EP1533235B1 - Grösseabhängige automatische Fleisch-Verpackungsmaschine - Google Patents

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EP1533235B1
EP1533235B1 EP03380268A EP03380268A EP1533235B1 EP 1533235 B1 EP1533235 B1 EP 1533235B1 EP 03380268 A EP03380268 A EP 03380268A EP 03380268 A EP03380268 A EP 03380268A EP 1533235 B1 EP1533235 B1 EP 1533235B1
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    • 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
    • B65B25/065—Packaging slices or specially-shaped pieces of meat, cheese, or other plastic or tacky products of meat
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26D—CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
    • B26D7/00—Details of apparatus for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
    • B26D7/27—Means for performing other operations combined with cutting
    • B26D7/28—Means for performing other operations combined with cutting for counting the number of cuts or measuring cut lenghts
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26D—CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
    • B26D7/00—Details of apparatus for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
    • B26D7/27—Means for performing other operations combined with cutting
    • B26D7/32—Means for performing other operations combined with cutting for conveying or stacking cut product

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  • the object of the present invention is a size-dependent automatic meat packaging system that allows slices of meat to be processed and placed on trays, in accordance with the size of the slices, with the object of attaining uniform trays or portions in the distribution of the size of slices that they hold.
  • the present invention is characterised by having a control system that allows the size of the slice that is going to be cut to be known, and its placing on the most appropriate tray in accordance with the instructions of software previously installed in the control system.
  • the present invention is encompassed within the ambit of automatic packaging systems, but more particularly within that of meat cutting and packaging systems, or those of products that must be cut up, prior to packaging.
  • the object of the present invention is to overcome the disadvantages previously set out, developing a size-dependent automatic meat packaging system, achieving trays that are all uniform as regards the size of the slices that they hold.
  • the size-dependent automatic meat packaging system consists of a system that effects the slicing of the meat, placing it onto different trays.
  • the layout of the slices on each of the trays is not correlated with the slices cut from the original piece.
  • the system has one or several belts onto which trays are placed on which the different portions are positioned; on another side the piece of meat, that is going to be sliced by a cutting knife, is placed onto a belt set up above the previous belts, each of the slices obtained falling onto one of the trays.
  • the belts assigned to have trays placed on them have forward or backwards means of drive, whereas the belt onto which the piece of meat to be sliced is placed has the possibility of moving in a transverse direction to the belts, by means of a worm screw, so that it is positioned just above the belt that has the tray onto which it is required to drop the slice.
  • the surface area of the new slice is detected using an artificial vision device, said surface area being converted into mm 2 .
  • the control equipment decides onto which of the trays of each line to drop the slice.
  • the system finally attempts to achieve a similar amount of surface area in mm 2 of the slices that there are in each tray.
  • Figure 1. Shows a plan schematic plan and elevation representation of the size-dependent automatic meat packaging system.
  • Figure 2. Shows a detailed representation of the means used for examination of the surface area of the next slice to be obtained.
  • Figure 1 we see that it has a series of belts (1), that in this form of embodiment three have been shown, several being possible.
  • a series of tray sets (6) are arranged on said belts, for the placing onto them of the pieces of meat obtained or cut.
  • the packaging system can simultaneously operate with one or several rows of trays, since increasing the number of rows of trays increases the probability of greater homogeneous surface distribution in each of the trays.
  • the belts (1) are activated by motors (7) so that forwards and backwards motion can be achieved, with the aim of positioning the trays (6) of each of the belts in the correct position.
  • the tray (2) has a motor (3) that, by means of a worm screw (4) allows it to move over the belts (1) so that it is positioned just above the belt that has the tray onto which it is required to place the new piece or slice of meat (12).
  • the system has sensors for positioning the trays in a position so that the slice falls directly onto the trays.
  • the slices simply fall onto one of the belts and not onto the trays, they are later manually placed in the trays, the use of trays or means of positioning the trays below the upper belt, from which the newly cut slice falls, being unnecessary.

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  • Processing Of Meat And Fish (AREA)
  • Containers And Plastic Fillers For Packaging (AREA)
  • Auxiliary Devices For And Details Of Packaging Control (AREA)
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  1. Ein grössenabhängiges automatisches Fleischverpackungssystem, das folgendes umfasst:
    - ein erstes Band (2), auf das das Produkt oder Stück (10) gelegt wird, das geschnitten werden soll
    - ein Schnittmesser (5), angebracht am Ende des besagten ersten Bandes (2)

    Dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass es ausserdem folgendes umfasst:
    - verschiedene Scheibenauffangbänder (1), die parallel zueinander unter dem besagten ersten Band (2) angebracht sind und über Motores (7) verfügen, die die Vor- und Rückbewegung erlauben
    - Mittel (3,4) zur Aktivierung des besagten ersten Bandes und um dieses über dem gewählten Scheibenauffangband (1) zu bewegen.
    - Mittel zur künstlichen Sicht (11), so eingestellt, dass der Oberflächenbereich der neuen Scheibe erkannt wird, bevor sie geschnitten wird, um diese in mm2 umzuwandeln und zu wählen, über welchem der mehreren Scheibenauffangbändem (1) das erste besagte Band (2) platziert werden muss, wenn das Stück geschnitten worden ist, wodurch das automatische Schneiden und die gleichmässige Verteilung der Filets oder Scheiben (12) des Fleisches auf Tabletts ermöglicht wird, so dass alle Tabletts eine ähnliche Grössenverteilung der Scheiben aufweisen.
  2. Ein grössenabhängiges automatisches Fleischverpackungssystem gemäss Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das System über Sensoren für das korrekte Positionieren der Tabletts auf den Bändern verfügt.
  3. Ein grössenabhängiges automatisches Fleischverpackungssystem gemäss Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Mittel (3,4) zum Aktivieren des ersten Bandes (2) aus einem Motor bestehen, der das besagte Band durch eine Schraube bewegt.
  4. Ein grössenabhängiges automatisches Fleischverpackungssystem gemäss Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Mittel zur Aktivierung der Auffangbänder Motoren sind.
EP03380268A 2003-11-20 2003-11-20 Grösseabhängige automatische Fleisch-Verpackungsmaschine Expired - Lifetime EP1533235B1 (de)

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ES03380268T ES2257656T3 (es) 2003-11-20 2003-11-20 Sistema de empaquetado de carne segun su tamaño.
AT03380268T ATE320377T1 (de) 2003-11-20 2003-11-20 Grösseabhängige automatische fleisch- verpackungsmaschine
EP03380268A EP1533235B1 (de) 2003-11-20 2003-11-20 Grösseabhängige automatische Fleisch-Verpackungsmaschine
PT03380268T PT1533235E (pt) 2003-11-20 2003-11-20 Dispositivo automatico de embalagem de carne dependente da dimensao
DE60304022T DE60304022T2 (de) 2003-11-20 2003-11-20 Grösseabhängige automatische Fleisch-Verpackungsmaschine

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DE102015109633A1 (de) * 2015-06-16 2016-12-22 Weber Maschinenbau Gmbh Breidenbach Aufschneidevorrichtung
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