Mincing unit for industrial mincing machines

A mincing unit for an industrial mincing machine comprising a stator, a rotor drivingly connected to a worm screw means, said worm screw means received interior of said stator, said worm screw means, for forcing mince through said stator, a set of disc-shaped dies with progressively closer perforations or tighter mesh, a set of star-shaped cutters alternating with said dies so that said cutters act on said dies at either end, said cutters being fitted with rectangular blades, said blades having a cutting edge surfaced with a wear resistant material, said wear resistant material being fixed externally to the blades, an element of wear resistant material and of rectangular shape is mounted on each spoke of each of the star-shaped cutters so as to relieve pressure from the blades, and a freely rotating plate mounted in an axial area of said cutters, said plate residing in indentations formed in each of said cutters, each of said cutters having conduits extending to said indentations, said plate being held in position by the mince entering the conduits, said plate having a surface aligned with said element of one of the cutters.