A separating unit for a packaging machine for packing food products is disclosed. The separating unit may be used in a molding station, a heating station, or a combined heating and molding station. The separating unit may be configured to process a material web that is moved through the packaging machine in a transport direction. The processing of the material web may be performed by a plurality of separating elements that may be of the same type or of different types to produce perforations and/or peel corner cuts in the material web.
B65B 11/52 - Enclosing articles, or quantities of material, by disposing contents between two sheets, e.g. pocketed sheets, and securing their opposed free margins one sheet being rendered plastic, e.g. by heating, and forced by fluid pressure, e.g. vacuum, into engagement with the other sheet and contents, e.g. skin-packaging
B29C 51/10 - Forming by pressure difference, e.g. vacuum
B65B 25/06 - Packaging slices or specially-shaped pieces of meat, cheese, or other plastic or tacky products
B65B 61/06 - Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for severing webs, or for separating joined packages by cutting
2.
FOOD PRODUCT FEED APPARATUS WITH CONTACT ROLLER ASSEMBLY
The invention relates to a feed apparatus (13) for feeding a food product along a feed direction (100) to a slicing station (6) of a food slicing machine (5), comprising a mounting structure (28), wherein the mounting structure (28) is pivotable around a mounting pivot axis (220), a distal contact roller (29) mounted on the mounting structure (28) and arranged to rotate about a distal contact roller axis (230), wherein the distal contact roller axis (230) is in a distance to the mounting pivot axis (220), an actuator (39) configured to adjust the pivotability of the mounting structure (28) around the mounting pivot axis (220). The invention further relates to a food slicing machine (5) for slicing food products and a method for conveying a food product along a feed direction (100) to a slicing station (6) of a food slicing machine (5).
The present invention relates to a feed apparatus (13) for feeding food products to a slicing station (6) of a food slicing machine (5), comprising a drive (18) having a drive shaft (19) adapted to rotate about a drive shaft axis (300), a traction roller (17) arranged to rotate about a traction roller axis (210), wherein the traction roller (17) is configured to contact a food product, in particular an upper surface of said food product, and to support conveying said food product towards the slicing station (6), a transmission (20) configured to transmit a rotation of the drive shaft (19) to the traction roller (17), wherein the drive shaft axis (300) of the drive shaft (19) is non-parallel to the traction roller axis (210) of the traction roller (17) and wherein the traction roller, the drive and the drive shaft are mounted on a base member. The invention further relates to a food slicing machine (5) for slicing food products.
B26D 7/06 - Arrangements for feeding or delivering work of other than sheet, web, or filamentary form
F16H 1/16 - Toothed gearings for conveying rotary motion without gears having orbital motion involving only two intermeshing members with non-parallel axes comprising worm and worm-wheel
F16H 1/04 - Toothed gearings for conveying rotary motion without gears having orbital motion involving only two intermeshing members
The present invention relates to an apparatus (19) for providing cards (51) at a food portion supply area (200), where food portions (63) are provided along a conveying direction (100), comprising a card magazine (27) for storing cards (51) in a stack (67), a transport unit (53) for conveying the cards (51) to the food portion supply area (200), and a vacuum gripper (45) for withdrawing a card (51) of the stack (67), wherein the vacuum gripper (45) is moveable in a movement direction (700) comprising a lateral component relative to the conveying direction (100) in order to move the card (51) to the transport unit (53). The invention further relates to a use of a gripper (45), to an apparatus (95) comprising an air nozzle (97), wherein the air nozzle (97) is arranged to apply at least temporarily an air stream to the card (51), to methods for providing cards (51) at a food portion supply area (200), a use of an air nozzle (97) in a card feeding apparatus (95), and a stacking apparatus (133).
The invention relates to a method for operating a production line that comprises a plurality of modules and in which food products are cut into slices, portions are formed in each case from one or more slices and the portions are packaged, and which comprises at least one cutting device, in particular a high-performance slicer, for cutting the products and for forming the portions, a packaging machine for packaging the portions, a transport section between the cutting device and the packaging machine for handling the portions, and a controller, wherein the production line furthermore comprises at least one sensor for monitoring at least one protective region associated with the production line, wherein the sensor provides sensor data concerning the monitoring for the controller, and wherein the controller, based on the provided sensor data, recognizes a specific situation in the protective region, assesses the recognized specific situation and adapts a movement of at least one module or of at least one component of a module of the production line on the basis of the result of the assessment.
G05B 19/4061 - Avoiding collision or forbidden zones
B26D 7/00 - Details of apparatus for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
B26D 5/00 - Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
6.
DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MEASURING A PROPERTY OF A GAS FOUND IN AN ITEM OF FOOD PACKAGING
The application relates to a device for measuring a property of a gas found in an item of food packaging. The device comprises a sensor for measuring the property of the gas, wherein the sensor is designed to measure the property of the gas through the food packaging without damaging the food packaging. The device also comprises a movement unit in order to move the sensor relative to the food packaging and/or a stationary base. The application also relates to a method for measuring a property of a gas found in an item of food packaging by means of a sensor, said method comprising the steps of: providing the food packaging in a food processing line, moving the sensor relative to the food packaging and/or a stationary base into a measuring position, measuring the property of the gas through the food packaging without damaging the food packaging.
A packaging machine (M) for packaging food products (210) comprises a transport device (227) for moving a material web (15, 223, 225) along a longitudinal direction (L) and a labelling device (11, 11') for applying labels (13) to the material web, wherein: the labelling device has a label dispenser (19) and an application device (23), which is movable along the longitudinal direction, for applying the labels to the material web; and the label dispenser is designed to transfer labels, which are to be applied, to the application device. The labelling device also has a drive (25) which is designed to move the application device along the longitudinal direction, wherein the drive comprises a motor (27) and is designed to move the application device relative to the motor along the longitudinal direction.
B65B 9/04 - Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, between opposed webs one or both webs being formed with pockets for the reception of the articles, or of the quantities of material
8.
INSPECTION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPTICALLY DETECTING PROPERTIES OF AN OBJECT BEING TRANSPORTED ON A CONVEYOR DEVICE IN A TRANSPORT DIRECTION BY MEANS OF A FLUORESCENCE EXCITATION
The invention relates to an inspection device for optically detecting properties of an object (06) being moved in a relative movement direction relative to the inspection device by means of a fluorescence excitation and for measuring the fluorescence decay time of object segments, wherein the inspection device has a lighting unit (04) for illuminating the object (06), a detection unit (05) for measuring the fluorescence signal emitted by an object segment, and a measuring unit. The detection unit (05) comprises a plurality of detectors (D1, D2,..., Dn) which are arranged one behind the other in the relative movement direction, and the measuring unit is designed to ascertain the fluorescence decay time of an object segment from the fluorescence intensities which are measured one after the other using the detectors (D1, D2,..., Dn) arranged one behind the other in a manner corresponding to the arrangement in the relative movement direction.
B26D 7/06 - Arrangements for feeding or delivering work of other than sheet, web, or filamentary form
B65G 21/20 - Means incorporated in, or attached to, framework or housings for guiding load-carriers, traction elements or loads supported on moving surfaces
10.
METHOD AND DEVICES FOR CUTTING A FOOD ITEM INTO SEVERAL SMALLER PIECES
The invention relates to a method for cutting a food item into several smaller pieces, the method comprising: providing the food item on a die located below a cutting unit; moving the die relative to the cutting unit and/or moving the cutting unit relative to the die so that the food item is pressed from below through the cutting unit, as a result of which the food item is cut into several smaller pieces that lie next to each other; and lifting the several smaller pieces by means of a gripper. According to another variant, the food item can be pressed from above through the cutting unit. The invention also relates to a device for cutting a food item into several smaller pieces, said device comprising: at least one cutting unit; at least one die for pressing the food item through the cutting unit; and at least one gripper, wherein the gripper can be moved into a region above the cutting unit in order to deposit the food item e.g. on the top side of the cutting unit or in order to pick up the several smaller pieces.
B26D 5/00 - Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
B26D 7/06 - Arrangements for feeding or delivering work of other than sheet, web, or filamentary form
B26F 1/40 - Cutting-outStamping-out using a press, e.g. of the ram type
B26D 3/24 - Cutting work characterised by the nature of the cut madeApparatus therefor to obtain segments other than slices, e.g. cutting pies
B26D 3/26 - Cutting work characterised by the nature of the cut madeApparatus therefor to obtain segments other than slices, e.g. cutting pies specially adapted for cutting fruit or vegetables, e.g. for onions
B65G 54/02 - Non-mechanical conveyors not otherwise provided for electrostatic, electric, or magnetic
B26D 1/553 - Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting memberApparatus or machines thereforCutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work having a wire-like cutting member with a plurality of wire-like cutting members
B65B 25/06 - Packaging slices or specially-shaped pieces of meat, cheese, or other plastic or tacky products
The product conveying device (47) comprises a first conveying lane (10), a second conveying lane (20) and a third conveying lane (30), wherein the first, second and third conveying lane (10, 20, 30) are each designed to each feed a food product (63) to the slicing unit (11) independently of one another. One of the first, second or third conveying lane (10, 20, 30) comprises a traction roller (49, 91, 95), wherein the traction roller (49, 91, 95) is designed to come into conveying contact with a food product (63) and to feed the latter to the slicing unit (11). The invention additionally relates to a method for removing a cassette (73) from a food slicing machine (9), and to the use of a traction roller (49, 91, 95) for conveying food products (63) to a cutting blade (25).
The invention relates to a method for forming portions, each of which comprises a number n (n ≥ 1) of slices which are obtained by slicing, on one track or multiple tracks, loaf- or strand-shaped food products by means of a slicing device, in particular a high-speed slicer. According to the method, the change in a feed speed of a product conveying means is controlled by means of a computer program which is run during the slicing of each product, for the entire product including the beginning of the product and the end of the product, without a program change in a processor of a control means.
B26D 5/00 - Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
B26D 5/32 - Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting with interrelated action between the cutting member and work feed having the cutting member controlled by scanning a record carrier with the record carrier formed by the work itself
B26D 7/32 - Means for performing other operations combined with cutting for conveying or stacking cut product
B26D 7/30 - Means for performing other operations combined with cutting for weighing cut product
13.
WORK STATION FOR A PACKAGING MACHINE AND METHOD FOR REMOVING A LOWER TOOL FROM A WORK STATION OF A PACKAGING MACHINE
The invention relates to a work station for a packaging machine, comprising: a frame which defines a work space; a work unit which includes an upper tool and a lower tool; a lifting device which is arranged in the work space of the frame and on which the lower tool is supported in a working position and which is designed to raise and lower the supported lower tool relative to the frame for executing a working stroke; and a removal device which is designed to pivot the lower tool out of the work space of the frame into a removal position.
B65B 9/04 - Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, between opposed webs one or both webs being formed with pockets for the reception of the articles, or of the quantities of material
B65B 59/04 - Machines constructed with readily-detachable units or assemblies, e.g. to facilitate maintenance
B65B 65/00 - Details peculiar to packaging machines and not otherwise provided forArrangements of such details
B65B 51/14 - Applying or generating heat or pressure or combinations thereof by reciprocating or oscillating members
14.
METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THE AUTOMATED HANDLING OF FOODSTUFFS
The invention relates to a method for the automated handling of foodstuffs, comprising the following steps: providing a foodstuff on a support, gripping the foodstuff by means of a gripper from two sides, holding the foodstuff by means of the gripper, and depositing the foodstuff in a recess of a receiving structure that is connected to a conveyor system or is stationary, while applying pressure to the foodstuff from above. The application also relates to a device for the automated handling of foodstuffs, comprising: a gripper for lifting, moving and depositing foodstuffs, having a first gripping element and a second gripping element, wherein in a depositing position of the gripper the first gripping element forms a support plane for the foodstuff and the second gripping element forms a hold-down device for the foodstuff; and a receiving structure for receiving the foodstuff during depositing, wherein the receiving structure has a recess for at least partially receiving the foodstuff, and wherein the hold-down device formed by the second gripping element is designed to hold the foodstuff in the recess of the receiving structure when the foodstuff is deposited in the recess.
The invention relates to an installation for processing food products, comprising at least one processing device and in particular a processing line having a plurality of processing devices connected one behind the other. The installation also comprises a remote control device which is positionable spatially separately from the at least one processing device, wherein the remote control device positioned spatially separately from the at least one processing device is designed to adjust a setting of the at least one processing device in response to a user input.
A22C 17/00 - Other devices for processing meat or bones
B26D 5/00 - Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
B26D 7/06 - Arrangements for feeding or delivering work of other than sheet, web, or filamentary form
B26D 7/32 - Means for performing other operations combined with cutting for conveying or stacking cut product
B65B 35/00 - Supplying, feeding, arranging or orientating articles to be packaged
G05B 19/418 - Total factory control, i.e. centrally controlling a plurality of machines, e.g. direct or distributed numerical control [DNC], flexible manufacturing systems [FMS], integrated manufacturing systems [IMS] or computer integrated manufacturing [CIM]
16.
PACKAGING MACHINE AND METHOD FOR PACKAGING FOOD PRODUCTS
A packaging machine for packaging food products comprises an unrolling device, into which a material web wound to form a roll can be inserted, a transport device which is designed to take the inserted material web off the roll and to move said material web along a transport direction to at least one workstation, and a control device. The transport device comprises a first material-web guide for holding the material web on a first side and a second material-web guide for holding the material web on a second side, and the packaging machine also comprises an adjusting device for adjusting at least portions of the material-web guides in the transverse direction, the control device being designed to control the adjusting device in order to adjust the material-web guides.
B65B 7/16 - Closing semi-rigid or rigid containers or receptacles not deformed by, or not taking-up shape of, contents, e.g. boxes or cartons
B65B 9/02 - Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, between opposed webs
B65B 9/04 - Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, between opposed webs one or both webs being formed with pockets for the reception of the articles, or of the quantities of material
B65B 25/06 - Packaging slices or specially-shaped pieces of meat, cheese, or other plastic or tacky products
B65B 59/00 - Arrangements to enable machines to handle articles of different sizes, to produce packages of different sizes, to vary the contents of packages or to give access for cleaning or maintenance purposes
A stacking apparatus for preparing food portions comprises at least one product support movable between a feed position and a depositing position, wherein, in the feed position of the product support, a part portion of the food portion to be prepared can be conveyed along a conveying direction onto a support surface of the product support, and wherein the stacking apparatus is configured to place the part portion conveyed onto the product support beneath the product support by moving the product support into the depositing position, in particular to stack the part portion conveyed onto the product support on a previously placed part portion. In the product support, at least one pneumatic channel is furthermore formed that can be connected to a device for generating a pressure difference and that has at least one orifice into the support surface.
The present disclosure relates to a food processing apparatus with a scanner with a scanning unit for determining properties of a food product, in particular a food bar, with at least two substantially parallel separately drivable conveyor tracks for supplying the food products to the scanner, and with a control unit for controlling the drive of the conveyor tracks. According to the disclosure, the control unit is adapted to separately control the drive of the conveyor tracks to convey at least one food product of a first conveyor track and at least one food product of a further conveyor track sequentially through a scanning area of the scanner. The disclosure further relates to a method for scanning food products.
B26D 5/00 - Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
B26D 5/20 - Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting with interrelated action between the cutting member and work feed
B26D 5/32 - Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting with interrelated action between the cutting member and work feed having the cutting member controlled by scanning a record carrier with the record carrier formed by the work itself
B26D 7/06 - Arrangements for feeding or delivering work of other than sheet, web, or filamentary form
B26D 7/32 - Means for performing other operations combined with cutting for conveying or stacking cut product
19.
Apparatus and method for scanning food bars with movable scanning unit
The disclosure relates to a scanning apparatus for scanning food bars for a food processing system. The scanning apparatus comprises a conveyor assembly for conveying a food bar in a longitudinal direction, and a scanning unit adapted to record an outer and/or inner shape of at least one food bar. The scanning unit is movable at least along the longitudinal direction. The disclosure further relates to a method for scanning food bars.
G01N 23/083 - Investigating or analysing materials by the use of wave or particle radiation, e.g. X-rays or neutrons, not covered by groups , or by transmitting the radiation through the material and measuring the absorption the radiation being X-rays
A23L 7/126 - Snacks or the like obtained by binding, shaping or compacting together cereal grains or cereal pieces, e.g. cereal bars
The disclosure relates to an apparatus for handling food portions which comprises a first conveying device, a rotation device with a second conveying device forming a depositing surface which can be turned about a vertical axis, a third conveying device, and a control unit. The first conveying device is configured such that it can at least in regions be arranged above the rotation device. The control unit is adapted to control the first conveying device such that food portions are deposited in a format arrangement by the first conveying device from above onto the depositing surface of the rotation device, to control the rotation device to rotate the depositing surface with the food portions about the vertical axis, and to control the second conveying device to convey the turned food portions onward onto the third conveying device.
B65B 25/06 - Packaging slices or specially-shaped pieces of meat, cheese, or other plastic or tacky products
B65B 35/58 - Turning articles by positively-acting means, e.g. to present labelled portions in uppermost position
B65B 35/46 - Arranging and feeding articles in groups by rotary conveyors
B65B 35/44 - Arranging and feeding articles in groups by endless belts or chains
B65B 35/56 - Orientating, i.e. changing the attitude of, articles, e.g. of non-uniform cross-section
B65G 47/244 - Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors orientating the articles by turning them about an axis substantially perpendicular to the conveying plane
B65B 35/50 - Stacking one article, or group of articles, upon another before packaging
B26D 7/32 - Means for performing other operations combined with cutting for conveying or stacking cut product
B65B 35/24 - Feeding, e.g. conveying, single articles by endless belts or chains
B65B 35/30 - Arranging and feeding articles in groups
21.
Providing a cutting area with web-like interleaver material
The invention relates to a method for a multitrack provision of web-like interleaved sheet material at a cutting region in which products supplied on multiple tracks are cut into slices and interleaved sheets are introduced which are cut off from the provided interleaved sheet material in the cutting region and for which a normal length is predefined which is dependent on the respective application, in which material webs are removed from at least two material stores which are each associated with one or more tracks; and in which the material consumption of at least one material store is impacted during operation, in particular in dependence on residual quantities in the material stores, in that the length of the interleaved sheets is varied in the respective track or tracks with respect to the normal length at least for this material store.
B26D 7/32 - Means for performing other operations combined with cutting for conveying or stacking cut product
B65B 25/08 - Packaging slices or specially-shaped pieces of meat, cheese, or other plastic or tacky products between layers or strips of sheet or web material, e.g. in webs folded to zig-zag form
A22C 17/00 - Other devices for processing meat or bones
B65H 19/18 - Attaching, e.g. pasting, the replacement web to the expiring web
B65H 16/10 - Arrangements for effecting positive rotation of web roll
B65H 35/08 - Delivering articles from cutting or line-perforating machinesArticle or web delivery apparatus incorporating cutting or line-perforating devices, e.g. adhesive tape dispensers from or with transverse cutters or perforators from or with revolving, e.g. cylinder, cutters or perforators
B65H 35/00 - Delivering articles from cutting or line-perforating machinesArticle or web delivery apparatus incorporating cutting or line-perforating devices, e.g. adhesive tape dispensers
The invention relates to a device for moving portions each comprising at least one slice separated from a food product, in particular by a slicing device, in particular by a high-speed slicer, having a plurality of individually movable transport movers for transporting portions, having a track system for the transport movers, in which the transport movers can be moved along at least one specified track in a transport direction and having a control device for controlling the movements of the transport movers in the track system, wherein the transport movers each comprise at least one runner cooperating with the track system and at least one portion carrier mounted on the runner, wherein for at least one sub-section of the track, in particular a section at risk of contamination, a discharge device is provided which is designed to at least intermittently discharge next to the section, contamination and/or incorrect portions originating from the foods, in particular occurring when cutting the food products and/or during handling of the portions.
B26D 7/22 - Safety devices specially adapted for cutting machines
B26D 7/18 - Means for removing cut-out material or waste
B65G 54/02 - Non-mechanical conveyors not otherwise provided for electrostatic, electric, or magnetic
B65B 25/06 - Packaging slices or specially-shaped pieces of meat, cheese, or other plastic or tacky products
B26D 7/32 - Means for performing other operations combined with cutting for conveying or stacking cut product
B65B 35/50 - Stacking one article, or group of articles, upon another before packaging
A22C 17/00 - Other devices for processing meat or bones
A22C 17/08 - Cleaning, e.g. washing, meat or sausages
B65B 35/46 - Arranging and feeding articles in groups by rotary conveyors
B65B 35/24 - Feeding, e.g. conveying, single articles by endless belts or chains
B65B 35/44 - Arranging and feeding articles in groups by endless belts or chains
B65B 35/26 - Feeding, e.g. conveying, single articles by rotary conveyors
B65B 43/52 - Feeding or positioning bags, boxes, or cartons in the distended, opened, or set-up stateFeeding preformed rigid containers, e.g. tins, capsules, glass tubes, glasses, to the packaging positionLocating containers or receptacles at the filling positionSupporting containers or receptacles during the filling operation using roller-ways or endless conveyors
B65B 43/56 - Means for supporting containers or receptacles during the filling operation movable stepwise to position container or receptacle for the reception of successive increments of contents
A23B 4/00 - Preservation of meat, sausages, fish or fish products
B26D 7/06 - Arrangements for feeding or delivering work of other than sheet, web, or filamentary form
B26D 7/08 - Means for treating work or cutting member to facilitate cutting
B26D 5/00 - Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
There is disclosed a food slicing device for slicing food products which has a pre-cooling device for cooling the food product before the slicing and a cutting device with a cutting blade. A temperature registration device for measuring the temperature of the food product and a control unit are provided, wherein the control unit is designed to calculate, based on the temperature measured by the temperature registration device, an instruction for the operation of the pre-cooling device, wherein the pre-cooling device is controllable depending on this instruction. The disclosure furthermore relates to a method for slicing a food product in which the food product is pre-cooled in a pre-cooling device, the temperature of the food product is measured after the pre-cooling and before or after the slicing of the food product, and the operation of the pre-cooling device is adjusted depending on the measured temperature level of the food product.
B26D 7/08 - Means for treating work or cutting member to facilitate cutting
B26D 7/06 - Arrangements for feeding or delivering work of other than sheet, web, or filamentary form
B26D 7/10 - Means for treating work or cutting member to facilitate cutting by heating
B26D 5/00 - Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
The present disclosure relates to a method and device for processing food. The device comprises at least two food slicing devices adapted to each produce partial portions, and a combination device disposed downstream of each food slicing device to combine the partial portions to a multi-type portion. A sensor assembly may be provided to determine at least one property of the partial portions, wherein a control device is provided to control the operation of the food slicing devices based on the properties of the respective partial portions to adjust the weight of the partial portions. A control device is alternatively provided to synchronize the timing of the slicing operation of the food slicing devices. A buffering device is alternatively provided between at least one food slicing device and the combination device to retain and release partial portions based on a control signal from a control device.
B26D 5/00 - Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
B26D 7/30 - Means for performing other operations combined with cutting for weighing cut product
B26D 7/06 - Arrangements for feeding or delivering work of other than sheet, web, or filamentary form
B26D 5/26 - Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting with interrelated action between the cutting member and work feed wherein control means on the work feed means renders the cutting member operative
B65B 35/36 - Arranging and feeding articles in groups by grippers
B26D 7/32 - Means for performing other operations combined with cutting for conveying or stacking cut product
B26D 11/00 - Combinations of several similar cutting apparatus
B65B 25/06 - Packaging slices or specially-shaped pieces of meat, cheese, or other plastic or tacky products
B65B 65/00 - Details peculiar to packaging machines and not otherwise provided forArrangements of such details
B65B 5/06 - Packaging groups of articles, the groups being treated as single articles
B65B 5/10 - Filling containers or receptacles progressively or in stages by introducing successive articles, or layers of articles
B65B 25/08 - Packaging slices or specially-shaped pieces of meat, cheese, or other plastic or tacky products between layers or strips of sheet or web material, e.g. in webs folded to zig-zag form
In a method of slicing products, in particular food products, a plurality of products are supplied next to one another along a product support to a cutting plane in which a cutting blade moves, in particular in a rotating and/or revolving manner. The products are initially offset relative to one another in a stepped manner in the product supply direction via the product conveyors in that, starting from a first product, the further products up to the respective outermost product, which are arranged next to one another at at least one side, are set back by a respective amount against the product supply direction, and indeed further than the respective preceding product. The products offset in a stepped manner with respect to one another are traveled to light barriers at a defined speed. The positions of the product starts are detected with respect to the cutting plane via the light barriers.
B26D 5/32 - Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting with interrelated action between the cutting member and work feed having the cutting member controlled by scanning a record carrier with the record carrier formed by the work itself
B26D 5/34 - Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting with interrelated action between the cutting member and work feed having the cutting member controlled by scanning a record carrier scanning being effected by a photosensitive device
The disclosure relates to a method for operating a food slicing device in which a food cutting blade is controlled by a sensor, and a device for cutting food. The sensor is used to control the cutting operation of the device. When the sensor senses that the cutting blade is worn, a signal is sent to the apparatus motor to increase cutting force. When the senor detects the consistency and content of the material to be cut, a suitable cutting blade, rotation speed and force can be selected. The sensor can also determine the cutting quality of a cutting blade across its circumference by determining the localized bluntness of the blade edge.
B26D 5/00 - Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
B26D 1/00 - Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting memberApparatus or machines thereforCutting members therefor
B26D 5/08 - Means for actuating the cutting member to effect the cut
G01L 1/22 - Measuring force or stress, in general by measuring variations in ohmic resistance of solid materials or of electrically-conductive fluidsMeasuring force or stress, in general by making use of electrokinetic cells, i.e. liquid-containing cells wherein an electrical potential is produced or varied upon the application of stress using resistance strain gauges
The disclosure relates to a food processing apparatus with a scanner for determining properties of a food product, in particular a food bar, with at least two substantially parallel separately drivable conveyor tracks for supplying the food products to the scanner, and with a control unit for controlling the drive of the conveyor tracks. According to the disclosure, the control unit is adapted to separately control the drive of the conveyor tracks to convey at least one food product of a first conveyor track and at least one food product of a further conveyor track sequentially through a scanning area of the scanner. The disclosure further relates to a method for scanning food products.
B26D 5/00 - Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
B26D 5/20 - Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting with interrelated action between the cutting member and work feed
B26D 5/32 - Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting with interrelated action between the cutting member and work feed having the cutting member controlled by scanning a record carrier with the record carrier formed by the work itself
B26D 7/06 - Arrangements for feeding or delivering work of other than sheet, web, or filamentary form
B26D 7/32 - Means for performing other operations combined with cutting for conveying or stacking cut product
An apparatus for distributing a stream of products comprises an ingoing conveyor and an outgoing conveyor which are configured to convey the products along a conveying direction and which are arranged behind one another viewed in the conveying direction. At least two distributor conveyors which are arranged behind one another viewed in the conveying direction between the ingoing conveyor and the outgoing conveyor and which are each configured to convey the products along the conveying direction are displaceable independently of one another transverse to the conveying direction.
B65G 47/71 - Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors, i.e. discharging or feeding devices adapted to receive articles arriving in one layer from one conveyor and to transfer them in individual layers to more than one conveyor, or vice versa, e.g. combining the flows of articles conveyed by more than one conveyor the articles being discharged to several conveyors
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Method for allocating product carriers and a food processing device
The disclosure relates to a method for allocating product carriers, in particular L-boards, to certain types of product portions of a food product, in particular stacks of slices of a food product. During processing of the product portions, at least two different product carriers are available, of which a specific product carrier is respectively combined with the product portion in dependency of a property of a product portion. Furthermore, the disclosure relates to a food processing device.
The disclosure describes a method for cutting a food product into slices for producing portions by taking into account the target weight thereof. Information about a remainder of the food product to be sliced is used to control corresponding actuators for a successive food product to be sliced.
G06F 19/00 - Digital computing or data processing equipment or methods, specially adapted for specific applications (specially adapted for specific functions G06F 17/00;data processing systems or methods specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial, supervisory or forecasting purposes G06Q;healthcare informatics G16H)
G01B 7/02 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of electric or magnetic techniques for measuring length, width, or thickness
G01B 5/02 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of mechanical techniques for measuring length, width, or thickness
G01B 11/02 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring length, width, or thickness
G01B 13/02 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of fluids for measuring length, width, or thickness
G01G 7/00 - Weighing apparatus wherein the balancing is effected by magnetic, electromagnetic, or electrostatic action, or by means not provided for in groups
G01G 9/00 - Methods of, or apparatus for, the determination of weight, not provided for in groups
G01G 11/00 - Apparatus for weighing a continuous stream of material during flowConveyor-belt weighers
G01G 17/00 - Apparatus for, or methods of, weighing material of special form or property
G01G 19/00 - Weighing apparatus or methods adapted for special purposes not provided for in groups
A23L 1/317 - Comminuted or emulsified meat products, including sausages; Reformed meat from comminuted meat products
B26D 7/06 - Arrangements for feeding or delivering work of other than sheet, web, or filamentary form
B26D 7/28 - Means for performing other operations combined with cutting for counting the number of cuts or measuring cut lengths
B26D 5/34 - Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting with interrelated action between the cutting member and work feed having the cutting member controlled by scanning a record carrier scanning being effected by a photosensitive device
B26D 7/30 - Means for performing other operations combined with cutting for weighing cut product
B26D 5/32 - Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting with interrelated action between the cutting member and work feed having the cutting member controlled by scanning a record carrier with the record carrier formed by the work itself
B26D 5/00 - Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
B23Q 15/00 - Automatic control or regulation of feed movement, cutting velocity or position of tool or work
B26D 5/20 - Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting with interrelated action between the cutting member and work feed
B26D 1/29 - Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting memberApparatus or machines thereforCutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work having a cutting member moving about an axis with a non-circular cutting member moving about an axis substantially perpendicular to the line of cut and rotating continuously in one direction during cutting with cutting member mounted in the plane of a rotating disc, e.g. for slicing beans
B26D 1/143 - Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting memberApparatus or machines thereforCutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work having a cutting member moving about an axis with a circular cutting member, e.g. disc cutter rotating about a stationary axis
The present invention relates to a scanning device for determining at least partial cross-sectional profiles of food products to be sliced in accordance with the light cutting process, having at least one illumination device for generating a light line on the surface of a product and having at least one detection device for taking images of the product surface including the light line, wherein the illumination device includes at least one light source which is configured to generate a light beam propagating in the direction of a scanning region for the product in a scanning plane and widening in so doing and includes an optically effective device which is arranged in the propagation path of the widening light beam and which is configured to counter the divergence of at least some of the incident light.
G01B 11/14 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring distance or clearance between spaced objects or spaced apertures
A product gripper for the taking up of a product has two vane blades; a driving means to move the vane blades between a first position, in which the vane blades can be placed onto a support for the product to be taken up at oppositely disposed sides of the product to be taken up, and a second position, in which the vane blades are located at least partly beneath the product to be taken up; and a downholder for the fixing of the product to be taken up while the vane blades are moved beneath it, with the downholder being arranged above a vane blade plane defined by the vane blades.
The present invention relates to a displacement unit, serving to create a translational displacement movement of a cutting head of a cutting machine, particularly a slicer for slicing food products, wherein the head can be attached to the displacement unit. The displacement unit has a housing assembly and an actuator disposed in the housing assembly, the actuator comprising a stationary part in the displacement direction, and a part displaceable in relation to the stationary part in the displacement direction, for carrying out the displacement movement. The displacement unit further has at least one bearing that is attached to the housing assembly and is elastically deformable in the displacement direction, the displaceable part engaging on this bearing.
B23D 19/00 - Shearing machines or shearing devices cutting by rotary discs
B23D 1/14 - Planing or slotting machines cutting by relative movement of the tool and workpiece in a horizontal straight line only by movement of the tool with means for adjusting the tool-guide vertically with the tool supported on both sides of the bed
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