Industry
Cheese portioning systems and dairy equipment
From soft spreads to firm cheese blocks and formed shapes, VEMAG technology delivers high precision for dairy processors. Our systems handle a wide range of viscosities and textures, enabling consistent portioning, forming and packaging.
Cheese portioning
Cheese portioning systems by product form
How cheese is portioned depends on the form it leaves the plant in. A firm block is cut into dice, sticks, flakes or shreds; shredded cheese is spread across a pizza or another product; a spread or other pasty mass is metered by weight and filled into cups or jars; and every portion is checked and packed. The cards below sort the cheese and dairy equipment in our catalogue by the job it does, and each one opens every machine of that type.
Treat them as a way into the catalogue, not as a line we have installed or a set of machines guaranteed to work together. Which stages you need depends on your cheese, how it behaves at the temperature you work it, and the pack you sell it in, so talk the process through with our sales team before you specify anything.
Cutting, dicing and shredding
Cheese cutters and multipurpose dicers that turn blocks and logs into dice, sticks, flakes and shreds of a consistent size.
Depositing
Shredding depositors that spread cheese evenly across a product, and can and jar fillers that place a measured portion into a container.
Portioning by weight
Vacuum fillers that meter a pasty mass by weight and push each portion out through a filling horn or an attachment.
Cutting and emulsifying
Bowl cutters and a continuous vacuum emulsifier that reduce and emulsify ingredients for smooth spreads and dips.
Weighing and inspection
Checkweighers, metal detectors and X-ray systems that find out-of-weight or contaminated portions before they are packed.
Packaging
Tray sealers, thermoformers and vacuum packaging machines, with shrink and drying equipment, that close portions and blocks into a sealed pack.
Cutting
Cutting blocks into dice, sticks and shreds
Diced and shredded cheese starts as a block or log. A dicer pushes it against a cutting grid and a cross blade cuts each layer off at the set length, so changing the grid changes the size and shape of the piece. Holac builds a dedicated cheese cutter as well as the Cubixx multipurpose dicers, and several Cubixx models name cheese in their own descriptions.
Cheesixx cheese cutter
Holac’s multifunctional cheese-cutting machine and the smallest in its cheese range. It cuts small, medium or large dice, sticks and flakes, and special shapes such as triangles and shreds.
Cubixx 100L dicer
A compact dicer on wheels with a fully sealed loading chamber and a two-part grid. Its description lists grated cheese among its jobs, alongside diced meat and ham strips.
Cubixx 120 dicer
A semi-automatic multipurpose dicer for loose and pre-formed products, cheese among them, with an integrated discharge conveyor and a touchscreen.
Cubixx 150 LP dicer
The largest of the Cubixx series, with a hydraulically opened magazine and a guillotine cut-off blade. It takes loose and pre-formed products, including cheese.
Our catalogue does not list a cheese slicer. For sliced cheese it lists packaging, such as the Ross tray sealers further down this page, so if you slice in house, tell us how you slice now and where the slices go next.
Depositing
Spreading shredded cheese across a product
On a pizza base or a similar product, the cheese has to land evenly from edge to edge with as little as possible wasted between products. A shredding depositor does the cutting and the spreading in one unit, laying the cheese across the product through a long depositing throat.
Shredder Cutter Depositor
An attachment designed to be used with a VEMAG pump. Its 48-inch depositing throat lays cheese across a product consistently and accurately, with very little waste, and the listing gives pizza as the example. A chiller built into the frame cools the forming heads and the cutter.
The listing gives a 480-volt, three-phase electrical supply, which is not the standard three-phase supply in Australia or New Zealand, so check the electrical specification with us before you plan around it.
Vacuum filling
Portioning cheese masses by weight
Soft, pasty dairy products are portioned by weight rather than cut. A vacuum filler draws the mass from its hopper into a double screw or rotary vane pump, takes air out of it on the way, and pushes out a set portion through a filling horn or an attachment. What is fitted to the outlet decides the product: a container filler, a depositor or a forming attachment.
The VEMAG HPnx vacuum fillers in our catalogue are listed for dairy and cheese processing. All three portion steplessly from 1 g to 99,000 g, and their filling capacity depends on the feeding element fitted.
HP10NX vacuum filler
A 250-litre hopper, 15 kW of rated power and a filling capacity of up to 4,300 kg/h.
HP20NX vacuum filler
A 350-litre hopper, 23 kW of rated power and a filling capacity of up to 8,900 kg/h.
HP30NX vacuum filler
A 350-litre hopper with a 40 m³ vacuum system, 36 kW of rated power and a filling capacity of up to 7,600 kg/h.
VPC716 checkweigher
Weighs every portion as it runs, regulates the vacuum filler from the result and sends out-of-tolerance portions off on an ejection belt. Built for minced products and forming lines, and listed in our catalogue under cheese blocks.
Whether a particular filler and attachment suit your cheese depends on its texture and the temperature you portion it at, so trial the combination before you settle on it.
For cream cheese balls and individual shaped portions, compare soft cheese forming equipment and prepare a product and tray specification.
Spreads and dips
Cutting, emulsifying and filling cheese spreads
A cheese spread or dip is made smooth first and portioned second. A bowl cutter chops and emulsifies a batch in a rotating bowl, while a continuous emulsifier works on a steady flow of material. The finished mass is then filled into cups or jars, where product left on the rim gets in the way of the seal.
K 60 High-Efficiency Cutter
A Seydelmann cutter with a 60-litre bowl and a six-knife head for fast reduction and emulsification. It is the one machine our catalogue lists for butters, and it is listed for cheese spreads, dips, snacks and sticks too.
KK 144 C Vacuum Konti Kutter
A Seydelmann continuous emulsifier with a hole and cutting plate system, built for fine emulsions. Its data names cheese, with baby food and pet food, as a further application.
FKL609 container filling system
Fills cans, jars and cups, and fits on all VEMAG vacuum fillers. A filling head with an inner pipe closure or a piston keeps the fill clean. Takes containers 100 mm across and up to 140 mm high, or 220 mm on request.
Can filling horn
Portions mixtures from liquid to highly viscous into a wide range of tin and jar formats and sizes while keeping the container edges clean. Product can be fed in from either side.
The FT722 filling table is also listed for cheese spreads and dips. It moves trays, tins and jars under the outlet so they are filled automatically, at up to 80 portions a minute, and is used mostly for desserts, fillings, creams and doughs.
Our buyer’s guide sets the K 60 and the KK 144 C beside the rest of the bowl cutter and emulsifier range, model by model.
Checking and packing
Checking, packing and finishing cheese portions
Before a portion is sealed it can be checked for weight and contamination. Besides the VPC716 checkweigher, our catalogue lists the Aicon XR-500 HD X-ray system for unpacked products and the Pulsotronic M-Pulse2pro Inflex 65, a mobile metal detector made to work with filling machines, for dairy and cheese.
For sliced cheese it lists two Ross tray sealers: the fully automatic IN 1100 for modified atmosphere (MAP) and vacuum skin (VSP) packs, and the X450, a compact, portable semi-automatic sealer for small processors, stores and food labs. For cheese blocks it lists the Supervac GK 1600 B belt vacuum packaging machine, the AT 6, AT 7, AT 8 and AT 15 shrink tanks and the BL 15 drying tunnel, and JLS robotic packaging systems are listed for shredded and diced cheese. Variovac thermoformers such as the Primus, which forms packs from film and seals them plain, under vacuum, under MAP or as skin packs, are tagged for dairy and cheese as well.
The Vetec Climamat, a climatic maturing and cold-smoking installation built to suit the product, the production capacity and the site, is also listed under cheese blocks.
Applications
Dairy and cheese applications
Choose the product you make to see the machines listed for it.
Cheese Spreads & Dips
Fill and package spreads and dips with clean presentation and minimal waste.
6 machinesShredded & Diced Cheese
Portion shredded or diced cheese evenly into bags, trays, or bulk packs.
2 machines
Planning a cheese portioning line
Before you choose a cutter, filler or depositor, pin down how your cheese behaves at the temperature you work it, the shape and weight of the portion, the pack it goes into, the output you need, and what happens to the product before and after portioning. Those answers decide which stages you need and which machines are worth a trial.
Food processing lines
How we approach line planning, with illustrative layouts for other foods and the details to prepare before you specify equipment.
Equipment
Machines used in dairy and cheese processing
Every machine in the catalogue tagged for dairy and cheese processing, grouped by machine type. Many of them are listed for meat, sausages or other foods as well. Open any machine for its full details and to request a quote.
Vacuum fillers
7 machines
Portioning & forming machines
2 machines
Grinders & mincers
4 machines
Bowl cutters & emulsifiers
5 machines
Depositors
4 machines
Thermoformers & packaging
14 machines
Tray sealers
4 machines
Inspection & weight control
4 machines
Slicers & dicers
1 machine
Cooking, smoking & drying
1 machine
Conveyors & line equipment
1 machine
Attachments & accessories
1 machine
Support
Service, spare parts and trials with your own cheese
Our technicians look after machines across Australia and New Zealand, from installation and operator training to repairs and maintenance, and our spare parts team identifies and supplies genuine parts locally. At our Customer Centre you can run your own product through a machine under real production conditions before you commit to it.
Service and maintenance
Installation, operator training, maintenance and repairs, carried out by our own technicians.
Spare parts
Genuine parts for your cutters, fillers and packaging machines, sourced by our local parts team.
Customer Centre
Bring your own cheese or spread, see it run on a machine and work through the details with our specialists.
Questions
Cheese portioning questions
What cheese portioning equipment does Vemag Australia supply?
Our catalogue covers a Holac cheese cutter and Cubixx dicers for dice, sticks, flakes and shreds, a shredding depositor that spreads cheese across a product, VEMAG HPnx vacuum fillers for portioning by weight, container fillers for cups and jars, cutters and an emulsifier for spreads, checkweighing and inspection equipment, and tray sealing, vacuum and thermoform packaging.
Do you supply a cheese slicer?
Our catalogue does not list a slicer for cheese. It lists tray sealers for packing sliced cheese, and cheese cutters and dicers for dice, sticks, flakes and shreds. If slicing is part of your process, tell us about it when you get in touch.
How is shredded cheese portioned onto pizza?
With a shredding depositor, which cuts the cheese and lays it across the product through a long depositing throat. The Shredder Cutter Depositor in our catalogue is an attachment used with a VEMAG pump, and its listing gives pizza as the example. Its listed electrical supply is 480 volts, three-phase, so check the specification with us first.
Can a vacuum filler portion cheese?
The VEMAG HPnx vacuum fillers are listed in our catalogue for dairy and cheese processing, with stepless portion weights from 1 g to 99,000 g. Whether one suits your product depends on how the mass feeds from the hopper and behaves at the outlet, so trial it with us before you decide.
Can I trial my own cheese before I buy?
Our Customer Centre is set up for trying machines with your own products under real production conditions. Tell us what you make when you get in touch and ask which machines can be run with it.
Do you support dairy and cheese producers in New Zealand?
Yes. We have offices in Redland Bay, Queensland, and in Auckland, and our sales, service and spare parts support covers both Australia and New Zealand.
Brands
Brands in this industry
The manufacturers whose machines are listed above. Open a brand to see all of its machines in the catalogue.
14 machinesVEMAG
Vacuum fillers, dough portioners and attachments for filling, portioning, forming and loading food and pet food.
8 machinesSeydelmann
Cutters, grinders, mixers, emulsifiers and production lines for meat and food processing.
8 machinesSupervac
Vacuum packaging machines with shrinking, cooling and drying equipment.
7 machinesVariovac
Thermoforming packaging machines, tray sealers and packaging line equipment.
2 machinesRoss
Meat and food processing equipment and tray sealers, from tenderisers and slicers to chillers and the INPack tray sealers.
2 machinesAicon X-Ray
X-ray inspection systems for food and other packaged products.
1 machineHolac
Dicers, slicing machines, strip cutters and cheese cutters for meat, cheese, fish and vegetables.
1 machineVetec
Installations for the thermal treatment of food: smoking, cooking, cooling and drying.
1 machineJLS
Hygienic, vision-guided robotic packaging systems for food: product loading, cartoning and case packing.
1 machinePulsotronic
Metal detection and inspection systems for food and other production lines.
Contact
Talk to our team about your production
Contact the Australian or New Zealand office for advice, service enquiries or to arrange a consultation — by phone, by email or through the enquiry form.
- Australia(07) 3829 3868
- New Zealand+64 9 415 0137
- Salessales@vemag.com.au