FAM STUMABO, a specialist in industrial food cutting technology, has introduced the Flexifam.2, a dicer aimed at small to medium-sized cheese processors.
The global cheese market is on a sustained growth trajectory, with industry estimates placing its value at USD98.0bn in 2025 and projecting it to reach USD154.4bn by 2034.
While Europe and the US remain the largest and most mature markets, emerging economies including China, Brazil, and India are increasingly driving new demand, fueled by the rapid expansion of foodservice and shifting consumer habits. Against this backdrop, equipment manufacturers are moving to address a growing need for efficiency and precision on the processing floor.
Flexifam.2 is designed to deliver consistent cut quality, improved hygiene, and simplified operation across a broad range of applications — with a processing capacity of approximately 1,000 kg per hour depending on cut size.
The launch comes at a time when dairy processors are under mounting pressure from rising raw material and energy costs, labor constraints, and market volatility. According to McKinsey & Company, technology ranks among the primary levers identified by industry leaders for improving performance across the value chain. In this environment, cutting precision has emerged as a critical control point, where even minor deviations can translate into measurable losses in yield and product quality.
Mozzarella, the most widely processed cheese type worldwide and a staple of the global pizza and ready-to-eat industries, sits at the center of the Flexifam.2’s design rationale. The machine’s notably large drum diameter — among the largest in its category — can accommodate the elongated logs commonly produced by smaller and artisanal mozzarella makers, reducing or in many cases eliminating the need for pre-cutting. The machine handles products up to 135 mm in diameter and 270 mm in length, delivering dice sizes ranging from 3 to 15 mm.
Rather than forcing product through a cutting grid, the Flexifam.2 processes cheese in three sequential steps — slicing, strip cutting, and dicing — using fast-rotating knife spindles. A shear plate maintains very tight tolerances between the crosscut knives and the shear edge, minimizing friction and producing clean, consistent dice with low fines generation across cheese types with varying textures and moisture levels. A 5.5 kW drive system supports stable, repeatable output throughout continuous production runs.
The machine is also suited to a range of other applications, including Gouda, Emmental, cheddar, as well as meat and poultry products such as ham, bacon, pepperoni, and sausages.
On the operational side, FAM STUMABO has placed particular emphasis on reducing the time and labor associated with cleaning, maintenance, and product changeovers. The Flexifam.2 features full stainless-steel construction, a stainless-steel washdown motor, and improved access to key machine areas, allowing operators to complete sanitation more efficiently. Maintenance has been redesigned so that tasks previously requiring two people can now be handled by a single operator, and tool changes between different cut sizes can be completed within minutes, limiting production downtime.
The Flexifam.2 is positioned as an evolution of the Flexifam 55, long regarded as an industry standard, updated to meet the demands of modern processing environments where efficiency, hygiene, and ease of use are increasingly non-negotiable.
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