PowerMax PowerScanner improves slicing of irregular products
Irregular or naturally shaped products pose challenges for processors due to inherent inconsistencies that affect weight control, giveaway and slicing yields. Formax’s 5 Cutting Edge Technologies are designed to handle such products to ensure accuracy while maintaining speed and slice quality.
The patented Formax PowerScanner system uses cameras and lasers to generate atrue 3-D product image prior to slicing. Before it enters the slicer, the product is weighed by a scale, and a scanning unit uses lasers to define the outer shape of the product. The camera system then captures the full product shape as it passes through the lasers to create a highly accurate record of the 3-D image of the product, including all of its cracks, crevices, bumps, depressions and irregularities.