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News Release from: Schenck | Subject: Cheese balance
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 09 August 2005
Well balanced cheese from Schenck
Better known for balancing crankshafts, rotors and turbines, Schenck has applied its expertise and technology to the odd activity of balancing in the production of cheeses!
Better known for balancing crankshafts, rotors and turbines, Schenck has applied its expertise and technology to the odd activity of balancing cheeses! The leading balancing and diagnostic systems specialist has developed an innovative new static balancing machine that claims to cut cheese production waste by over a half With traditional geometrical methods for slicing large circular cheeses into wedges, dairies need to provide a 13g buffer to ensure that each wedge meets the legal minimum weight of 200g
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 12 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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But by balancing the cheeses with the new Schenck system, only a 5g buffer is required - thus saving a lot of cheese and money! The balancing machine works by determining the position of the barycenter of each circular cheese, which marks the reference point for positioning the slicer used to cut out wedges at the sales counter.
Rather than only cutting wedges of the same geometrical size, this new method helps to cut wedges of the same weight.
"We have balanced everything from power station turbines to miniature dentist drills, so why not cheese," says Nigel Best, UK manager for Schenck Balancing and Diagnostic Systems.
"There are hundreds of dairies producing tons of cheese and it is not difficult to project the potential return on investment in a relatively short time.
We certainly see this as a maturing market!".
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