Two-axis dicing of a work product with a fluid jet portioner

A two-axis portioning system for cutting a generally longitudinally continuous food product into a repeating diced pattern as the food product is being conveyed on a support system, comprising:

• a cutter set comprising a plurality of cutters presenting cutting lines extending in a direction transverse to the plane of the conveyor;
• an actuator capable of moving the cutter set parallel and transverse to the direction of movement of the conveyor, either in single direction or simultaneously in both parallel and transverse directions, and at a speed significantly faster than the travel speed of the conveyor;
• a scanner for scanning the food product;
• and
• a control system capable of controlling the movement of the cutter set and the conveyor and the operation of the scanner to cut the food product into a repeating diced pattern, said control system capable of recommending or automatically adjusting:
• the cut pattern width of the cutter set based upon the scanned width data of the food product;
• and
• the rhombus angle of the diced food products based on the desired weight of the diced food products and the information from scanning the food product.