EP3500410B1 - Procédé de découpe de portions de poids exact - Google Patents

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EP3500410B1
EP3500410B1 EP17743338.0A EP17743338A EP3500410B1 EP 3500410 B1 EP3500410 B1 EP 3500410B1 EP 17743338 A EP17743338 A EP 17743338A EP 3500410 B1 EP3500410 B1 EP 3500410B1
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    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • B26D5/20—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
    • 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

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  • the present invention relates to a method for cutting a block of food into portions according to the preamble of claim 1, such as from EP 0 127 463 A1 known.
  • Food bars for example sausage, cheese and/or ham bars, often have to be cut into portions for sale, which consist of at least one, preferably several food slices.
  • This cutting is usually done on so-called slicers, in which the respective block of food rests on a support that transports it continuously or intermittently in the direction of a cutting blade that separates food slices from the front end of the block of food.
  • the thickness of each slice is preferably determined by the rate of feed in relation to the speed of rotation of the cutting blade.
  • the slice(s) cut off is/are transported away in portions, whereby the weight of the packaging must comply with the finished packaging ordinance. As a result, the packs must be heavier than the specified minimum weight, particularly on average.
  • the present invention relates to a method for cutting a block of food into portions, each of which has at least a certain nominal weight, for example 100 grams.
  • the block of food preferably has a constant cross section.
  • the food is preferably a sausage or cheese with a substantially constant caliber.
  • first of all the weight and the length of the block of food are determined.
  • the food bar can be weighed, for example, or the weight can be taken from a database.
  • the length can be determined by a scanner and/or during the transport of the food block to the slicing device with a sensor, for example a light barrier and/or by the position of the product holder(s).
  • the length of the cut-off, which is cut off and disposed of or otherwise used before portions are created, and the length of the end piece, which is usually penetrated by a gripper, are specified.
  • the length of the food block available for portioning is determined from this data and the length to be cut off of each portion is determined therefrom, which preferably all have the same length.
  • This length is then divided into a specified number of slices and/or the minimum and maximum slice thickness is specified and this results in the number of portions.
  • the local contour of the block of food is preferably not determined.
  • the length and/or the weight of the block of food and/or the length and/or the weight of the cut piece and/or the remainder is determined on the basis of empirical values. Historical values in particular are used as a basis here.
  • the length and the weight of the block of food and/or the length and/or the weight of the cut and the end piece are not determined on the basis of a measurement of the block of food to be sliced, but rather on the basis of an analysis of, in particular, historical data or Data originating from an upstream production process.
  • the cutting dust produced during cutting is preferably taken into account.
  • the average cross-sectional area of the block of food is determined.
  • a dimension of the end face of the panes is also preferably determined using a means, for example calculated.
  • a means for example a camera, which determines at least one dimension of the end face of at least one slice of the block of food to be sliced.
  • a further dimension can be calculated from this, for example. The result of determining the dimensions can be used to determine the length to be cut off in portions.
  • At least one portion of a sliced food block and/or at least one portion of a specific batch is weighed and the result is included in the calculation of the average length of the portion to be sliced by correcting the average length to be severed.
  • the thickness of the slices cut off is >2 mm.
  • the thickness of the disc is preferably >10 mm, particularly preferably >20 mm and very particularly preferably >25 mm. This can result in end pieces having a thickness that significantly exceeds the specified thickness of the end piece. This becomes all the more serious as the nominal thickness of the panes increases.
  • the length of the end piece is fixed and the proportion of the thickness of the end piece by which the fixed thickness is exceeded is distributed over all portions to be cut.
  • the thickness of the tail is fixed and the gate is lengthened by the fraction of the thickness of the tail by which the fixed thickness is exceeded.
  • the thickness of the end piece is fixed and the proportion of the thickness of the end piece by which the fixed thickness is exceeded is used as a shorter additional disk.
  • FIG 1 shows a slicing device 5 with which the method according to the invention can be carried out.
  • the slicing device 5 has a cutting blade 11 which cuts a food product 2 into food slices 12 .
  • each food product 2 is transported continuously or intermittently in the direction of the cutting plane of the knife 11 by means of a conveyor 4, here two conveyor belts 4.
  • the lower conveyor belt 4 is also a product support.
  • the cutting knife 11 is attached to a rotating knife holder 3 and interacts in a cutting manner with a cutting edge which is provided, for example, at the front end of a product support 4 and which together define the cutting plane.
  • the food slices After being cut off, the food slices generally fall onto a storage table 1 which is provided with transport means, for example a conveyor belt or transport belts, on which they are each configured into a portion 14, here a stack.
  • transport means for example a conveyor belt or transport belts, on which they are each configured into a portion 14, here a stack.
  • the finished portions 14 are then transported away from the cutting blade area and then packaged.
  • a shim can be provided under the transport means of the storage table, which in particular prevents the transport means from becoming too long.
  • the slice thickness results from the feed distance of the food product between two cuts.
  • the slicing device can have a gripper per feed line, which grips the rear end of the Takes food product 2 before or during the slicing and stabilizes it during the slicing, especially toward the end of the slicing, and discards the tail that cannot be sliced.
  • Each gripper is preferably provided on a gripper carriage (not shown), which moves the grippers back and forth, in particular parallel to the feed direction of the food product.
  • the slicing device is provided in multiple lanes, i. H. that several food products 2 are cut open by a knife, in particular at least temporarily simultaneously or at least temporarily sequentially.
  • the device has its own track for each food product, along which it is transported in the direction of the knife 11 .
  • the block of food can be weighed, for example, or the weight is taken from a database or a label and made available to the slicing device.
  • the length 9 can be determined by a scanner and/or can be determined with a sensor, for example a light barrier, during the transport of the block of food to the slicing device.
  • the length and the weight of the cut 6, which is cut off and disposed of or otherwise used before portions are created, and the length and weight of the end piece 7, which is usually penetrated by a gripper, are determined.
  • the length 8 of the block of food available for portioning is determined from this data and the length to be cut off of each portion 14 is determined therefrom, which preferably all have the same length. This length is then divided into a specified number of slices and/or the minimum thickness of a slice is specified. In the method according to the invention, the local contour of the block of food is preferably not determined. The slicing process of the respective food block is controlled with the measured and calculated data.
  • figure 2 shows a food bar 2 with a cut 6 and an end piece 7.
  • the usable length 8 is divided into portions 14, for example, in such a way that as many portions as possible with the desired nominal weight are produced without an incomplete portion being cut open.
  • the resulting portions can do this, for example Falling below the nominal weight as permitted by law, or exceeding the nominal weight of some servings, but not resulting in an incomplete serving.
  • a means 13 is provided, for example a camera, with which at least one dimension of the cross-sectional area of the end face of the block of food can be determined. This analysis can be done for each slice, for one or more slices per serving, or for one or more slices per food bar. The analysis can be included in the calculation of the length to be cut off per portion.

Claims (12)

  1. Procédé permettant de découper un bâton de produit alimentaire (2) en portions (14) d'un poids nominal prédéfini, dans lequel la longueur et le poids du bâton de produit alimentaire sont constatés,
    caractérisé en ce que
    - la longueur et le poids de l'entame (6) et du bout (7) sont définis, et
    - et la longueur disponible (8) et la longueur moyenne à découper (10) en sont calculées pour chaque portion.
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le nombre de tranches par portion est prédéfini.
  3. Procédé selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que l'épaisseur de tranche est prédéfinie.
  4. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la longueur et/ou le poids du bâton de produit alimentaire et/ou la longueur et/ou le poids de l'entame et/ou du morceau restant sont déterminés sur la base de valeurs empiriques.
  5. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la superficie de la section moyenne du bâton de produit alimentaire est déterminée.
  6. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'au moins une dimension de la superficie des tranches est déterminée par un moyen.
  7. Procédé selon la revendication 6, caractérisé en ce que le résultat de la détermination de dimension entre dans la définition de la longueur à découper par portion.
  8. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la portion découpée est pesée et le résultat entre dans le calcul de la longueur de la portion à découper en moyenne.
  9. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que des tranches d'une épaisseur de tranche > 2 mm sont découpées.
  10. Procédé selon la revendication 9, caractérisé en ce que l'épaisseur du bout est définie, et la fraction de l'épaisseur du bout dont cette épaisseur a été dépassée est répartie sur toutes les portions à découper.
  11. Procédé selon la revendication 9, caractérisé en ce que l'épaisseur du bout est définie, et en ce que l'entame est prolongée de la fraction de l'épaisseur du bout dont cette épaisseur est dépassée.
  12. Procédé selon la revendication 9, caractérisé en ce que l'épaisseur du bout est définie, et la fraction de l'épaisseur du bout dont cette épaisseur est dépassée est utilisée comme une tranche additionnelle raccourcie.
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