Portion Cutter

Portion Cutter
Raising the cutting speed and avoiding unplanned downtimes.
Situation

Maximal output quantity of the portion cutter: 80 slices/min.

Problem

Acceleration of the system leads to instability of the DC link. With the given drive solution an increase of the output quantity is not possible. Acceleration also stresses the drive electronics and leads to downtimes caused by wearout failure.

Goal

Raising the cutting speed and avoiding unplanned downtimes.

Solution

Use of PxtFX via “Plug & Play” – Integrated into the existing system as a retrofit, the energy storage supplies the necessary amount of energy to the DC link.

Advantages

Increasing performance

Increasing the output rate from 80 to 120 cuts/min: raise in productivity by 50%

Recovering brake energy

The brake energy is recovered and restored into the system when required

Further Advantages