Cutting machine
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A cutting machine is a machine that cuts food mechanically or electrically. It can also be used to cut through materials.[1][better source needed]
Types of cutting machines
[edit]There are multiple types of cutting machines. The most prominent ones are used for cutting food such as bread or meat, specifically meat slicers and bread cutting machines.[2]
Meat slicers
[edit]Meat slicers use a rotating circular blade that is fixed on one side, while the material being cut is moved. They're sometimes also referred to as all-purpose slicers.[3]
Bread cutting machines
[edit]Bread cutting machines usually work differently with industrial machines having blades passing through the bread. Home-use machines can slice the bread by guiding it along a mechanically rotating circular blade or pushing a blade through the bread. The first bread cutting machine was invented by Willy Abel from Berlin, while the first automatic one was invented in 1927 by American engineer Otto Frederick Rohwedder.[4]
Shears
[edit]There are also machines not used for food but materials such as paper or silver.
Microtomes
[edit]In science, types of cutting machines used are called microtomes.
Gallery
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Meat slicer
Industrial bread cutting machine
Mechanic bread cutting machine
Mechanic bread cutting machine
Photo slicer
Industrial paper slicer
Paper slicer from the 1950s
Patwin rug wool cutter (from the collection of The Museum of Industry in Ghent)
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References
[edit]- ↑ Neuenfeldt Júnior, Alvaro; Silva, Elsa; Francescatto, Matheus; Rosa, Carmen Brum; Siluk, Julio (2022). "The rectangular two-dimensional strip packing problem real-life practical constraints: A bibliometric overview". Computers & Operations Research. 137 105521. doi:10.1016/j.cor.2021.105521.
- ↑ "Bread-slicing Machine". National Museum of American History. Retrieved 2025-09-19.
- ↑ "emiliomiti llc » Vintage Hand-cranked Meat Slicers Popular Among 'Green' Chefs and Restaurants". www.emiliomiti.com. Archived from the original on 2008-09-07. Retrieved 2025-09-19.
- ↑ "Heimatmuseum zeigt mehr als hundert Jahre Lichtenberger Industriegeschichte: Der Eierschneider war ein Welterfolg". Berliner Zeitung (in German). 1997-04-22. Retrieved 2025-09-19.