Intermediate snipper for green bean processing
Optimize your green bean processing with a high-efficiency snipping solution that minimizes waste and maintains product integrity, ensuring your end products meet quality standards consistently.

The Intermediate Snipper from Lyco Manufacturing is engineered to streamline green bean processing with its gentle handling and high precision. Designed with soft-edged internal baffles, it minimizes product bruising while efficiently snipping and trimming fresh green beans. Its robust construction features 68 stainless steel Lyco Vee Knives arranged in six rows, ensuring effective cutting and sorting while maintaining a processing capacity of 2,000 to 3,000 pounds per hour.
Ideal for food processing firms and vegetable processors, it delivers exceptional snipping efficiency of 95% to 99%, significantly reducing waste through its 630 straight slot openings that effectively drop debris. This equipment is PLC-controlled, facilitating seamless integration into existing production lines. Designed for continuous, high-capacity operations, it suits various industries, including plant-based protein and pet food manufacturing.
Options include durable, unbreakable stainless steel knife holders and a brush accessory to maintain consistent throughput. For cleaning, the system is equipped to handle quick maintenance routines. Lyco offers customization potential and engineering support to meet specific production requirements.
Benefits
- Enhances green bean quality with minimal bruising due to gentle handling.
- Increases operational efficiency with up to 99% snipping accuracy.
- Reduces product waste with effective debris dropping system.
- Integrates seamlessly into existing lines with PLC control.
- Supports continuous high-capacity production for increased output.
- Applications
- Meat/poultry/seafood,Pet food,Plant-based proteins,Fresh green beans,Green beans,Vegetables,Wastewater processing
- End products
- Snipped green beans,Separated waste solids for recycling,Diced meat for pet food,Plant-based protein ready meals,Poultry mixes for pet food,Seafood blends for processing,Green bean snacks,Prepared green bean casseroles,Vegetable mixes,Fresh packaged green beans,Green bean sides
- Steps before
- Sorting,Washing
- Steps after
- Packing,Quality Control
- Input ingredients
- fresh green beans
- Output ingredients
- snipped beans,unsnipped bean remover
- Capacity
- 2,000 to 3,000 PPH
- Efficiency
- 95% to 99%
- Knife count
- 68 stainless steel Lyco Vee Knives
- Snipping efficiency
- 95% to 98%
- Size
- 32 in. Diameter
- Trash slot openings
- 630 Lyco straight slot 13-5″/64″ openings
- Working Mechanism
- Soft edged internal baffles
- Decreased Product Losses
- Reduces bruising
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Batch / Inline Continuous
- Efficiency
- 95% to 99%
- Capacity
- 2000 to 3000 PPH
- Trash Removal Efficiency
- 630 Lyco straight slot openings
- Knife Configuration
- 68 stainless steel Vee Knives
- Knife Holder Material
- Unbreakable stainless steel
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Machine Diameter
- 32 inches
- Number of Knives
- 68 Vee Knives
- Material
- Stainless Steel
- Internal Baffles
- Soft edged
- Feed/Discharge Method
- Not specified
- Brush Option
- Available
- Control panel type
- PLC-controlled
- Discharge method
- Flexible chute
- Brush option
- Available
- Market info
- Lyco Manufacturing is known for designing and producing innovative cooking, cooling, and liquid-solid separation equipment, primarily for the food processing industry, with a strong reputation for reliability, efficiency, and cutting-edge solutions.