Abstract: In a method for cutting a loaf-shaped food, a loaf of the food is advanced toward a cutting device by means of a feed apparatus and the loaf is cut into slices, strips or cubes by means of said cutting device such that the loaf is fixed during the feed movement by means of a vacuum gripper that is advanced together with the loaf and a negative pressure is generated within an interior of a contact element of the vacuum gripper and acts upon a fixing region of the surface of the loaf in a suction region of the contact element; in order to avoid the risk of defects due to a vacuum loss and a loss of the fixing force, it is proposed that the suction region is divided into at least two separate partial suction regions and the interior of the contact element is accordingly divided into at least two partial interiors, wherein the partial suction regions respectively adjoin one another, are separated from by a contact line and form separate partial fixing regions.

Abstract: In a method for cutting a string-shaped food product which is fed towards a cutting device by means of a feeding device into slices, strips or cubes, the product string is fixed during the feed motion by means of a vacuum gripper, which is fed forward together with the product string; a vacuum, for acting on a fixing area at the surface of the product string in a suction area of the contact element, is generated within an interior of the contact element of the vacuum gripper; at least two rotating cutting edges of the contact element are provided and which enclose the suction area and cut into the product string in order to improve the quality of the sealing of the suction area

Abstract: In a method for cutting a loaf-shaped food, a loaf of the food is advanced toward a cutting device by means of a feed apparatus and the loaf is cut into slices, strips or cubes by means of said cutting device, which includes that the loaf is fixed during the feed movement by means of a vacuum gripper that is advanced together with the loaf; a negative pressure is generated within an interior of a contact element of the vacuum gripper and acts upon a fixing region of the surface of the loaf in a suction region of the contact element, in order to prevent hygienic problems associated with vacuum pumps, the negative pressure is generated by means of a piston-cylinder unit, the piston of which defines the interior of the contact element.