and accurately transmitted to a specially designed cutting blade, causing the blade to perform high-speed reciprocating motion at the microscopic level.

When this high-frequency vibrating blade comes into contact with the product, multiple advantages are simultaneously demonstrated: firstly, the extremely high vibration frequency allows the blade to easily “slide” into the material, and the micro vibration instantly disintegrates the fiber structure of nuts and grains, requiring minimal mechanical contact pressure, thereby completely avoiding product collapse and deformation, ensuring the integrity and unity of each cutting unit. Secondly, the local heat generated during the vibration process will instantly melt the sugar and oil on the cutting surface, forming a smooth sealing layer. This not only creates an extremely clean and smooth perfect cutting surface, greatly improving the appearance grade of the product, but more importantly, it fundamentally eliminates the phenomenon of material sticking to the blade. The blade is always kept dry and clean, achieving a continuous, stable, and residue free cutting process.

In terms of cutting size adjustment, through the cooperation of advanced servo control system and high-precision conveyor belt, the cutting length can be set with one click on the human-computer interaction interface, and the system will automatically control the material feed distance, achieving millimeter level precision infinite length adjustment. For width adjustment, it can be achieved by quickly replacing specific width combination knife holders or blades. This modular design provides high flexibility and convenience for producing products of different specifications. In terms of cutting speed, the vibration frequency of 20000 times per second lays a solid foundation for high-speed cutting, allowing it to easily adapt to cutting rhythms of 100 to 200 times per minute or even higher. The specific speed can be fine tuned according to the specific size of the rod and the hardness of the formula. For example, for larger and harder products, lower speeds within the range can be used appropriately to ensure cutting penetration; For smaller sized products, they can operate at the upper limit speed of the interval without any pressure, fully meeting the rhythm requirements of high-efficiency production.

In summary, ultrasonic cutting technology is not just a simple equipment replacement, but also a thorough upgrade to traditional cutting processes. It accurately breaks through the sticky knives, debris, deformation, and efficiency bottlenecks that have plagued food producers for many years. With its high efficiency, cleanliness, precision, and stability, it endows core products with higher value, injects stronger automation energy into production lines, and ultimately brings significant long-term benefits and competitive advantages to enterprises.

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.

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