For people not related to catering, it may seem funny to have a bread slicer on the list of professional equipment. However, industrial bread slicers are indispensable where you need to cut a large number of pastries at a time. These institutions include:
- large dining rooms;
- schools, kindergartens;
- flour production, the assortment of which includes sliced bread.
General functionality
In principle, everything is clear from the name. Bread slicer exists in order to cut into even slices flour products of varying density. Most of the models presented on the modern market also allow you to adjust the thickness of the cut. Industrial bread slicers differ by manufacturer, operating principle and productivity.
Underwater rocks
It is very important to take the choice of a bread slicer with all responsibility, since its appearance in the enterprise is due to high workload. Saving somewhere and buying equipment that does not suit you in terms of its characteristics, you run the risk of getting a position in your kitchen that does not fulfill the task and only takes up space. So, for example, the Achilles heel of all bread slicers is an excessively wet and lush crumb of the product. Questionable quality bread slicers for food service will tear and mash bread, permanently stopping the work. Also, when choosing a product, it is necessary to pay attention to the protective elements - the worker watching the cutting will deal with an apparatus equipped with many knives. His work should be as safe as possible.
Bread slicers made in Russia
The following Russian manufacturers offer bread slicing equipment:
1. Atesy. They offer the Janissary model made of stainless steel and painted metal. The characteristics are as follows: the thickness of the sliced slice varies from 0.5 to 2 cm; maximum bread dimensions: length - 38 cm, width - 16 cm. Knives for bread slicer "Janissaries" are made in the form of a sickle and have a special sharpening - this allows them to cut both fresh and daily bread. The only wish is that the density of the flour product should be no lower than average. Productivity ranges from 100 to 300 loaves per hour and depends on the selected slice thickness.
2. Sverdlovsk experimental plant (SEMZ). Offers its customers EVA and EVA Junior models. The first is automatic - just put the product in it, and she will do everything for you. The movement is carried out using conveyors. The thickness of the slices varies from 1 to 2 cm, the average productivity is 500 loaves per hour. The second model - EVA Junior - is positioned as manual. Its productivity is 2 times less, the thickness of the finished slices is the same. This also affects costs: depending on the size of the enterprise, an ordinary manual bread slicer is purchased, the price of which is 4 times less than that of an automatic one, and amounts to about 150 thousand rubles.
3. "Machine tool". The AXRM-300 model is similar to the Atesy bread slicer, perhaps a little simpler in the assembly and quality of the materials. The price for it is about 50 thousand rubles, which is about 15 thousand lower than the cost of "Janissary".
It should be noted that the Russian equipment for slicing bread is not bad, but designed for bread with a tight crumb. The soft, airy rolls these industrial bread slicers will wrinkle.
Industrial bread slicers from European manufacturers
Of the equipment that Europe supplies, it is worth noting two firms:
1. Lozamet (Poland). It offers its customers two tabletop bread slicer models - MKP11.6 and MKP13.6. The productivity of both is an average of 150 loaves per hour, the thickness of the slice varies from 1.1 to 1.3 cm. The bread slicers are equipped with an integrated knife sharpener, which provides the cutting elements with constant sharpness. They perfectly cope with bread of any degree of softness, without violating the appearance of the finished slices. The main difference between models 11.6 and 13.6 is that the latter is equipped with a drawer for crumbs.
2. JAC (Belgium). One of the best bread slicers on the market of modern technological equipment. The JAC brand specializes in the production of equipment for bakeries of varying scale - among its assortment there is both a bread slicer for the dining room, and for the enterprise for the production of bakery products. The models that we will indicate further, in addition to the ability to cut bread of any density without incident, are also able to cope with hot and fresh pastries. All models are equipped with an automatic knife lubrication module, which is very important when it comes to sticky bread - for example, rye. Bread slicer Jac Pico will cost 160 thousand rubles, it is able to cut 200 loaves per hour (given that the loaf weighs 500 grams). This is an excellent apparatus for dining in large points - for example, in factories or universities. Bread slicer machine JAC FACE + 450 M will cost 500 thousand rubles, but at the same time its characteristics are appropriate - 720 loaves per hour.
Food Grain Slicers: China
Given the current exchange rate, it’s hard to call the choice of Chinese equipment “cheap, but angry,” but he also has his own fans. Of course, an option with the production and subsequent slicing of baked goods is impossible, but for dining rooms that use thick bread, a description of the models may be useful:
1. Starfood. The most common Chinese brand in the Russian industrial equipment market. The build quality and materials are decent. The popular Starfood TR 350 model will cost 55 thousand rubles. The slicing thickness is 1.2 cm, the productivity is 120 loaves per hour.
2. HYRAKAN. This Chinese brand has appeared on the market relatively recently, so its prices are more loyal to consumers: for the HKN-PICO12 model, you will have to pay about 46 thousand rubles, and this with a productivity of 180 loaves per hour. The thickness of the slice does not vary - only 1.2 cm. Like a bread slicer for a dining room - why not?
We must think big! Bread slicing lines
What about those industries whose scale of production even JAC cannot cover? The manufacturer of technological equipment “Voskhod” (Russia) took care of them by launching the Cayman model. It exists in two versions - for wheat and rye bread.
This separation is associated with the moisture of the rye product voiced above. If for the "wheat" modification you have to pay 1.8 million rubles, then the "rye" will cost 2.2 million. Otherwise, these bread slicers are similar in industry: they have an outdoor execution, productivity - 3,000 loaves per hour, and the thickness varies from 0.8 cm to 1.4 cm.