EP3466624A1 - Procédé et dispositif de coupe des produits alimentaires en fonction des différences de poids - Google Patents

Procédé et dispositif de coupe des produits alimentaires en fonction des différences de poids Download PDF

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EP3466624A1
EP3466624A1 EP18199359.3A EP18199359A EP3466624A1 EP 3466624 A1 EP3466624 A1 EP 3466624A1 EP 18199359 A EP18199359 A EP 18199359A EP 3466624 A1 EP3466624 A1 EP 3466624A1
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Joachim Schaub
Jörg Stremel
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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
    • B07C5/16—Sorting according to weight
    • 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
    • B26D3/00—Cutting work characterised by the nature of the cut made; Apparatus therefor
    • B26D3/16—Cutting rods or tubes transversely
    • B26D3/161—Cutting rods or tubes transversely for obtaining more than one product at a time
    • 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
    • B26D5/00—Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
    • B26D5/007—Control means comprising cameras, vision or image processing systems
    • 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
    • B26D7/30—Means for performing other operations combined with cutting for weighing cut product
    • 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
    • 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
    • B26D2210/00—Machines or methods used for cutting special materials
    • B26D2210/02—Machines or methods used for cutting special materials for cutting food products, e.g. food slicers
    • 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
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B37/00—Supplying or feeding fluent-solid, plastic, or liquid material, or loose masses of small articles, to be packaged
    • B65B37/16—Separating measured quantities from supply
    • B65B37/18—Separating measured quantities from supply by weighing

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  • the present invention relates to a method for slicing food products, wherein the weight and / or contour of several food products is determined, then a portion row is produced by simultaneously cutting the food products in multiple lanes, wherein the food disc groups produced from a food product each be deposited in a track, and finally the portion row is carried away when the food disc groups have each reached the predetermined portion weight. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a food slicing system comprising a weight and / or contour detection device, in particular in the form of a scanner and / or a scale, which is adapted to separately detect the weight of several food products and a slicing device that is set up is to cut several food products in parallel in several tracks with different feed.
  • the object of the present invention is to overcome the aforementioned drawbacks, and more particularly to provide a method of slicing food products and a food slicing system which increase the accuracy of the portions and improve the efficiency of the slicing operation.
  • a method for slicing food products is provided by first determining the weight and / or contour of several food products, and then producing a batch of portions by simultaneously slicing the food products into multiple slices, the food slices generated from a food product each be stored in a track.
  • the portion row is removed.
  • at least one portion weight compensation row is produced, in which the food disc groups have different weights in at least two tracks, the weight differences of the food disc groups in the portion weight compensation row being compensated.
  • weight balancing is only carried out in one portion row, namely the portion weight compensation row. This greatly increases the efficiency of performing this counterbalancing, whether performed manually or automatically, for example by a robot.
  • the slicing of dissimilar food products in multiple lanes can be optimized side-by-side, not only reducing the number of aforementioned corrections, but also avoiding portion-sized blanks that would either have to be compensated or lead to empty packs.
  • the method is suitable for so-called multi-track Vario slicer, in which each track can be cut with separately controlled feed.
  • the invention can be used in a 4-track Vario-Slicer having four parallel tracks.
  • all deviations in the weight of the individual food products, which are cut at the same time are placed in a portion row, which then forms the portion weight compensation row. Then all other portion rows only have good portions, which reach the predetermined portion weight with little giveaway, and need not be corrected.
  • the food products are in particular food bars, i. elongated food products having a substantially constant outer contour along their length. In particular, it is sausage, ham or cheese jar.
  • the plurality of tracks are arranged in particular in parallel.
  • the tracks comprise a portion upstream of a cutting plane in which the respective food product is supplied to a cutting blade, and a portion downstream of the cutting plane in which the portion rows generated are further conveyed.
  • the feed to the cutting plane in each lane can be controlled independently, so that each track independent regulation of the portion weight can be done.
  • the several food products are cut open either by one or more cutting blades, in particular by one cutting blade per track. In advantageous embodiments, however, only one cutting blade is provided for all tracks.
  • the determination of the weight of the food product is made possible in particular by a scale arranged upstream of the cutting plane.
  • a scanner can be provided with which the contour of the food product and, if appropriate, the density distribution in the food product can be determined.
  • the former can be done by a laser scanner, secondly by an X-ray scanner.
  • a determination of the contour curve may be sufficient to determine the weight, so that it may even be possible to dispense with a balance.
  • a portion row is an arrangement of in each case one portion or food disc group per track, which are arranged substantially at the same conveying height, wherein the conveying height defines at which height along the conveying direction of the track, the food slice group or portion is.
  • an additional balance portion in some tracks may be part of the portion row located upstream or downstream of the portion in that track.
  • the food disc groups are in particular more flush with each other, overlapping each other or juxtaposed food slices.
  • Food slice groups that have reached the predetermined portion weight may be referred to as (complete) portions.
  • the food products to be sliced up have a weight difference of at least 2%, in particular of at least 3%.
  • the weight differences can often be compensated in other ways, for example by a higher give-away at usual measurement inaccuracies.
  • each of the food slice groups has the same number of food slices.
  • This portion series can be called a partial portion series. This allows completion of the food slice groups or partial portions by the food product following each track in each lane simultaneously with the slicing operation, and non-lane pauses must be provided to balance the number of food slices. This can increase the efficiency of the slicing operation.
  • each of the food slice groups may have substantially the same weight.
  • the completion of the food slice groups or partial portions with the slices of the subsequent food in the track food product is simplified, since no significant weight differences must be compensated. This facilitates the control of the slicing operation at the beginning of the subsequent food product.
  • the last produced portion row in each track is completed with food slices from a subsequent food product, so that in each track a complete portion is formed having the predetermined portion weight.
  • a seamless transition of the slicing operation between subsequent food products is made possible.
  • the first slice of each food product is created in the parallel tracks substantially simultaneously, for example, by the same knife pass.
  • the last serving row which is usually incomplete, has partial portions, each with the same weight and the same number of slices. As a result, a simple supplement by slices of a subsequent product in normal cutting operation is possible.
  • the portion weight balance row is provided in the penultimate portion row produced from the simultaneously sliced food products. This ensures that there are enough food slices in this row to compensate for the weight differences completely compensate. Furthermore, it is achieved that a maximum number of portion rows with complete portions of a food product follow each other, and not be interrupted by the portion weight compensation series. This can be an efficient further processing, in particular packaging, the successive complete portions in the respective tracks.
  • the track-related average value of the number of slices of all food slice groups is the predetermined portion slice number. It can thus be ensured that after the compensation by displacing food slices for each portion in the portion weight compensation row, the predetermined portion slice number is achieved.
  • the food slab groups in each case always have, in each case, a number of food slices in such a way that their average value is the predetermined portion slices.
  • the other groups of food groups in the portion weight compensation series then have, in particular, already the predetermined number of portion slices, thus already forming complete portions.
  • a series of portions are created in which all portions have the predetermined number of slices and reach the predetermined portion weight.
  • all portions with a predetermined portion weight on the same number of food slices can be produced, which can be uniformly packed and marketed.
  • the portions that reach the predetermined portion weight have a different number of food slices. But then, in particular, the relative offset between food slices of a shingled portion is chosen to be smaller, if the number of food slices of the portion is larger, and vice versa, so that portions of an adapted size arise.
  • portion parameters can be varied or changed.
  • the arrangement of interleaver films or the folding of slices can be changed within portions.
  • a compensated portion thereof is formed in the portion weight balance row which is subsequently used to complete at least one food slice group in at least one other lane in the portion weight balance row.
  • the compensating portion has residual slices which can be sliced or portioned separately from the food slice group of the portion weight compensation row in this track.
  • the number of slices in the compensating portion is selected or precalculated by a control that the number of food slices in the compensating portion each have a common multiple, in particular according to the number of tracks with underweight food disc groups, to the division of the partial portion or redistribution on these tracks to simplify.
  • the number of slices of compensating portions in the adjacent tracks is selected or calculated by the controller such that their number has a common multiple, in particular corresponding to the number of tracks. If the compensating portion had a number of discs exceeding multiples, this overhang would either be removed from the process or left on the uncut portion of the food product, or left as a give-away in at least one portion. In a redistribution of the Austechnischmaschinesportion in a four-lane slicing on three tracks, it comes, for example, to an overhang of a maximum of two discs.
  • the weight overhang of a food product in a lane can be evenly distributed among the plurality of food slice groups in the portion weight balance row by the at least one equalizing portion so that all food slice groups in the portion weight balance row have the desired number of slices and the predetermined portion weight to reach.
  • the predetermined portion weight in the lane thereof is increased, thereby enabling an even distribution of the overweight.
  • the target weight is thus slightly shifted so as not to produce too many overhang discs.
  • the weight overhang is thus evenly distributed to the portions, with a give-away in this track is accepted. This can prevent a second or further portion weight compensation row from having to be provided, or the slice stacks to be displaced becoming too large for efficient handling.
  • the predetermined portion weight can be increased in all tracks. That in the case of a clearly too heavy food product in a lane, the weight overhang can be distributed evenly over several portions in order again to arrive at the areas of the possible correction with the weight differences to be corrected. This may also vary the rule weights of the portions, if necessary, and a slight giveaway is accepted in all lanes.
  • an enlarged tail may remain after slicing the food product, which is then removed from the slicing operation, for example, disposed of, sliced separately, or otherwise utilized.
  • the invention provides a food slicing system comprising a weight and / or contour detection device, in particular in the form of a scanner and / or a scale, which is adapted to separately detect the weight and / or the contour of several food products, and a slicing device , which is set up to cut several food products in parallel in several tracks with different feed rates.
  • a controller is provided that is configured to control the slicing device based on the weight and / or contour information of the food products so that weight differences between the food products in at least one portion weight compensation row, with at least one underweight food slice group, be compensated before the upstream end of the respective food products is cut so that the upstream end has substantially the same weight in all lanes.
  • the food products of all the tracks can be guided in only one track through the weight and / or contour detection device, and only then distributed to the multiple tracks of the slicer.
  • weighing and scanning can be done in parallel tracks, either simultaneously for all tracks or delayed in only a subset of tracks.
  • a scanner and a balance can be provided in combination, in particular in a housing.
  • the food products are first weighed and then scanned downstream, or vice versa, where in each case different devices can be used, which together form the system of weight and / or contour detection device.
  • the controller is designed to control the slicing device so that the upstream end of the respective food products is cut into a partial portion which has the same number of food slices and / or the same weight in all tracks. This makes it possible to supplement the partial portions in an efficient and uniform manner by the following food products to a full portion.
  • a size-forming device with a portion-control display adapted to indicate to an operator how food slices must be relocated between the tracks to produce portions of the predetermined portion weight in the respective tracks.
  • the portion control indicator may be limited to one portion row, as only food slices in the portion weight compensation row have to be relocated.
  • the portion control indicator can be provided as a display arranged next to the tracks, in each of which the number of food slices to be displaced per track is indicated as a positive or negative numerical value. Alternatively, this information may also be projected directly onto the food slice groups in the portion weight balance row.
  • a format forming apparatus may be provided with an automatic relocating apparatus, in particular a robot, configured to be operated by the controller to relocate the food slices between the tracks to deliver portions of the predetermined portion weight in the respective tracks produce.
  • an automatic relocating apparatus in particular a robot
  • the relocation procedure is limited to the at least one portion weight compensation row.
  • the slicing device has at least one rotating knife and a product holder unit whose product holders respectively grip the ends of the food products and are movable separately from a base of the product holder unit, wherein in particular at least in front of the knife separately controllable conveyor belts are provided for each track to enable the track-specific feed.
  • the track-specific feed can be achieved in some embodiments without the separately controllable funding, and only by the product holder.
  • the product holders can be either actively or passively movable relative to the base.
  • the product holders are grippers which hold the end of the food products, for example with gripper claws, penetrating into opposite sides of the food product.
  • a suction element can be used as a product holder, which sucks one end of the food product and thereby stops. Furthermore, it is possible that a corkscrew-like structure is provided, which can screw into the end of the food product to hold as a product holder the food product.
  • control of the aforementioned food slicing system is adapted to perform the aforementioned method.
  • FIG. 1 1 shows an embodiment of a food slicing system according to the invention, comprising a scale 1, a scanner 2, a slicing device 3, a portioning device 4 and a format-forming device 5.
  • a controller 100 is connected via wired or wireless data line connections to the aforementioned components and can control these and / or receives data from them.
  • Food products 6, 7, 8, 9, in particular ham, cheese or Wurstriegel are first weighed on the scales 1, then their contour and / or their density distribution in the scanner 2 is detected. This can, as in FIG. 1 shown, in several parallel tracks or in only one track, with a subsequent distribution to the multiple tracks of the slicer 3.
  • at least several tracks are provided, in the present embodiment, four tracks 10, 11, 12, 13th
  • a food product 14, 15, 16, 17 is cut in each lane 10-13, namely by being fed in parallel to a cutting plane 18 in which a cutting knife or a plurality of cutting knives are moved, in particular rotate.
  • only one cutting blade is used, which cuts open all food products 14-17 together.
  • the feed of the food products 14-17 can be regulated independently in the plurality of tracks 10-13.
  • a product holder unit 19 is provided, each having a base 20 movable product holder 21, 22, 23, 24, which hold the upstream ends of the food products 14-17 at least partially during the slicing.
  • the product holders 21-24 grippers gripping the upstream ends of food products.
  • the base 20 can be moved in the track direction, so that the displacement of the product holder 21-24 with respect to the base can be done only in the context of compensating movements and does not ensure the full feed.
  • individually controllable conveying means 25, 26, 27, 28 can be provided, which are arranged directly upstream of the cutting plane, in order likewise to make it possible to complement or alternatively to track-individual feed.
  • the conveying means 25-28 are, in particular, short conveyor belts, which in particular can also be provided both below and above the food product.
  • the cut food slices fall on the portioning device 4, where they are grouped into food slices 29, 30, 31, 32, in particular stacked, flush or overlapping. This can be made possible by a conveying movement of the portioning device 4, which is designed in particular as a storage conveyor.
  • the food slicing groups 29-32 Once the food slicing groups 29-32 have reached the predetermined portion weight by slicing the food products 14-17, they are transported further as complete portions 33, 34, 35, 36, particularly to the format forming apparatus.
  • the mutually parallel portions 33-36 form a Portions Herbert 37.
  • On the format forming device 5 several full portion rows 37, 38, 39 are arranged side by side in the track direction, these portions rows each contain portions with at least the predetermined portion weight.
  • the format-forming device is, in particular, a conveyor belt on which the individual portion rows are arranged parallel next to each other and transported together.
  • portion row is produced in the form of a portion weight compensation row 40, in which food slice groups 41, 42 have different weights in at least two tracks 11, 12.
  • the food slice group 41 has two additional food slices and the food slice group 42 has two slices less than the predetermined portion slice number.
  • the operator will now take two slices of the food slice group 41 and relocate to the food slice group 42, whereby these food disc groups both the predetermined Reach portion weight. This relocation movement creates a full portion row from the portion weight balance row.
  • the food disc groups 41 and 42 are arranged in the middle tracks 11 and 12 because the food product cut in the track 11 was slightly overweight, and the food product cut in the track 12 is slightly underweight. If there are weight deviations of the food products in the tracks 10 and / or 13, so there are also provided by the predetermined number of slices disc numbers of the respective food disc groups 44 and 45, which can be displayed and compensated accordingly.
  • the food slice group 44 may have two slices more than the intended portion slice number, and the food slice groups 41 and 42 each one slice less than the intended portion slice number, while the food slice group 45 already has the predetermined portion slice number. Then, in each case, one slice of the food slice group 44 is relocated to the food slice group 41 and food slice group 42.
  • the food disc groups 44 and 45 each have two discs too much, and the food disc groups 41 and 42 each have two discs too little. Then, in each case two food slices would be shifted from the food slice groups 44, 45 to the respectively adjacent food slice groups 41 and 42 in order to achieve the predetermined portion slice number and the predetermined portion weight in each case.
  • the display 43 can also display information for two parallel portion weight balance rows.
  • two portion weight balancing rows can be created per food product, which can then be balanced at the same time by observing the display. But it can also be produced more Portionsimportantsaus GmbHs #2n, advantageously always takes place within the respective Portionsissaus GmbHs #2n a shift of food slices.
  • the division of the food products in portions is made by the controller 100, in particular based on the information of the scale 1 and / or the scanner 2.
  • the controller 100 controls the slicing apparatus to cut the food product according to the schedule.
  • a subsequent pass scale in particular a track-related weight value, is returned to the controller 100 to control the slicing operation, thereby increasing the weight accuracy of the portions.
  • FIG. 2 a classification according to the invention is shown with reference to the food products 46, 47, 48, 49, which are arranged in the tracks 10, 11, 12, 13.
  • Each food product has at its downstream end, ie at the end at which the slicing process is started, a gate area 50 which is cut off at the beginning of the slicing operation or already previously to eliminate the most prevalent rounding at the beginning of the food product.
  • a remaining region 51 which in particular is gripped by the product holders 21 - 24, and at the end of the slicing process is not cut open but disposed of.
  • the gate area 50 and the remaining area 51 are each selected as small as possible and in particular not weight-based dimensions.
  • the remaining food products 46-49 are then divided into portion regions 52 which will reach the predetermined portion weight after slicing.
  • the division into the portions by the controller 100 is based on the weight and / or contour profile, which were determined with the balance 1 and the scanner 2. From the food products 46-49 can be as in FIG. 2 shown, three full portion rows, each with three portions are cut open.
  • Portion areas 52 are adjoined upstream by a portion weight compensation area 53, which reflects the weight differences of food products 46, 47, 48, 49.
  • the weights of the portion weight balance rows 53 differ by the same amounts as the food products 46-49. Consequently, it is achieved that partial portion regions 54, which are respectively provided in front of the remaining regions 51, each have substantially the same weight.
  • the partial portion portions 54 are each cut into a food disc group having the same weight and the same number of slices, even if this slice number is smaller than the predetermined portion slices, and the weight is less than the predetermined portion weight.
  • the cut partial portions 54 are then completed by partial portions that can be completed by partial portions 55 provided at the upstream end of the subsequent food products.
  • the partial portion portions 55 are respectively calculated based on the information of the preceding food products by the controller 100.
  • the weight differences are distributed so that by replacing the slices between groups of food slices portions with the predetermined portion weight can be produced in all tracks.
  • the correction is limited to only one row, i. Only one portion weight compensation series per food product is provided. If the weight differences between the food products are too large, however, several portions weight balance rows may be provided per food product.
  • the controller 100 in particular based on the weight difference between the food products to be sliced.
  • the number of food slices to be displaced between the tracks can be limited on the basis of whether the number of food slices to be displaced is not too large, i. still manageable or tangible and transportable.
  • the Portionskomplett ist is achieved easily and in good quality and reproducible and a transverse distribution of portions is not required.
  • the design according to the invention requires only two correction readings per recharge, i. A maximum of two food disc groups must be handled during relocation. This allows an operator in a system with four tracks without time pressure and conscientious relocate the food wafers. In particular, there are only about 6-7 proofreading per minute.
  • FIGS. 3 and 4 A second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4 explained, with particular reference to the differences from the first embodiment, whose features are otherwise realized accordingly.
  • a compensating portion 57 is created which has excess slices of the food product 14 compared to the other food products 15, 16, 17. These discs are then relocated in the format-forming device 5 between the tracks, in particular to supplement food groups 30, 31, 32, so that they also form complete portions. This is shown in the format-forming device 5 with reference to another compensating portion 58, which was provided in addition to the portion 59 in the portion weight compensation row 40.
  • the compensating portion 58 may comprise three discs, and the food disc groups 40, 41 and 45 one slice less than the given number of panes.
  • a relocating device 60 is provided, which makes it possible to take individual food slices or food disc groups with the gripper 61.
  • the gripper 61 is movable along a linear guide 62 in the track direction, and a linear guide 63 orthogonal thereto, as well as in the vertical direction. It is therefore a gantry robot. Alternatively, a delta robot can be used.
  • FIG. 4 is the classification of food products shown.
  • the food product 64 in lane 10 is overweight to the other food products 65, 66, 67 in lanes 11, 12, 13. Therefore, in the food product 10, a compensating portion area 68 is provided, in addition to a regular portion area 52.
  • the other food products 65, 66, 67 have only portion weight compensating areas 53 for the portion weight compensating row 40 which do not reach the predetermined portion weight.
  • the weight average value of the three compensating portion areas 53 supplemented by the compensating portion area 68 distributed over the three tracks 11, 12, 13, respectively reaches the predetermined portion weight.
  • compensating portions 57 can also be provided in several tracks.
  • the controller tries to keep the number of compensating portions as small as possible in order to ensure easy handling.
  • the compensating portions or the compensating portion can be displaced as a whole in order to complete a food group. It must be ensured that the combination of the compensatory and the underweight food disc groups fits together in a single portion weighting range.
  • a compensating portion can be generated in two out of four tracks, in order then to be displaced in each case to complete the local underweight food disc groups on the other two tracks.
  • the invention makes it possible to maximize the number of portions with predetermined portion weight while minimizing the number of portions to be corrected.
  • the slicing efficiency can be increased and it is possible to avoid empty packaging.
  • the invention makes it possible to minimize or at least significantly facilitate the manual correction.
  • the inventive method is particularly suitable for products that have weight and number of discrepancies in a certain frame, such as a block of cheese that has a random distribution of holes in it and contour deviations that can be detected only shortly before the respective slicing.
  • the format-forming device can be designed as a PCS system with display, but also as a relocating device, such as a robot. This enables an economic or automated correction. With a manual correction, the operator is significantly relieved by the invention, since the number of gripping operations is minimized. Furthermore, the relocation movement can be represented as clearly and clearly recognizable by the limitation to only one or a few portion rows that errors can be avoided. Finally, the invention allows a low giveaway in all lanes.
  • the method according to the invention is preferably operated by a controller in the form of a microcontroller or process computer whose device is determined by a corresponding program (software). In addition, however, certain process steps, such. As the relocating in the format forming device to be made by a human operator.

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