Operation Manual

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4.3 GENERAL DESCRIPTION

The slicing machine has been designed and made to offer

maximum safety when in use, during cleaning and

ordinary maintenance; maximum hygiene from the use of

inoxidisable materials or

adequately protected against

oxidisation together with an attentive design of all the

parts that come into contact with food; maximum cutting

precision and capacity together with sturdiness and

reliability of the structure.

The machine is essentially mad

e up of a base that holds

a circular blade that is vertically mounted and a sliding

carriage on bars, parallel to the cutting edge of the blade,

which in turn holds a food plate.

The food plate is made up of a base plate and an

overplate which slides at r

ight angles to the edge of the

blade for slicing the food; the overplate also has an

appropriate selfstopping device, which can be regulated

in height, to keep the product in its proper place during

cutting operations (food press).

Carriage movement and blade rotation are completely

manual; by activating rotation of the flywheel with the

special handle the carriage is put into motion and at the

same time with a chain transmission the blade is turned.

The product is cut during the fo

rward movement of the

carriage, parallel to the blade; the thickness of the slice

is regulated by a mechanical device which is

automatically started every time the carriage comes

back, making the sliding overplate transversally towards

the blade, with a value which is pre-

determined by the

graduated handwheel.

All the components of the machine are made of a light

aluminium alloy, in stainless steel and plastic for food

products as according to the sanitary regulations in force.

The machine has a sharpener

which is extremely

easy and safe to use.

The food plate, sharpener and blade cover can

be removed for cleaning.

P15 Series

4.3.1 Risks during use