GB2382518A - Apparatus and method for portioning and automatically off-loading portioned workpieces - Google Patents

Apparatus and method for portioning and automatically off-loading portioned workpieces

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Publication number
GB2382518A
GB2382518A GB0203487A GB0203487A GB2382518A GB 2382518 A GB2382518 A GB 2382518A GB 0203487 A GB0203487 A GB 0203487A GB 0203487 A GB0203487 A GB 0203487A GB 2382518 A GB2382518 A GB 2382518A
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Prior art keywords
conveyor
portioned
workpieces
workpiece
portioning
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GB0203487A
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GB2382518A8 (en
GB2382518B8 (en
GB0203487D0 (en
GB2382518B (en
Inventor
Darren P Wattles
Craig E Pfarr
Carlos A Ordona
Norman A Rudy
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FMC Corp
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FMC Corp
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Priority claimed from US09/619,423 external-priority patent/US6826989B1/en
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A22—BUTCHERING; MEAT TREATMENT; PROCESSING POULTRY OR FISH
    • A22C—PROCESSING MEAT, POULTRY, OR FISH
    • A22C17/00—Other devices for processing meat or bones
    • A22C17/0093—Handling, transporting or packaging pieces of meat
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
    • B23K26/00—Working by laser beam, e.g. welding, cutting or boring
    • B23K26/351—Working by laser beam, e.g. welding, cutting or boring for trimming or tuning of electrical components
    • 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
    • B26D3/10—Making cuts of other than simple rectilinear form
    • 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
    • B26D7/18—Means for removing cut-out material or waste
    • B26D7/1845—Means for removing cut-out material or waste by non mechanical means
    • B26D7/1863—Means for removing cut-out material or waste by non mechanical means by suction
    • 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
    • B26F—PERFORATING; PUNCHING; CUTTING-OUT; STAMPING-OUT; SEVERING BY MEANS OTHER THAN CUTTING
    • B26F3/00—Severing by means other than cutting; Apparatus therefor
    • B26F3/002—Precutting and tensioning or breaking
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G47/00—Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyors; Methods employing such devices
    • B65G47/74—Feeding, transfer, or discharging devices of particular kinds or types
    • B65G47/90—Devices for picking-up and depositing articles or materials
    • B65G47/91—Devices for picking-up and depositing articles or materials incorporating pneumatic, e.g. suction, grippers
    • 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
    • B26D5/42—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 work feed and clamp
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26F—PERFORATING; PUNCHING; CUTTING-OUT; STAMPING-OUT; SEVERING BY MEANS OTHER THAN CUTTING
    • B26F3/00—Severing by means other than cutting; Apparatus therefor
    • B26F3/004—Severing by means other than cutting; Apparatus therefor by means of a fluid jet

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Forests & Forestry (AREA)
  • Plasma & Fusion (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Computer Vision & Pattern Recognition (AREA)
  • Wood Science & Technology (AREA)
  • Zoology (AREA)
  • Food Science & Technology (AREA)
  • Specific Conveyance Elements (AREA)
  • Intermediate Stations On Conveyors (AREA)
  • Control Of Conveyors (AREA)

Abstract

A conveyor (22) moves workpieces (WP) past a scanning station (40) to ascertain one or more physical parameters of the workpiece (WP) and to a portioning station (24) wherein the workpiece (WP) is portioned into desired smaller portions. Thereafter the conveyor (22) carries a portioned workpiece (WP) to an unloading station (26) where one or more pickup devices (28) removes specific portioned workpieces (PP) from the conveyor and places the portioned workpieces onto take away conveyors (30) for other locations remote from the first conveyor. A control system, composed in part of a computer (42), keeps track of the locations of the workpieces (WP) on the conveyor (22) and also optionally on the take away conveyor (30) so that portioned pieces (PP) are place at specific desired locations remote from the conveyor (22) by the pickup devices (28).
GB0203487A 2000-07-19 2001-06-26 Apparatus and method for portioning and automatically off-loading portioned workpieces Expired - Fee Related GB2382518B8 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US09/619,423 US6826989B1 (en) 2000-07-19 2000-07-19 Apparatus and method for portioning and automatically off-loading workpieces
PCT/US2001/020451 WO2002007937A2 (en) 2000-07-19 2001-06-26 Apparatus and method for portioning and automatically off-loading portioned workpieces
FR0200384A FR2834664A1 (en) 2000-07-19 2002-01-14 A system for portioning workpieces, particularly food, to desired reduced sizes and then automatically off-loading it

Publications (5)

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GB0203487D0 GB0203487D0 (en) 2002-04-03
GB2382518A true GB2382518A (en) 2003-06-04
GB2382518B GB2382518B (en) 2004-09-15
GB2382518A8 GB2382518A8 (en) 2010-07-07
GB2382518B8 GB2382518B8 (en) 2010-07-07

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FR (1) FR2834664A1 (en)
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WO (1) WO2002007937A2 (en)

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WO2002007937A3 (en) 2002-05-30
GB2382518A8 (en) 2010-07-07
FR2834664A1 (en) 2003-07-18
GB2382518B8 (en) 2010-07-07
WO2002007937A2 (en) 2002-01-31
GB0203487D0 (en) 2002-04-03
AU2001270196A1 (en) 2002-02-05
GB2382518B (en) 2004-09-15

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