Abstract: A unit for molding food products, in particular for cooking ham is provided. The unit includes a set of parallel horizontal troughs. The troughs have a downwardly-oriented base and an upwardly-oriented opening and are fixed to one or more supports that enable units to be stacked on top of one another. A set of cover elements extend beneath the set of troughs such that, when units are stacked, a cover element is engaged in the trough opening of the subjacent unit. The unit also includes a built-in spring lock which, by application of a downward pressure, solidly connect the unit to a similar unit in an automatic manner in order to ensure that the respective support is fully supported. Subsequently, the lock can be retracted to separate two units from one another and to unstack same. Units can be joined by such automated locking in order to form a stable stack. The unit is suitable for use in the agri-food industry.

Abstract: A unit for molding and heat treating food products, including a series of parallel, horizontal, upwardly facing generally U-shaped molds. A lid element extends under the bottom of each mold, and the entire mold assembly is fixed to support means which permit stacking of the units, the lid elements then engaging in the channel openings of an underlying unit, defining individual fluid-tight conduits which receive heat-conveying fluid for treatment, by heat exchange, of food products contained in the channels.

Abstract: An apparatus for continuously producing substantially parallelepipedal pieces of meat (M) from blocks of meat (B) of larger size, including an Archimedes' screw-type supply unit (2) and, in the direction of travel of the blocks, a shaping device (4) which has a substantially circular entrance (400) and an exit (412) of elongated rectangular section, longitudinal cutting disks (5) and transverse cutting guillotine blade (6), the longitudinal cut being made during passage of the blocks of meat (B) inside the shaping device.