At FoodTools we’re installing custom made ultrasonic slitter blades on our RPS Line of robotic cake shape cutting machines so that bakers can create unique products like hearts, circles, waves and more. The cycle time takes longer than cutting standard squares, rectangles, triangles or diamonds with straight ultrasonic blades, but using a slitter blade on a commercial cake shape cutting machine like the RPS-100S featured in the video below can open up endless possibilities for creative teams in bakeries or pastry facilities.
RPS-100S Cake Shape Cutting Machine Video
The RPS Line of machines is perfect for ultrasonic slitter blades because the robotic arm and computer controlled cut patterns give the baker unlimited control over the portion shape design. Slitter blades are made as thin as possible to make tight cuts and crisp corners, and depending on the pattern and cake makeup our programers can use smooth motions combined with lifting and turning the blade to obtain the desired shapes and edges.
Our RPS Line includes a single platform machine (RPS-100S), dual platform option (RPS-100D), and continuous conveyor platform solution (RPS-100C). Each machine still has a single robotic arm and ultrasonic slitter blade, so the throughput improvement is achieved by eliminating the time that the robotic arm is sitting still waiting for products to be loaded and unloaded.
Our team has designed solutions to slice shapes in plain sponge cake, iced cake, brownies and more. Each product is slightly different and our team of experts and programmers work with the bakeries to fine-tune the blade design, cut speed, and slicing pattern to get clean cuts without damaging the products or dragging layers from slice to slice.
Any conversation about cutting unique cake shapes would be incomplete if we didn’t mention other cutting technologies, specifically waterjet cutting machines. Waterjet cake slicing technology has been around for some time and there are several options available on the market. Actually, we even built our own waterjet cake cutting machine back in 2018, but we ultimately found that ultrasonic slitter blades on our RPS Line offer the best solution.
Using an ultrasonic slitter blade with a robotic cutting machine delivers the same waterjet style cut quality but eliminates the expensive, and resource intensive, high pressure water system. The RPS Line also adds flexibility by allowing production teams to switch between slitter and standard ultrasonic cutting blades for different applications.
If you’ve been searching for a way to differentiate your brand and your products and are considering cutting unique shapes out of sheet cakes give our team a call and schedule a demo on the RPS Line today.