Cutting head for a centrifugal cutting apparatus and centrifugal cutting apparatus equipped with same

A cutting head for a centrifugal cutting apparatus, said cutting head comprising

• a rim structure;
• a plurality of cutting stations which are mounted onto the rim structure, each of which is provided with a cutting element for cutting food products at a leading end of the cutting station and comprises an inner wall extending from the leading end to a trailing end and forming a product sliding surface, along which the food product slides between successive cuts, said cutting stations being assembled adjacent one another in such a way that a gap is present between each pair of adjacent cutting stations through which a product slice exits the cutting head upon being cut by one of the cutting elements;
• a gap setting mechanism provided between the trailing ends of the cutting stations and the rim structure for setting the radial size of the gap by adjusting the radial offset of the trailing end of the respective cutting station with respect to the rim structure;
• wherein for each cutting station a rear part of the product sliding surface at the trailing end is adjusted.