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Grote Company

United States

Grote Company, based in Columbus, Ohio, designs and builds industrial food slicers and food assembly equipment. It was founded in 1972 after Jim Grote invented the Peppamatic pepperoni slicer, and today supplies pizza topping lines, sandwich and wrap assembly lines, depositors and robotic assembly solutions.

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613 Multi-Slicer

613 Multi-Slicer

Entry-level, mobile industrial slicer that bulk slices, stacks and shingles many foods offline, from deli meats and cheese to onions and tomatoes.

Slicer/Applicator (New Design)

Slicer/Applicator (New Design)

Multi-lane slicer that slices and places product directly onto processing lines with precise targeting; the new design focuses on sanitation and repeatable set-up.

Modular Slicer

Modular Slicer

Cantilevered slice-and-apply machine for single-lane lines, placing sliced product accurately onto a moving line; offered in two models by product size.

High Speed Slicer

High Speed Slicer

Bulk slicer for large operations that slices and lays product straight onto an oven belt or conveyor.

Log End Slicer

Log End Slicer

Slicer designed to recover usable slices from the ends of deli-meat logs, raising yield and removing manual slicing and rework.

Fresh Produce Slicer (FPS-1000)

Fresh Produce Slicer (FPS-1000)

Bulk slicer for fresh-cut operations that slices produce from soft tomatoes to firm onions cleanly without cracking.

Sectoring Slicer

Sectoring Slicer

Machine that cuts product logs lengthwise into quarters or halves, for example pepperoni sticks, to prepare them for further slicing.

Peppamatic

Peppamatic

Grote's original patented inline pepperoni slicer, which slices and places pepperoni directly onto pizzas in a range of patterns and crust sizes.

Pizzamatic Linear Slicer

Pizzamatic Linear Slicer

Slices cold pepperoni and applies a full pattern onto pizzas in one motion, using Orbitrox circular blades to limit curling.

Ultramatic

Ultramatic

Pendulum slicer that applies full pepperoni patterns on three- or four-lane pizza lines, with independent control of each lane.

ValuDose Sauce Applicator

ValuDose Sauce Applicator

Sauce applicator for single- and two-lane pizza lines that pumps sauce evenly while leaving crust edges clean.

UltraDose Sauce Applicator

UltraDose Sauce Applicator

High-output sauce applicator for multi-lane pizza lines, scalable with additional heads and pumps.

Border Free Topping Applicator – TruTop MC

Border Free Topping Applicator – TruTop MC

Topping applicator for single-lane pizza or prepared-meal lines that spreads shredded cheese, dry ingredients and IQF toppings evenly with clean crust edges.

Waterfall Topping Applicator – TruTop Ultra

Waterfall Topping Applicator – TruTop Ultra

Waterfall-type applicator for multi-lane pizza or tray lines that spreads cheese, dry ingredients and IQF toppings across the full belt.

Waterfall Cheese Applicator

Waterfall Cheese Applicator

Applicator engineered for cheese-crisp production that deposits cheese into baking trays and brushes off the excess before baking.

Servo Depositor

Servo Depositor

Grote's fastest depositor, placing condiments, liquids and particulates on sandwich, bakery and prepared-food lines with automatic weight and length adjustment.

Volumetric Depositor

Volumetric Depositor

Depositor for liquid and semi-liquid condiments on sandwich lines, able to deposit, inject and decorate.

Particulate Depositor

Particulate Depositor

Auger-fed depositor that portions wet salads accurately onto sandwich lines.

Bread Collator with Buttering Applicator

Bread Collator with Buttering Applicator

Feeds and arranges pairs of bread slices onto the sandwich line at a set speed, with an optional unit for buttering the slices.

Bread Denester with Buttering Applicator

Bread Denester with Buttering Applicator

Feeds sliced bread in two or four lanes onto the sandwich line at a programmed speed, with an optional buttering unit.

Horizontal Bisector (HBS/HBZ)

Horizontal Bisector (HBS/HBZ)

Cuts fresh or frozen bread horizontally into halves and transfers them to the sandwich assembly line.

Sandwich Assembly Conveyor

Sandwich Assembly Conveyor

Conveyor that carries sandwiches along the assembly line, configurable in width, speed and layout for automated or manual work.

Sandwich Cutter AC60

Sandwich Cutter AC60

Series of sandwich cutters that halve sandwiches with either a mechanical blade or an ultrasonic titanium blade.

Universal Cutter

Universal Cutter

Ultrasonic cutter that halves sandwiches, wraps and subs up to 12 in on one machine.

Inline Tortilla Warmer

Inline Tortilla Warmer

Warms tortillas and flatbreads with ceramic heaters and optional mist so they fold without cracking.

Wrap Glue Applicator

Wrap Glue Applicator

Applies a strip of natural adhesive to tortilla wraps by roller so they seal firmly after filling.

Wrap Cutter

Wrap Cutter

Ultrasonic cutter for sandwich wraps using a titanium knife, with manual or automatic product feeding.

Sandwich Assembly Robotics

Sandwich Assembly Robotics

Robotic cells designed for high-care sandwich, wrap, bun and panini tasks, optionally integrated with Grote equipment.

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Grote Company introduction

Grote sandwich production equipment line

Grote pizza topping line

AccuBand blade system

Grote industrial slicers

613 Multi-Slicer

Slicer/Applicator (new design)

Modular Slicer in operation

High Speed Slicer in operation

Log End Slicer in operation

Fresh Produce Slicer (FPS-1000) in operation

Sectoring Slicer in operation

Peppamatic in operation

Ultramatic in operation

ValuDose Sauce Applicator in operation

Border Free Topping Applicator – TruTop MC in operation

Waterfall Topping Applicator – TruTop Ultra in operation

Waterfall Cheese Applicator in operation

Servo Depositor in operation

Volumetric Depositor in operation

Particulate Depositor in operation

Bread Collator with Buttering Applicator in operation

Bread Denester with Buttering Applicator in operation

Horizontal Bisector (HBS/HBZ) in operation

Sandwich Assembly Conveyor in operation

Sandwich Cutter AC60 in operation

Universal Cutter in operation

Inline Tortilla Warmer in operation

Wrap Cutter in operation

Grote sandwich lidding robot line demo

Grote biscuit/burger assembly Delta robot line

Case study: Martel Foods robotic sandwich lidding

Case study: Grote robotic wrap cutting line