New needle punch for food products

Bespoke designed for a major multi-national food producer, this four lane needle punch & forming machine is the latest addition to the Gillard food extrusion handling portfolio.

The four lanes of extruded product exit the die & run straight into the machine. Matching banks of needles pierce the product top & bottom to allow steam to escape prior to cutting.

The needle punch assemblies are mounted on servo driven moving-head carriages, so that a continuous high linespeed can be maintained.

Forming wheels then shape the extruded product as required, before it is cut-to-length using a Gillard Servo-Torq® four head rotary cutter system.

The whole machine is finished to the highest hygiene standards. Custom software was developed using the customer’s preferred servo & PLC vendor.