FAM & Stumabo developed NECST TM, an ambitious R&D project to provide an answer to the key issues in the potato processing market. When fully completed, NECST will consist of a range of centrifugal slicers, cutting heads, parts and knives for the potato chips industry. With all the patented and patent pending innovations of the NECST technology, we can lead processors to a lower scrap rate, less starch loss and near elimination of tapered slices. In short, a perfect slicing quality.
The potato chips industry is a growing and actively innovative market, where processors are constantly looking for the next best thing. FAM & Stumabo present their innovations: GapSetTM Technology, MultiStage Impeller, Lightweight Design and ScaliburTM Technology.
For more information on NECST technology you can visit the specially designed website – www.necst.solutions – that shows you the highlights and benefits it could bring to your company.
GapSetTM Technology
GapSetTM Technology is a new assembly technology for cutting heads, originally developed by FAM and Stumabo. This technology facilitates setting and changing the slice thickness, is more accurate and ensures knife stability without any adjustments while processing. Once the cutting heads are assembled, the GapSet Technology ensures constant slice accuracy while processing. Moreover, operators save valuable time that would otherwise be spent on adjusting the slice thickness.
Set it and forget it, your cutting heads are (and remain) accurate.
(Patented Technology)
MultiStage Impeller
FAM and Stumabo introduce an impeller that cuts the potato in two stages: the MultiStage Impeller.
The impeller is divided into two barriers on each paddle: the first barrier is grooved and grasps the potato as it enters; the second barrier is a smaller pocket the potato moves into as its size reduces during slicing. In the second pocket, the potato is fully protected from other incoming potatoes, ensuring the product remains stable at all times during the slicing process without shifting.
The multistage impeller also maximizes the capacity, as two potatoes can be cut simultaneously in both pockets without disturbing each other.
(Patented Technology)
Lightweight design
The lightweight design of the cutting heads constitutes a considerable improvement in operator-friendliness and maintenance time. With the first generation cutting heads in the market weighing 22 kg, FAM and Stumabo set a new standard with a cutting head of a mere 12 kg. Furthermore, smart design has reduced the number of parts by 20% in comparison to the old, conventional heads.
ScaliburTM Technology
As a special R&D highlight, FAM and Stumabo want to introduce their ScaliburTM Technology to the potato chips processing industry. A high-end solution for processors that want to invest in the future and ultimate slicing quality.
ScaliburTM Technology introduces a new era of potato slicing where the impeller as well as the cutting head rotate, independently of each other. This breakthrough signifies the potato can be sliced at a lower speed, which has significant benefits in regards to scrap rate, starch loss and tapered slices.
A key feature of the ScaliburTM Technology that FAM & Stumabo want to highlight is Dynamic Reverse Slicing: The slicing is made while the impeller and the cutting head move at differential speed, creating a dual rotation, with the cutting head spinning faster than the impeller in the anticlockwise direction.
