Automatic Corn Cutter
Up to 130 ears/min per cutter, all-electric, embedded AI vision software.
Details →Sweet corn · Canning and IQF
Sweet Corn Processing Lines for Canning and IQF
Peak season gives you a few weeks to run every acre. Every cob the cutter mishandles costs kernels, and every short-staffed shift costs throughput.
- Automatic corn cutters at up to 130 ears/min per cutter, with embedded AI vision software
- Cutters in parallel with spare capacity for maintenance and bad corn
- Huskers in 4, 8, 12 and 16-lane models
- US engineering and service, US voltage and 60 Hz
By Dan Ghadiri, Bigtem USA
Where sweet corn lines lose yield and time
Reception
Uneven dumping from trucks starves the huskers one minute and floods them the next.Husking
Husk left on the cob becomes a cutter reject and rework by hand.Cutting
The cutter sets the pace of the whole line. A badly oriented or oversized cob costs kernels, and a cutter down for knives costs ears per minute.Wash
Silk, husk and fines that pass the washer and aspirator end up in the pack.Blanch
Water dipping leaches sugar from the kernels; sweet corn is belt or steam blanched instead.
Line flow
Sizing the cutting hall
Each automatic cutter runs up to 130 ears per minute. Cutters run in parallel, and rejected cobs are cut on hand-feed cutters. Sizing in spare cutters keeps the line at rate while one cutter is down for knives or maintenance, or when bad corn slows the feed.
Husks, cobs and nubbins to feed
Husks, cut cobs and nubbins are collected on waste conveyors and can be crushed for animal feed.
US engineering and service
Bigtem USA engineers the line, supplies spare heads, knives and a knife sharpener, and builds for US voltage and 60 Hz.
Sweet corn line questions
How is the cutting hall sized?
Automatic cutters run in parallel. Bigtem sizes the number of cutters to your target and adds spare capacity for maintenance, breakdowns and bad corn.
What is the capacity of one automatic corn cutter?
Up to 130 ears per minute per cutter.
Can a Bigtem sweet corn line feed canning?
Yes. The line is the same through cutting, washing and blanching; kernels then go to canning or IQF freezing.
Which husker sizes are available?
Bigtem huskers come in 4, 8, 12 and 16-lane models; more lanes give higher capacity.
What happens to cobs the automatic cutters reject?
They are cut on hand-feed cutters, so good kernels are not sent to waste.
Is the equipment available in US voltage?
Yes, US voltage and 60 Hz are available.
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