Food Cutting
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Ultrasonic Food Cutting Specializing in OEM Components, Kits and Knife Horns Compare to conventional cutters: ■ More sanitary ■ Less down time ■ Better cost-effectiveness ■ More consistency at cutting surface ■ Blades stay sharp longer A worldwide leader in ultrasonic technology since 1969, Sonics & Materials manufactures a full line of cutting system components, kits and cutting horns, offering superior performance in terms of speed, safety, sanitation, reliability, and cost-effectiveness. When used for guillotine cutting or continuous slitting, our high frequency vibrating horns cut faster and cleaner than conventional motionless cutters. The ultrasonic cutting horn, which is vibrating at a high frequency, creates a nearly friction-free environment between the horn and the food product. Because the horn is vibrating at such a high frequency, it disrupts the air molecules around it causing a cocoon effect. This cocoon effect virtually eliminates product sticking and with reduced friction, the ultrasonic horn stays sharper longer than conventional cutters. With our full customization service for OEMs, we can respond to unique customer requirements, and build components, horns and blades to meet the specific needs of your system configuration and processing application. Sonics provides a world-class level of service with international sales and support that offers significant partnering advantages to many of today’s multinational organizations. Ultrasonic Components ■ Stackable, ultrasonic power supplies and panel mount generator kits for NEMA enclosure, integration and sequencing ■ Rigid mount ultrasonic boosters for improved stack stability ■ Wash-down duty, air-cooled converters (stainless steel body also available) ■ Food industry approved titanium blade, slitting and knife horns ■ FEA analyzed horn designs for long life and amplitude accuracy Corporate Headquarters 53 Church Hill Road Newtown, CT 06470 USA 203.270.4600 800.745.1105 203.270.4610 fax info@sonics.biz www.sonics.biz European Office 13, Rue Pre-de-la-Fontaine CH-1217 Meryin/Satigny Switzerland (41) (0) 22/364 1520 (41) (0) 22/364 2161 fax europe@sonicsandmaterials.ch www.sonics.biz

Ultrasonic Food Cutting Typical ultrasonic food cutting components include four major elements: a power supply, a converter, a booster and a cutting horn, as explained below. 1. POWER SUPPLY The ultrasonic power supply, also referred to as a generator, is an electronic device that takes standard 50/60 Hz AC line voltage and converts it to high frequency electrical energy. Sonics’ ultrasonic power supplies, which can be remotely activated by a PLC, offer superior features such as automatic tuning, line voltage and load regulation circuitry and fine tune output (amplitude) control. Power...