Apparatus and method for cutting slices from a food product and load them onto a conveying surface, and treatment plant including said apparatus

摘要

The apparatus comprises a slicing machine (1) for cutting rows of slices (A) from several pieces of food product, and a loading unit (2) comprising a set of array-forming conveyor belts (7a, 7b, 7c) arranged in parallel, means for aligning each of said array-forming conveyor belts (7a, 7b, 7c) with said slicing machine (1) for receiving successive rows of slices (A) arranged in a direction transverse to the forward movement direction while the array-forming conveyor belt is made to move forward synchronously with the operation of the slicing machine (1) until forming a partial array of slices (A) on each array-forming conveyor belt, and transfer means for transferring a complete array of slices (A) formed by said partial arrays from the array-forming conveyor belts (7a, 7b, 7c) to a moving conveying surface.