High performance buffer
GEA HorizontalBuffer
The GEA HorizontalBuffer has been designed to accumulate portions and to load them automatically onto a following processing system running either continuously or batching. It allows a compensation of the product re-loading time in the slicer.
High performance buffer
After portions arrive from a slicer, the portions arrive onto the vertical distributor which directs them towards the buffer level that is empty and they are accumulated on this level.
If no accumulation is possible (belts having a full or unlading status), a signal is given to cause a cutting stop of the slicer. At the out-feed end of the machine a second vertical distributor takes over the portions from the 3 levels to give them along to the loading conveyor which synchronizes its loading speed to the needs of the next system to be loaded upon. Incorrect weight portions are sorted out to an optional upper correction belt, e.g. for manual weight correction. The correction conveyor requires an additional flip-flop upstream of the HorizontalBuffer.
High performance loader
- Up to 100 ppm
- Can be combined with GEA InLiner 2-lane to 1-lane
- Buffer width 400 mm to enable 2-lane buffering to create high buffer capacity
- Optional with correction lane
Loader easy to operate and maintain
- Operator interface with same philosophy as slicer and thermoformer
- Very open design and accessibility
- Easy belt removal by pneumatic tension of conveyors
- 10” colored touch-screen at operator panel
Perfect hygiene
- Fast preparation for cleaning, no tools are required
- Very solid machine design
Add-ons
Add-onsGEA InLiner
Converging from 2-lanes to 1-lane by means of a cross shuttle conveyor, smooth portion handling due to wide belts.
Correction lane
Upper correction lane for rejected portions; only in combination with an external flip-flop.
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