EP1169228B1 - Verfahren und vorrichtung zum sortieren und orientieren eines gegenstandes zum bilden einer gruppe - Google Patents

Verfahren und vorrichtung zum sortieren und orientieren eines gegenstandes zum bilden einer gruppe Download PDF

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EP1169228B1
EP1169228B1 EP00903957A EP00903957A EP1169228B1 EP 1169228 B1 EP1169228 B1 EP 1169228B1 EP 00903957 A EP00903957 A EP 00903957A EP 00903957 A EP00903957 A EP 00903957A EP 1169228 B1 EP1169228 B1 EP 1169228B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
    • B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
    • B07C5/00—Sorting according to a characteristic or feature of the articles or material being sorted, e.g. by control effected by devices which detect or measure such characteristic or feature; Sorting by manually actuated devices, e.g. switches
    • B07C5/36—Sorting apparatus characterised by the means used for distribution
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
    • B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
    • B07C5/00—Sorting according to a characteristic or feature of the articles or material being sorted, e.g. by control effected by devices which detect or measure such characteristic or feature; Sorting by manually actuated devices, e.g. switches
    • B07C5/36—Sorting apparatus characterised by the means used for distribution
    • B07C5/38—Collecting or arranging articles in groups
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B25/00—Packaging other articles presenting special problems
    • B65B25/06—Packaging slices or specially-shaped pieces of meat, cheese, or other plastic or tacky products
    • B65B25/061—Packaging slices or specially-shaped pieces of meat, cheese, or other plastic or tacky products of fish
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B35/00—Supplying, feeding, arranging or orientating articles to be packaged
    • B65B35/56—Orientating, i.e. changing the attitude of, articles, e.g. of non-uniform cross-section

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  • the present invention relates to methods and apparatus for grading, orientating and packaging items of elongated non-symmetrical shape.
  • the method and apparatus relate to arranging elongated items such as fish into boxes/portions according to their weight and/or size, and their orientation or after reorientation of the items.
  • the invention relates to the problem of arranging items into portions according to one or more predetermined characteristics as well as arranging and directing item filled portions fulfilling the same specific criteria to a specific location and marking the portions (boxes) accordingly.
  • the process is initiated with gutting and cleaning the fish.
  • the fish is thereafter arranged either manually or mechanically onto a transporter most often with common orientation, e.g. all the fish heads facing the same direction.
  • the next step in the processing is most often to identify the size and/or weight of the fish. This is usually done by weighing on a conveyor scale or volume determination by a vision equipment. Based upon the weight of the fish, a computer operating the whole system instructs a grader machine arranged after the scale to direct the fish into a optimal grading compartment taking into account predetermined parameters.
  • the goal of the method described here is to minimize the transport and the packaging space required as well as optimizing the arrangement of the product items into the end-package boxes.
  • the items arrive sequentially on a conveyor belt and pass an electronic scale that records the item weight and sends a signal to a computer.
  • the computer calculates, according to known methods the optional grading for a particular item to be sent into and dispatches a signal to the appropriate grading machine.
  • the grader will then initiate an arm mechanism or similar direction means to direct the item to the particular grading compartment or portion.
  • WO 9608322 discloses a method and apparatus for weight-controlled portioning of items with non-uniform weight. Each item is individually weighed and is selectively transferred to one of a plurality of receivers, so as to generate article portions with predetermined portion weight. The batching process is enhanced by regularly updating a recorded histogram of the weight distribution of the items, thereby making the target calculations based on factual conditions.
  • WO 9957016 published on 11.11.1999, discloses a method and a system for portioning and orienting whole items such as fish.
  • the items are weighed and deposited by automatic means into a box such that they are mutually inversely oriented.
  • the turning of items is done mechanically, for example by turning of a collector container or intermediate receiver or by using guiding chute means.
  • step (a) to (f) of the method is controlled by a control computer interacting with one or more of the following:
  • each and every item is rotated approximately about 90° to either left or right in a first conveying plane and thereafter approximately 180° downward in a second conveying plane before being introduced into the portion.
  • the present invention is based upon the idea of arranging items into portions and the portions into transport bins according to specific request of a customer with minimal deviation in the weight requirements as well as optimizing the space/bin requirements by rearranging the length orientation of the items in such a way that every other item closely placed have opposite length orientation.
  • FIG. 1 - 3 shows a part of the grader (27) designed to arrange the items into portions and rearranging the length orientation of the items.
  • a conveyor belt (51) is shown for transporting items (not shown) in a conveying direction marked with an arrow (55).
  • a plurality of gripping arms (42) able to swing out to catch an item passing thereon and direct it out of the conveyor stream into the opening area (56) of associated chutes (41).
  • the item enters into the chute (41) it is rotated first in horizontal plan about 90° and thereafter 180° in vertical plan as the item is ejected from the chutes (41) output end (57) and into portioning compartment (43).
  • the output end (57) of the chute has releasable opening device (54) allowing the system to store one or more items directed to the chute until appropriate for release. Further the portioning compartment (43) have means (52) to facilitated opening thereof and subsequent release of its content for example to a takeaway conveyor (58). It is to be understood that presentation of this embodiment of the invention is only to illustrate one example
  • Figure 4 shows the grader connected to a takeaway conveyor (58) conveying the items to bin filling station (29).
  • a takeaway conveyor 58
  • bin filling station 29
  • the content is, according to instruction from the control computer, released into a predefined slot (45) on the conveyor.
  • the content of the slot is then released to appropriate bin (28) in the bin filling station (29) and further conveyed over a check weighing station (30) to control that the filling of a particular container is in accordance to the clients order.
  • Figure 5 shows the arrangement of a pre-treatment work area (60) in before the grader (27).
  • a detecting means (59) is illustrated as arranged prior to delivery of items to the grader (27).
  • the invention is directed to - but not limited to - food processing lines - where items in the end of processing are collected into portions of a specified size.
  • the method is applied in connection with a system for grading and packaging whole salmon and comprising a conveyer belt for conveying the item from a first position to a second position, see Fig. 1 - 5.
  • the first position is a weighing station (59) where the raw materials for instance hole fish which is weighed and its length orientation is checked.
  • the fish is conveyed onto a grader (27), in principle of a standard type but specially build to rearrange the length orientation of items, in addition of its general grading functions.
  • the grader, and in particular its accessories is build in such a manner that it is possible to store one ore more items in intermediate compartment before they are released onto a takeaway conveyor (58) as a completed portion.
  • the storing can be effected in the chute (41) making a passage for the objects from the conveyor belt (51) to collecting compartment (43).
  • Each chute is equipped with releasable opening means (54) for releasing one or more items into the collecting compartment (43).
  • the release/opening of the compartment (43) is synchronized with a delivery of a item box (28) to the box filling station (29).
  • a specific box has been assigned to receive the particular portion.
  • the portion is dropped more or less automatically into the box.
  • a quality check is conducted (see fig 5, item 30).

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  1. Vorrichtung zum Sortieren von Gegenständen in Portionen gemäß einer oder mehrerer messbarer Eigenschaft/en dieser Gegenstände, insbesondere zum Anordnen länglicher unsymmetrischer Gegenstände, etwa Fisch, in Portionen, wobei die Vorrichtung Folgendes umfasst:
    einen Systemrechner in Verbindung mit einem zugehörigen Erfassungsmittel, wobei das Erfassungsmittel so angeordnet ist, dass es eine Eigenschaft oder mehrere messbare Eigenschaften, etwa die Anordnung jedes Gegenstandes und sein jeweiliges Gewicht, erfasst, einen Aufgabeförderer (51) zum Befördern der zu sortierenden Gegenstände,
    einen Ausgabeförderer (58) zum Befördern der Gegenstände, wenn sie in Portionen sortiert wurden,
    und mehrere Anordnungsstationen (27), die mit dem Rechner verbunden sind, die an dem Aufgabeförderer (51) entlang angeordnet sind, um die Gegenstände über die Zwischenbehälter (43) von dem Aufgabeförderer (51) wegzubewegen, um die Portionen für den Ausgabeförderer (58) zu bilden,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass
    die Anordnungsstationen (27) an jeder Seite des Aufgabeförderers (51) einander gegenüberliegend paarweise angeordnete Greifarme (42) und Rutschen (41) umfassen, die damit verbunden sind, um die Gegenstände zu den entsprechenden Zwischenbehältern (43) zu befördern, wobei die Rutschen (41) halbrund und nach unten gerichtet sind, so dass die Längenausrichtungen mindestens eines Teils der Gegenstände, die in die entsprechenden Zwischenbehälter (43) geleitet werden, neu angeordnet werden können, um den für die sortierten Gegenstände erforderlichen Zwischenbehälterraum zu minimieren/optimieren, wobei die Zwischenbehälter mindestens einen Teil der Gegenstände mit entgegengesetzt ausgerichteter Längenausrichtung enthalten.
  2. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, wobei das Erfassungsmittel weiter ein Ausrichtungserkennungsmittel umfasst, um die Längenausrichtung der Gegenstände zu erkennen.
  3. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, wobei die Rutschen (41) zu ihrem Ausgabeende konisch ausgeführt sind.
  4. Verfahren zum Sortieren von Gegenständen in Portionen nach einer oder mehreren messbaren Eigenschaft/en der Gegenstände nach vorher festgelegten Sortierkriterien, insbesondere zum Sortieren länglicher unsymmetrischer Gegenstände, etwa Fisch, in Sammelbehälter (43), einschließlich das Neuausrichten der Längenausrichtung mindestens eines Teils der Gegenstände, die in die Behälter (43) geleitet werden, um den erforderlichen Behälterpackraum zu minimieren/optimieren, wobei mindestens ein Teil der Gegenstände in entgegengesetzter Längenausrichtung in den Behältern angeordnet ist, wobei das Verfahren folgende Schritte umfasst:
    (a) Fördern der zu sortierenden Gegenstände über einen Aufgabeförderer (51);
    (b) Erfassen mindestens des Gewichtes der Gegenstände, während sie befördert werden;
    (c) nach einer vorher festgelegten Anforderung, Einstellen der Sortierkriterien zum Zusammenstellen von Portionen,
    (d) Prüfen der Verfügbarkeit der Behälter (43) und ob erfasste Gegenstände die ausgewählten Kriterien einer oder mehrerer Portion/en erfüllen, Zuweisen der Gegenstände in den Behälter (43) mit der größten Entsprechung, anderenfalls Zurückführen oder Zurückweisen der Gegenstände;
    (e) gemäß der vorhergehenden Zuweisung in jeden einzelnen Behälter (43), Anweisung an eine Längenausrichtungseinrichtung, um die Gegenstände dementsprechend in die entsprechenden Portionen zu lenken, um längsweise entgegengesetzt ausgerichtete Gegenstände in dem einzelnen Behälter (43) zu erhalten, wobei die Längenausrichtungseinrichtung an jeder Seite des Aufgabeförderers entgegengesetzt angeordnete Greifarmpaare (42), und damit verbunden, halbrunde und nach unten gerichtete Rutschen (41) umfasst;
    (f) und beim Erfüllen der Sortieranforderung einschließlich der Längenausrichtung, Anordnen eines verfügbaren Schlitzes auf einem Ausgabeförderer (58) und Freigabe der Portion dort zur Weiterbehandlung.
  5. Verfahren nach Anspruch 4, wobei jeder Gegenstand um etwa 90° gedreht wird, wenn er von dem Aufgabeförderer (51) geleitet wird, und danach etwa um 180° nach unten in die halbrunden und nach unten gerichteten Rutschen, bevor sie in die Behälter (43) gegeben werden.
  6. Verfahren nach Anspruch 4 oder 5, wobei jeder Gegenstand entweder um -90° oder +90° aus seiner Förderrichtung und in der Ebene der Förderrichtung gedreht wird, und danach etwa 180° nach unten in die halbrunden nach unten gerichteten Rutschen, bevor er in die Behälter (43) gegeben wird.
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