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SHAPING THE FUTURE OF CHEESE PROCESSING

As the #1 Global Leader in Food Cutting Technology, Urschel has manufactured thousands of cutting machines and millions of knives and parts. Customers rely on Urschel because they know every machine built is backed by solid, engineered accuracy. The Affinity® series of cheese dicers, including the Affinity Integra-D® Dicer, is designed to take-on normally difficult-to-process applications. Urschel produced the series at the request of the global cheese industry. The CC series of cheese shredders is the go-to for leading cheese processors.

An Affinity for Dicing
What sets Urschel dicing apart is the significant engineering built into each and every dice. The crucial feed drum and feed roll provide controlled movement of the product to ensure proper advancement throughout the incredibly sharp cutting components. The Affinity series includes the large, super capacity Affinity and the mid-size Affinity Integra-D.

The ability to deliver consistent, true 3 mm cubes throughout production runs is where the Affinity Dicer series excels. The design is skillfully engineered to craft true dices in length which is of utmost importance in the cheese dicing industry. The product pathway, aided by centrifugal force, gravity, feed drum, and feed roll, is especially designed to keep the product on a straightforward, ever-moving trajectory to enable swift, sharp cutting action throughout each station.

Ever-moving trajectory, feed drum, feed roll, and optimum pathway incorporating the sharpest cutting allow adeptness in processing some of the most difficult types of cheese and cheese products. Soft cheese, such as mozzarella, is expertly reduced. Low-fat, high-fat, and even analogue varieties. Proficiently dice cheese or cheese products that contain high compressibility characteristics. The Affinity overcomes challenging applications.

Ever Expanding Shredding Solutions

 In the CC Series, the top two shredders are the CCX-D and the CC-DL. The CCX-D is the ultimate cheese shredder with Ra32 polished stainless steel and U.S.D.A., Dairy Division acceptance. The Model CC-DL is a version of the Model CC-D with a larger cutting enclosure.

Both the CCX-D and CC-DL feature the same operating principle. A rotating impeller located within a fixed cutting head employs centrifugal force to move cheese through the cutting head, actively cutting and uniformly reducing the cheese as product flows through the knife stations and exits the machine. Different styles of shreds may be generated depending on the style of offset knives. Available shapes include:

• Full & Reduced Flat-V® Shreds: Hexagonal cross section and flattened corrugated cross section.
• Full Shreds & Reduced V Shreds: Diamond cross section and ‘V’ cross section.
• Oval, Wide Oval, Reduced Oval (Crescent), and Wide Crescent Shreds: Oval-shaped cross section, wide oval-shaped cross section, crescent-shaped cross section, and wide crescent shaped cross section.
• Strip Cuts: rectangular cross section.
• Grating Options: Grating heads offer cuts including powders, coarse granules, and a variety of shreds depending on the head pattern.

The CCX-D and CC-DL both feature a larger 32” (813 mm) cutting enclosure which contains the cutting zone. The cutting zone is completely separate from the mechanical zone to promote sanitation. Available larger cutting chamber allows for greater alleviation of space surrounding the cutting head, and promotes positive discharge of product, while deterring product build-up.

The CCX-D is available with a 10 HP (7.5 kW) or maximum 15 HP (11.2 kW) stainless steel motor. The CC-DL is available with a 10 HP (7.5 kW) non-stainless motor.

Urschel developed the MicroAdjustable® Shred Head (SH-14). USDA, Dairy Division accepted, the 14-station cutting head offers nearly double the capacity of the traditional 8-shoe shred head. The design incorporates ideal, carefully crafted spacing of cutting stations to maximize shred engagement.

The MicroAdjustable SH-14 shred head is available for use on the Model CCX-D in plants operating under USDA, Dairy Division guidelines. This head may also be used on other CC series models for shredding of products, including vegetables. Of note, both the CC-DL and CCX-D offer larger 32” (813 mm) cutting enclosures to work seamlessly with the SH-14 high-capacity shred heads.

Established in 1910, founded by inventor William E. Urschel, the company, continues to grow and develop cutting solutions for the food and allied industries. Free-of-charge test cutting services showcase the functionality and benefits of Urschel advanced cutting solutions. Schedule a test or learn more about Urschel size reduction equipment: www.urschel.com.