EP3539739B1 - Machine a trancher dans l'emballage - Google Patents

Machine a trancher dans l'emballage Download PDF

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EP3539739B1
EP3539739B1 EP19168370.5A EP19168370A EP3539739B1 EP 3539739 B1 EP3539739 B1 EP 3539739B1 EP 19168370 A EP19168370 A EP 19168370A EP 3539739 B1 EP3539739 B1 EP 3539739B1
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  • the present invention relates to a packaging machine for packaging product slices with a plurality of work stations and a slicing device for slicing a product bar into product slices.
  • the present invention also relates to a system consisting of a slicing device and a packaging machine.
  • the present invention relates to the slicing of a product stick into product slices.
  • This product stick is in particular a food stick, for example a sausage, cheese or ham stick.
  • a product stick in the sense of the invention can also be a natural ham.
  • This product stick is sliced into product slices using a slicing device.
  • the product stick is transported continuously or intermittently in the direction of a moving, preferably rotating, knife, which cuts the product slices from the front end of the product stick.
  • the thickness of the slices is determined by the feed path that the product stick travels between two cuts.
  • the cut product slices are placed in a packaging tray that is part of a package. After cutting, the food slices preferably fall directly onto the bottom film web or into a packaging tray.
  • conveyor belts which are normally present next to the slicing device and which transport the product slices from the slicing device to the packaging machine and place them in packaging trays, can be largely dispensed with. This shortens the distance over which the product slices can become contaminated with dirt particles or germs.
  • the system can be designed to save space, which also allows the system to be operated in smaller production facilities.
  • this portion preferably takes place directly on the bottom film web or directly in the packaging tray.
  • the food slices are also not transported from the slicing device to the packaging machine using conveyor belts.
  • a deposit table is provided below the cutting knife, on which the cut product slices are first deposited and from there placed on the bottom film web and/or in a packaging trough or preferably thrown off.
  • This embodiment of the disclosed method is also characterized by improved hygiene.
  • the method is significantly more space-saving than methods according to the prior art.
  • the storage table preferably has at least one, preferably several transport means, for example endless belts, which move relative to the storage table.
  • the storage table is also preferably movable in a plane, for example a horizontal plane, in at least one spatial direction and/or rotatable about one or more axes, in particular a vertical and a horizontal axis.
  • the storage table is preferably located above the bottom film web or the packaging tray.
  • the packaging machine preferably works in cycles, with a plurality of packaging trays, for example, being produced in one cycle, in particular by deep-drawing the bottom film web, filled with product slices and closed with a cover film or just filled and closed with a cover film.
  • a so-called format of packaging is produced, which preferably consists of several tracks that are parallel to the running direction of the bottom film web and particularly preferably several columns that are aligned perpendicular to the transport direction of the bottom film web.
  • a format can also have just one track with one or more packages.
  • the portions of at least one column are collected on the deposit table and then placed, in particular dropped, directly onto a bottom film web or into a packaging tray.
  • the bottom film web of the packaging machine is then cycled further by one column, which is filled as soon as a sufficient number of portions have been cut open on the deposit table.
  • this storage table is also used to sort out bad portions where the quality of the sliced slices does not correspond to the desired quality and/or which do not have a sufficient number of product slices.
  • the storage table can also preferably be used to sort out cut slices that arise when a food bar is cut for the first time and/or end pieces of the food bar that can no longer be cut in a controlled manner.
  • One or more of these sortings can be carried out, for example, by the storage table moving transversely to the transport direction of the bottom film web/packaging trough or, for example, moving against the transport direction of the bottom film web/packaging trough.
  • the bad portions, cut slices and/or the leftover pieces are preferably conveyed into a container and used for another purpose. Incomplete portions can be used in particular to complete portions.
  • an incomplete portion, a bad portion, at least one cut slice and/or an end piece is caught with a collecting means before it is deposited, in particular falls, on the bottom film web or into the packaging tray.
  • the incomplete portion, the bad portion, at least one cut slice and/or the end piece reach, in particular fall, on the bottom film web and/or into the packaging tray and are removed there again using a removal device.
  • a robot can be used for this purpose which has a collecting surface which is optionally arranged in the discharge area downstream of the cutting blade in order to collect the incomplete portion, the bad portion, at least one cut slice and/or an end piece.
  • This robot can also alternatively or additionally have a gripper which removes the incomplete portion, the bad portion, at least one cut slice and/or an end piece from the bottom film web or from the packaging trough.
  • Several product slices can be placed on a bottom film web and/or in a packaging tray as a portion and/or several portions can be placed on a bottom film web and/or in a packaging tray.
  • the bottom film web and/or the packaging tray is moved relative to the preferably stationary slicing device for shingling.
  • the slicing device is moved relative to the preferably stationary bottom film web and/or the preferably stationary packaging tray for shingling.
  • the distance between the slicing device and the film web and/or the packaging tray is preferably changed during the creation of a portion. This preferred embodiment is particularly advantageous in the case of stacked packaging in order to ensure that the flight path of each food slice in a portion is always the same.
  • a bottom film web and/or in a packaging tray i.e. in a package. These can be arranged one above the other or next to each other and can be stacked or shingled.
  • the cutting blade of the slitting device can make empty cuts during the further transport of the bottom film web or the packaging tray.
  • the cutting knife In order to transport the packaging further, it may be necessary for the cutting knife to make so-called empty cuts, during which the cutting knife performs its movement, for example its rotary and/or orbital movement, without cutting food slices from the product bar.
  • empty cuts can This can be achieved by pulling the product bar back from the cutting blade and/or by moving the cutting blade away from the front end of the food bar.
  • no slices are cut off that would then have to be temporarily stored.
  • no so-called snippets are created, i.e. incompletely severed food slices that would then fall onto the bottom film web or into the packaging tray.
  • the further transport of the bottom film web or the packaging takes place so quickly that the food bar cannot deform to the point where it gets caught in the cutting blade, despite the front end being at a distance from the cutting blade.
  • the bottom film web and/or a packaging tray and the slicing device can be moved relative to each other during slicing.
  • This embodiment is particularly advantageous for producing portions on the bottom film web or in the packaging tray.
  • the relative movement can take place in a horizontal and/or vertical plane.
  • the bottom film web and/or a packaging tray can be tilted for filling with at least one food slice.
  • the packaging tray is tilted for filling with at least one slice of food, but preferably with a portion.
  • the insertion is preferably carried out using a storage table, which preferably has an insertion belt.
  • the inclination of the packaging means that the slice of food or the portion can be inserted very easily and without vibration.
  • the inclination preferably takes place around a particularly preferably horizontal axis, which is most preferably aligned transversely to the transport direction of the bottom film web or the packaging tray.
  • a portion consisting of several product slices can be weighed in the packaging during slicing or immediately after slicing.
  • the packaging machine has a scale, which is preferably arranged below the cutting blade.
  • the food slices that fall into the respective packaging trough or onto the bottom film web are immediately weighed. it can be ensured on site that the respective packaging has the required TARGET weight. If the ACTUAL weight is too low, one or more product slices are cut off and placed on the bottom film web or in the packaging trough. If the ACTUAL weight is too high, the preferred procedure is for the machine or system control to remember the affected packaging and, after the packaging has been separated in the cutting station, to eject it from the process or for one or more food slices to be removed from the packaging. It is particularly preferred to weigh the individual slices during the process and, shortly before the TARGET weight is reached, to use forecast calculations to achieve the TARGET weight particularly accurately, thus avoiding overweight packaging with a particularly high degree of probability.
  • the slicing device can have a feed for the product bar and a moving, in particular rotating, cutting knife which cuts product slices from the product bar, wherein the movement of the feed and/or the cutting knife is controlled as a function of the feed of the bottom film web and/or the packaging tray.
  • the slicing device has a feed with which the product bar is moved in the direction of the cutting knife. Furthermore, the slicing device has a moving, preferably rotating, cutting knife that cuts product slices from the front end of the product bar. For portioning or further transport of the packaging, it may be necessary for the cutting knife to carry out so-called empty cuts, during which the cutting knife carries out its movement without food slices being severed from the product bar. These empty cuts can be achieved by pulling the product bar back from the cutting knife and/or by moving the cutting knife away from the front end of the food bar.
  • At least one of the movements of the feed and/or the cutting knife can be controlled depending on the feed of the bottom film web and/or the packaging tray.
  • the packaging machine has the so-called “lead” in terms of control technology, ie the movements of the cutting device follow signals generated by the packaging machine.
  • the slicing device has a feed for the product bar and a moving, in particular rotating, cutting knife which cuts product slices from the product bar and in which the feed of the bottom film web and/or the packaging tray is controlled as a function of the movement of the feed and/or the cutting knife.
  • the advance of the bottom film web and/or the packaging tray is controlled depending on the movement of the advance and/or the cutting knife.
  • the slicing device has the lead. This method is particularly advantageous when so-called shingled portions are to be produced and the movement of the bottom film web or the packaging tray relative to the cutting knife takes place by a movement of the bottom film web or the packaging tray itself.
  • the slicing device preferably has several so-called feed paths, along each of which a product bar is transported. During a cyclical movement of the cutting blade, for example a rotation, several product slices are cut off essentially simultaneously.
  • the number of products is different, in particular smaller or larger, or equal to the number of tracks of the packaging machine.
  • a storage table is preferably provided, which can be moved in particular transversely to the transport direction of the bottom film web or the packaging trough and on which a number of portions corresponding to the number of tracks that are loaded in one cycle can be placed before they are placed in the packaging troughs.
  • not all tracks of a product are filled with a portion at the same time, but at least partially one after the other.
  • not all food bars in the slicing device are cut off a slice when the blade is rotated. This is preferably done in particular when the number of products, the food bars, is larger than the number of tracks of the packaging machine.
  • the product can be withdrawn from the cutting plane, for example.
  • the method uses a storage table to adjust the number of product bars cut off at the same time to the number of tracks.
  • a storage table to adjust the number of product bars cut off at the same time to the number of tracks.
  • each portion has product slices from different product bars. This can be achieved, for example, by moving a storage table while a portion is being cut open so that the respective portion is arranged in alternating trajectories of the food slices of the respective food.
  • the subject matter of the present invention is a packaging machine for packaging product slices, having a plurality of work stations, wherein one work station is a slicing device.
  • the present invention relates to a packaging machine for packaging product slices with a plurality of work stations, for example a forming station in which packaging troughs are formed, for example deep-drawn, into a bottom film web, optionally an insertion station in which the product slices are placed in the packaging troughs, a sealing station in which a lid film is sealed to the bottom film web in order to hermetically seal the filled packages, and preferably a cutting station in which the packages are separated.
  • a packaging machine for packaging product slices with a plurality of work stations for example a forming station in which packaging troughs are formed, for example deep-drawn, into a bottom film web, optionally an insertion station in which the product slices are placed in the packaging troughs, a sealing station in which a lid film is sealed to the bottom film web in order to hermetically seal the filled packages, and preferably a cutting station in which the packages are separated.
  • this packaging machine now also has a slicing machine with which a product bar, also called a product loaf, is divided into a large number of product slices. These product slices are then packed in packaging.
  • the slicing device is provided in the area of the so-called insertion station. It is particularly preferably located above the insertion station so that the cut food slices fall onto the bottom film web or into the packaging trough.
  • the packaging machine and the slicing device have a common frame.
  • the slicing device preferably has means by means of which the bottom film web and/or the packaging troughs are guided and/or transported along the packaging machine. These means can move in two opposite directions in order to produce shingled portions, for example.
  • the packaging machine is a so-called tray sealer, in which prefabricated individual packaging trays are filled with a packaged product and these packaging trays are then sealed with a cover film.
  • the packaging trays are delivered to the packaging machine in stacks, so that the tray sealer has a so-called separating station in which the packaging trays are unstacked, i.e. separated.
  • the cutting device is located downstream of the packaging tray separating station and upstream of a sealing station in which a cover film is sealed to the packaging tray.
  • the distance between two packaging troughs upstream of the slicing device is adjusted to a desired size.
  • the packaging machine has means by means of which it is possible to determine where the respective packaging trough is located in the packaging machine, so that its transport can be controlled or regulated in such a way that it is located exactly below the flight path of the food slices for loading and/or in the deposit area of a deposit table, if present.
  • a slicing device for slicing a product bar into product slices which has a means for guiding and/or transporting the bottom film and/or a packaging tray.
  • Another disclosed subject matter is a slicing device for slicing a product bar into product slices, which has a recess through which a packaging machine can be passed.
  • the slicing device has a frame with a recess that is large enough for the packaging machine to be guided through. This allows the slicing device to be pushed onto the packaging machine, for example, from one end of the packaging machine and then along or against the transport direction of the bottom film web and/or the packaging tray. be moved along the packaging machine until the slicing device is in the desired position. This position can be changed as desired. To clean the packaging machine and/or the slicing device, the slicing device can be moved relative to the packaging machine or removed from the packaging machine. In a further embodiment, the slicing device is designed to be at least partially pivotable away and/or open, preferably pivotable up, for example to enable or facilitate cleaning of the packaging machine and/or the slicing device.
  • the packaging machine has a means that prevents product particles from getting into the packaging.
  • the slicing device and/or the packaging machine now has at least one means that prevents such particles from getting into the packaging.
  • the means is a sheet or a band that is arranged in the area of the cutting knife, preferably below the cutting knife and particularly preferably at least partially above the bottom film web or the packaging tray, and thereby prevents product particles from getting into the packaging.
  • the means can also be a gas, in particular air, stream that, for example, sucks and/or blows away the particles as they are formed or from the packaging tray.
  • the means is a means that, for example, generates an electrical charge that attracts or repels the product particles and thus keeps them away from the packaging tray.
  • Another disclosed subject matter is a slicing device for slicing a product bar into product slices, which has a deposit table which is additionally a feeder and which places the product slices and/or portions on a bottom film web or in a packaging tray.
  • the slicing device has a deposit table, which is preferably provided below the cutting blade and onto which the food slices fall after cutting.
  • This deposit table is also a feeder, which places or deposits the product slices or portions onto a bottom film web or into a packaging tray.
  • the deposit table is preferably provided with at least one, particularly preferably with several, endless belts, which, after For example, once one or more portions have been completed on the storage table, place them on the bottom film track or in a packaging tray.
  • the endless belts can be driven together or independently of one another.
  • the deposit table is preferably designed as a so-called shuttle belt.
  • a shuttle belt is an endless belt that has a quickly retractable front edge that is actuated while the endless belt is preferably stationary. This causes the product slices or portions to fall essentially vertically onto the bottom film or into the packaging trough.
  • the storage table is movable in at least one plane in one or more spatial directions, which are particularly preferably arranged parallel or perpendicular to one another.
  • the table is movable horizontally in a plane in at least one, preferably two, or more spatial directions.
  • the storage table is height-adjustable, i.e. it can be adjusted in height towards the cutting blade and away from it. This means that the storage table can be vertically spaced from the product bar and/or the cutting blade, for example, so that each product slice has the same or a deliberately different drop height, for example to achieve a symmetrical deposit pattern of the product slices.
  • the table and/or the belts provided with it are moved by a defined distance in, for example, a horizontal direction before each product slice is cut, in order to achieve a pronounced shingle pattern or, when moved in the opposite direction, for example a particularly straight stack of slices.
  • the storage table can be rotated around a horizontal axis. This means that the storage table can be tilted, for example, after a portion has been completed, which makes it easier to place it on a bottom film web or place it in a packaging tray. Alternatively or additionally, the storage table can be rotated around a vertical axis, for example to produce circular portions.
  • the storage table is designed as a scale so that while a portion is being cut it can be determined whether it has the desired minimum weight.
  • Another disclosed subject matter is a slicing device for slicing a product bar into product slices or a packaging machine, each in particular as described above, wherein it comprises a sensor which detects at least one quality feature of the product slices and/or the portions.
  • a quality feature is, for example, the temperature, the color, the slice shape and/or the slice size, the portion shape and/or the portion size, fat content, so-called "blood spots", too few or too many holes, especially in cheese, and/or the presence of foreign bodies.
  • the sensor signal is preferably forwarded to a control system, which sorts out slices of poor quality, for example.
  • the storage table, the collecting device and/or a removal device can be used for this.
  • packages with a defective product can be sorted out, especially after they have been sealed with a lid film.
  • a further disclosed subject matter is a slicing device for slicing a product bar into product slices and/or a packaging machine, in each case in particular as described above, which has an irradiation means which preferably irradiates the cut portion of the product bar and/or the cut product slice and/or the sliced portion and thereby at least partially disinfects it.
  • the slicing device and/or the packaging machine has an irradiation means which irradiates the cut portion of the food bar and/or the cut product slice and/or the cut portion and thereby at least partially disinfects it.
  • This design of the slicing device has the advantage that the shelf life of the product slices in the produced packaging is increased.
  • the cut product slice is irradiated on both cut surfaces.
  • the slicing device or the packaging machine has a means by which the rays of the irradiation agent are directed specifically onto the cut and/or the cut product slice and/or the sliced portion.
  • Another disclosed subject matter is a packaging machine or a slicing device which has a means for changing the position of the bottom film web and/or a packaging tray and the slicing device relative to each other.
  • the vertical distance between the cutting knife and the transport plane of the bottom film web and/or a packaging tray can be changed.
  • the angle at which the slicing device, in particular the cutting knife, and/or the feed unit of the product bar are arranged relative to the transport plane of the bottom film web or the packaging tray is changed.
  • the fall height, the fall angle or the fall curve can be changed in relation to the plane in which the bottom film web or the packaging is guided.
  • Another object of the present invention is a system according to claim 3.
  • a further disclosed subject matter is a slicing device and/or a packaging machine, in each case in particular as described above, in which the region of the knife and/or the discharge region of the cut-off food slice and/or the insertion region is provided with negative pressure and/or a modified atmosphere.
  • the cutting and/or ejection and/or insertion of the respective food slice takes place under a changed atmosphere compared to the ambient atmosphere.
  • this changed atmosphere is also present in the area of the bottom film web or the packaging tray.
  • the knife and/or the ejection area and/or the insertion area can be at least partially encapsulated and under negative pressure and/or a gas with a different composition than air can be introduced into this encapsulation.
  • the negative pressure and/or the changed atmosphere then surrounds the cut-off slice in the packaging at least temporarily, in particular until it is sealed with a lidding film.
  • FIG. 1 shows a packaging machine 27.
  • the packaging machine is a so-called form-fill-seal packaging machine, in which a bottom film web 14 is transported, in particular in cycles, along the packaging machine, here from right to left, as indicated by the arrow 20.
  • the packaging machine 27 is only shown schematically and in the present case has a forming station upstream (not shown) in which the packaging troughs 13 are formed into the bottom film web, in particular under the influence of pressure and heat.
  • These packaging troughs are then transported in the direction of the arrow 20 into the area of a slicing device 26, which according to the invention is part of the packaging machine.
  • This slicing device has a feed unit 11, for example an endless belt, and a moving, here rotating, cutting knife 12.
  • a product bar 10 is transported by means of the feed unit 11 in the direction of the cutting knife, which cuts off food slices 25 from the front end of the product bar, which fall along a falling curve directly into the packaging trough 13, which is symbolized by the arrow 16.
  • the thickness of the food slice is determined by the advance of the product bar 10 between two cuts.
  • the portion, which consists of several product slices 25, is shingled, i.e. the slices only partially overlap.
  • either the bottom film web 14 or the packaging trough can be transported by a certain amount in or against the transport direction 20 of the bottom film web 14 between the dropping of two food slices.
  • the slicing device 26 can be displaced, at least partially, relative to the bottom film web 14 and/or the packaging trough 13 in order to produce a shingled portion.
  • the position of the slicing device 26 can preferably be changed relative to the transport plane of the bottom film web 14 and/or the packaging tray 13. This can be done by changing the position of the slicing device and/or by changing the position of the transport plane the bottom film and/or the packaging trough.
  • the drop height h can be changed in this way.
  • the feed angle 17 of the product sticks can be changed. Both measures alone or in combination lead to a change in the flight curve of the food slices.
  • the cutting blade 12 makes idle cuts, ie continuing to rotate, preferably at an unchanged speed, without food slices 25 being cut off from the product bar. This is preferably achieved by the front end of the product bar 10 being pulled back by the cutting blade, for example with the feed unit 12 and/or by the cutting blade 12 being moved away from the front end of the food bar, preferably parallel to its axis of rotation.
  • the idle cuts are preferably carried out until an empty package is located in the discharge area of the slicing device.
  • Figure 2 essentially shows the embodiment according to Figure 1 , wherein in the present case a particle catcher 18 is additionally provided, which prevents particles that are torn off the product bar during cutting from getting into the packaging.
  • the particle catcher is an endless belt with an upper belt 18a and a lower belt 18b, wherein the upper belt 18a is guided above the packaging trough 13 or the lower film web 14 and the lower belt 18b is guided below the lower film web 14 or packaging trough 13.
  • the endless belt is preferably movable transversely to the transport direction 20, preferably provided so as to encircle two rollers (not shown). This allows particles that settle on the particle catcher to be transported away from the discharge area of the slicing device and removed from the particle catcher, for example with a cleaning agent, for example a scraper. This enables continuous or intermittent removal of torn-off particles.
  • Figure 3 shows an embodiment of a packaging machine or a slicing device which essentially corresponds to the embodiment of the packaging machine according to Figure 1 corresponds, but which in the present case has a storage table 19.
  • the cut product slices 25 fall onto the storage table 19 and are configured thereon, preferably into portions 15.
  • several portions are arranged on the storage table simultaneously or one after the other.
  • several portions 15 are formed or collected on the storage table 19 before they are placed on the bottom film web 14 or placed in a packaging trough 13.
  • the storage table preferably has at least one conveyor belt, here an endless belt, which in the present case rotates anti-clockwise as soon as one or more portions have been completed.
  • the movement of this conveyor belt can also be used to configure a portion, for example for shingling.
  • the respective portion falls or slides from the storage table 19 into the packaging 13.
  • the storage table is provided as a whole or partially movable in one plane, for example a horizontal plane, in two spatial directions. This can be done by moving the storage table as a whole and/or only parts of it, for example the endless belt.
  • the storage table is also preferably provided so that it is height-adjustable, ie its distance from the cutting blade 12 can be changed.
  • the storage table 19 can very particularly preferably be pivoted and/or rotated about at least one horizontal and/or vertical axis.
  • the storage table can have one or more conveyor belts, which can preferably be operated separately from one another.
  • Figure 4 shows a top view of a packaging machine or the slicing device. It can be seen that the feed 21, around which the bottom film web 14 and/or the packaging troughs 13 are transported in one cycle, in the present case consists of two columns 29 each with four tracks 28.
  • the deposit table 19 is designed to be so wide (horizontal extension transverse to the transport direction) that two finished portions can be placed simultaneously in the packaging troughs in two tracks. At the same time, the deposit table 19 is designed to be so long (horizontal extension parallel to the transport direction) that it can completely accommodate at least the portions for one take-off for two tracks. In the present case, even the portions for the entire take-off (two columns and four tracks) can be accommodated by the deposit table at the same time.
  • the deposit table 19 has two conveyor belts 23, here two endless conveyor belts, which can be driven together or independently of one another. To also remove the two lower tracks of the trigger In order to be able to fill the tray with portions 15, the storage table 19 is moved in the direction 22 of the lower tracks after the portions have been placed in the upper tracks.
  • Figure 5 shows a slicing device in which two product bars 10 are cut open simultaneously.
  • the packaging machine or the slicing device also has a storage table which, as symbolized by the double arrow, is moved transversely to the transport direction 20 in order to be able to supply all tracks 28 with portions 15, although the number of product bars 10 cut open simultaneously is smaller than the number of tracks to be fed simultaneously.
  • Figure 6 shows a further embodiment of the slicing device or the packaging machine.
  • the deposit table is also simultaneously a discharge device with which insufficient portions or cuts 24 are discharged. In the present case, this is done by moving the conveyor belts of the deposit table clockwise and transferring insufficient portions 24 to another conveyor belt with which they are removed from the device.
  • the packaging trough is inclined relative to the transport direction 20 in order to fill it in order to facilitate filling.
  • the transport level of the bottom film web and/or the packaging troughs is raised.

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  1. Machine d'emballage (27) destinée à emballer des tranches de produits (25), ladite machine d'emballage comprenant une pluralité de postes de travail, dont un poste de travail est un poste d'insertion et un poste de travail est un dispositif de tranchage (26), le dispositif de tranchage étant prévu dans la zone du poste d'insertion, notamment au-dessus du poste d'insertion, la machine d'emballage étant une machine de scellement de barquettes qui comporte un poste d'isolation de barquettes d'emballage dans lequel les barquettes d'emballage (13) sont isolées et en ce que le dispositif de tranchage est disposé en aval du poste d'isolation de barquettes d'emballage et en amont d'un poste de scellement dans lequel un film de recouvrement est disposé et scellé sur la barquette d'emballage (13), caractérisée en ce qu'elle comporte une bande mobile (18) qui empêche les particules de produit de pénétrer dans l'emballage et qui est disposée au moins en partie au-dessus de la bande de film inférieure ou de la barquette d'emballage.
  2. Machine d'emballage selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que le découpage et/ou l'expulsion de la tranche d'aliment découpée et/ou le placement de la tranche d'aliment sur ou dans la barquette d'emballage sont effectués sous pression négative et/ou atmosphère modifiée.
  3. Système comprenant un dispositif de tranchage (26) et une machine d'emballage (27) selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'ils comportent une commande commune et/ou une unité d'opération commune.
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