Abstract:
There is specified a slat conveyor (2) made up of uniform links that jointly form the carrier surface (4) of the conveyor, and which are supported by support surfaces (14, 14’) along the sides. The peculiar features of the conveyor (2) according to the invention is that its delivery area (12) may be displaced in parallel laterally in relation to the receiving area (10) by guiding/supporting the belt over two curving lengths (16, 18) between a rectilinear length (19) on a laterally displacing frame (18), where the belt runs on support members (20, 22, 24, 26), the side edges (30, 32, 34, 36) of which facing away from each other having a curved course, where the support members are connected to the fixed receiving area (10) and the delivery area (12), respectively, and on transverse frame segment (27) of the frame (18). Guiding of the belt between the rectilinear lengths at the receiving and delivering areas (10, 12) occurs by curving sections (58, 60, 62, 64) that are in contact with the sides of the belt.
Abstract:
With the intention of performing an optimal cutting of the hind feet (8) of the half carcasses (4), which are advanced stepwise on an overhead conveyor (6) suspended in the hind feet (8), there is indicated a method and a plant for performing an optimal hind foot cutting. According to the invention, cutting of the hind feet (8) occurs by the half carcasses (4) being gripped by pivoting gripping mechanisms (26) the clear of which in the gripping position not allowing the heel joint (29) to pass through this. As the variation of the thickness of the heel joint on a carcass is very small, a lifting of the ham (32) of the half carcass by displacing the gripping mechanisms (26) will result in the position of the thickest point of the heel joint being well-defined, whereby there is achieved a very great uniformity of the hind foot cutting by the same displacement pattern of the gripping mechanisms (26) in cross-wise direction in relation to saw blades (30) situated in a plane well-defined in advance.
Abstract:
Particularly within the food industry there are strict requirements to the design of conveyors. In that connection, emphasis is put on serviceability, possibility of rapid replacement of spare parts, easy cleaning of the conveyor, and dirt-repelling properties of the parts of the conveyor. The conveyor (2) according to the invention includes longitudinal conveyor structures (4) that are mutually connected with uniform, parallel, interspaced, laminar cross members (14), the cross members including symmetrically disposed cutouts (16) with laterally reversed profiles at a bearing side (18) of the conveyor and against a stop (40) disposed at or near the cross member (14’) disposed closest to the motorised drive pulley (6). The conveyor structures are furthermore constituted by edgewise disposed sections having diverging flanges and forming an angle of more than 30° relative to the horizontal plane. Hereby is achieved serviceability when replacing slide rails as well as a high hygienic standard.
Abstract:
In the primal cutting-up of half carcasses of animals (12), vision systems are known whereby the determination of one or more fix points on the carcasses takes place, and where on the basis of the position of these points a visualization of the ideal cut line is effected. But the primal cutting-up of carcasses (12) has hitherto been carried out with manually-operated saws on the basis of operator evaluation. However, the use of manually-operated saws involves the possibility of deviations in relation to the ideal cut line, and the manual work is very monotonous and fatiguing for the operators. There is thus disclosed a system as well as a laying-down module (2) and a vision-based system for automatic primal cutting-up of half carcasses, comprising a laying-down module with a laying-down conveyor (18), and a laying-down and angle-positioning module (6) with sideways displaceable conveyors for positioning of a relevant carcass (12) for sawing-up in a subsequent saw module (8), and a method for the execution of automatic primal cutting-up of meat items, namely half carcasses of animals.
Abstract:
There is specified a slat conveyor (2) made up of uniform links that jointly form the carrier surface (4) of the conveyor, and which are supported by support surfaces (14, 14’) along the sides. The peculiar features of the conveyor (2) according to the invention is that its delivery area (12) may be displaced in parallel laterally in relation to the receiving area (10) by guiding/supporting the belt over two curving lengths (16, 18) between a rectilinear length (19) on a laterally displacing frame (18), where the belt runs on support members (20, 22, 24, 26), the side edges (30, 32, 34, 36) of which facing away from each other having a curved course, where the support members are connected to the fixed receiving area (10) and the delivery area (12), respectively, and on transverse frame segment (27) of the frame (18). Guiding of the belt between the rectilinear lengths at the receiving and delivering areas (10, 12) occurs by curving sections (58, 60, 62, 64) that are in contact with the sides of the belt.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a piece conveyor (1) for separately conveying parts of a carcase (7,8), wherein the piece conveyor is adapted to be positioned in continuation of a cutting unit (5,6) comprising a dividing unit (19,20) being movable in a direction transversally to the conveying direction for dividing the carcase into at least a first part and a second part, and wherein the piece conveyor comprises at least two conveyors (2,3) for separately conveying the first part and the second part, respectively. At least one of the at least two conveyors of the piece conveyor is movable in a direction being transverse to the conveying direction, the conveyor thereby being movable according to the size of the parts. The movable conveyors are provided with a mutual interconnecting mechanism for simultaneous movement of the at least two conveyors transversally to the conveying direction, said mutual interconnecting mechanism being designed in such a way that the distances of movement of the at least two conveyors transversally to the conveying direction may differ. Thereby it is ensured, purely by moving the conveyors, that the parts are supported in the best possible way during further conveying, since the parts may be supported fully or below the middle of the part, the projections from the conveyor thereby being uniform in both sides. Thereby manual adjustment of the parts is avoided.
Abstract:
A system for rotating products (11) having an irregular geometrical shape, comprising a rotation system comprising a retaining part with a plurality of individually movable rods (2) adapted to engage a product (11), thereby at least substantially fixing the product (11) relatively to the retaining part, and means (8) for rotating the retaining part, and thereby a fixed product (11), with an individually determined rotational angle about a rotational axis. The system further comprises means for determining the orientation of each product (11) upon arrival at the system. A control system controls the rotation system and is operatively connected to the determining means. The control system is adapted to determine the rotational angle based on the orientation, and to control the rotation system accordingly. In a method for rotating a product the orientation of the product is determined, e.g. by means of a vision based technique, and the product is rotated to a desired orientation.