58results about "Meat packaging/handling/transporting" patented technology

The invention relates to the technical field of pork processing, in particular to a pork processing and slitting device which comprises a conveying unit for vertically conveying pork downwards and a rotating disc located below the conveying unit and arranged opposite to the conveying unit. The plurality of through holes are distributed in the circumferential direction of the turntable; by means of continuous rotation of the rotating disc, the multiple through openings are sequentially moved to the position below pork conveyed by the conveying unit, so that the pork can conveniently move downwards and penetrate through all the through openings, then the pork is lifted through the lifting structure, the cutting thickness of the pork can be continuously and automatically limited, and the cutting efficiency is improved. And the slitting knife in each through hole synchronously rotates along with the turntable and cuts the positioned pork, so that the continuous and automatic slitting processing of the pork is realized, the structure and the operation mode are simple, the slitting continuity is high, and the working efficiency can be greatly improved.

An apparatus and method for sorting and orienting food items includes a first conveyor, a second conveyor extending from the first conveyor and for transporting, in a second feed direction, food items received from the first conveyor, an opening formed at the end of the first conveyor, a first sensor device for obtaining information on the food items, a pick-and-place robot arranged to pick food items from the first conveyor and place them on the second conveyor, a control module configured for receiving information from the first sensor device and for controlling the robot. The robot is controlled to pick food items from the first conveyor and to place and selectively orient the food item relative to the second feed direction on the second conveyor, if the food item belongs to a first category only, and such that food items belonging to a second category will pass into the opening.

A system for processing food products comprises a slicing apparatus that is configured to cut off slices from food products and to form part portions having one or more slices in a portioning section. A transport device adjoining the portioning section is provided and the portioning section comprises a conveying device that transfers the part portions to the transport device. The system comprises a stacking apparatus that is configured to form a food portion comprising a plurality of part portions. The transport device is configured to transport the part portions onto a product support of the stacking apparatus, wherein the transport device and / or the stacking apparatus has / have a scale for measuring the weight of the part portions and / or of the food portion.

The application relates to the technical field of blood product processing equipment, and discloses a pig blood sausage processing device and a pig blood sausage processing technology, wherein the pig blood sausage processing device comprises a support frame, a conveying mechanism and a lifting mechanism, the conveying mechanism is used for driving a carrying mechanism to move, the carrying mechanism is used for carrying a blood sausage after sausage filling, and the lifting mechanism is used for lifting the blood sausage for airing, the lifting mechanism comprises a lifting frame, a lifting assembly and an extension assembly, the lifting frame is fixedly arranged on the side of the support frame, a plurality of lifting assemblies are slidingly arranged on the lifting frame, the lifting assembly is used for lifting the blood sausage, the extension assembly is connected with the lifting frame and the lifting assembly, and the extension assembly is used for enabling the plurality of lifting assemblies to move at a corresponding distance, so that the problem that the airing efficiency of the blood sausage is low and the sausage casing may be damaged by manual operation in the prior art is solved.

A food processing line that includes at least one grinder which grinds or pre-grinds food to form a food mass; at least two mixers which mix the ground or pre-ground food mass or at least two mixer-grinders which further mixes and grinds the ground or pre-ground food mass; and at least one portioning / moulding apparatus to portion and / or mould individual food / feed products. The at least one grinder, the at least two mixers, and the at least one portioning / moulding apparatus are connected by conveyors.

The invention relates to a food article slicing machine comprising: a slicing station comprising a knife blade and a knife blade drive driving the knife blade along a cutting path in a cutting plane; a food article feed apparatus supporting one or more food articles for movement along food article paths intersecting the cutting path; and an onboard information carrier system (135) comprising a data carrier (4001) embedded in a part of the food article slicing machine.

A conveyor for a loin puller machine has a plurality of rigid belly slats and chine slats to support the carcass which is carried past knives or blades on the machine for skinning, trimming, and cutting the meat carcass. The belly slats and chine slats are attached to chains extending around a drive roller and an idler roller to form an endless loop. The belly slats have a flat upper surface and the chine slats have a curved upper surface corresponding to the belly portion and chain portion of the carcass. The belly slats and chine slats are spaced apart from one another to define a gap through which the cutting blades of the machine extend.

An animal ribcage primal cut having a bone array located therein is portioned into one or more sub primal cuts, each having at least one bone located therein. The primal cut is scanned at scanning station 14 while being conveyed on a conveyor 12 to determine the physical characteristics of the primal cut. A processor 18 determines how to portion the primal cut into desired sub primal cuts in accordance with desired physical characteristics of the sub primal cut and production requirements for the sub primal cuts. A controller controls a cutter to divide the primal cut into one or more sub primal cuts according to the determination previously made on how to portion the primal cut into desired sub primal cuts.

The invention discloses an automatic conveying device for beef cutting, and relates to the technical field of meat processing, the automatic conveying device for beef cutting comprises a lower support, the lower support is provided with two conveying belts and a driving source used for driving the two conveying belts at a constant speed, and the lower support is fixedly connected with an upper support; and the cutting mechanism is arranged on a conveying path of the conveying belt. Through cooperation of material thickness self-adaptive pressing and synchronous adjustment of the cutting rate, when beef of different thicknesses is cut, the flatness of the cutting face can be improved by adjusting different cutting rates, the phenomena of jumping, deviation and the like of materials in the cutting process can be effectively avoided, and the cutting efficiency is improved. The size uniformity of beef segmentation and the flatness of a cutting surface are obviously improved, the meat loss is reduced, and the qualified rate of segmented finished products is improved; and the running mode that constant-speed conveying is matched with self-adaptive speed regulation cutting is adopted, so that the device can adapt to continuous cutting operation of beef with different thicknesses.

The invention discloses an energy-saving intelligent production line for equal-weight cutting of fresh meat, and relates to the technical field of meat cutting, the intelligent production line comprises a rack, a first conveying belt and a second conveying belt are arranged on the rack, the intelligent production line further comprises a tool changing unit, and the tool changing unit comprises a chopping framework and a meat cutting frame; a bone chopping frame is arranged on the portion, located on one side of the second conveying belt, of the rack, a bone chopping knife moving in a reciprocating mode is installed on the bone chopping frame, a meat cutting frame is arranged on the portion, located at the gap position of the first conveying belt and the second conveying belt, of the rack, and a meat cutting knife capable of swinging in a reciprocating mode is arranged on the meat cutting frame. The bone chopping knife is used for cutting the rod bone; when the meat cutter is located at the cutting position, the meat cutter is used for cutting fresh meat; when fresh meat needs to be cut, the meat cutter swinging in a reciprocating mode is used for conducting equal-weight cutting operation on the fresh meat, and when the bone needs to be cut, the bone chopping cutter moving in a reciprocating mode is used for conducting cutting operation on the bone.

A loin puller machine is provided with a scribe saw assembly that longitudinally aligns the scribe saw blade with the actuator for raising and lowering the blade. By positioning the blade directly in front of the actuator, the actuator forces are centrally aligned with the blade so as to reduce binding and bearing wear. The alignment of the blade minimizes maintenance and increases productivity and profitability.

The invention relates to an automated food / feed block transport processing line comprising at least one grinder, at least two mixers and at least one distribution / molding device, and the system is particularly suitable for blocks consisting essentially of highly viscous protein food / feed such as poultry meat, chicken, pork, beef, meat substitutes, vegetarian meat substitutes, fish or pet food. The invention further relates to a method for operating the processing line.

The application discloses a bone-meat separation device for meat processing and belongs to the technical field of meat product processing devices, and has the technical features that the device comprises a base, an intermittent transmission unit rotatably connected to the base, a bone-separating unit connected to the intermittent transmission unit through a reciprocating unit, a stirring unit installed on the base, a canning unit fixed on the base and an asynchronous sliding unit connected to the canning unit. The intermittent transmission unit can intermittently convey meat, and the bone-separating unit can be driven to reciprocally slide up and down through the connection with the reciprocating unit, so that the bone-separating unit can separate the meat on the surface of the intermittent transmission unit. The meat processed by the bone-separating unit can slide into the stirring unit to realize secondary separation. The intermittent transmission unit can drive the canning unit to automatically and separately package the meat paste through the connection with the asynchronous sliding unit, thereby reducing the working intensity of workers.

The application belongs to the technical field of meat food processing, and particularly relates to a meat processing clamping, transferring and cleaning device. The device comprises a water tank, a cleaning mechanism arranged in the water tank, a transferring mechanism for placing meat food on the cleaning mechanism, a lifting mechanism, a lifting frame connected to the lifting mechanism, the cleaning mechanism comprising a base, a rotating disc connected to the base, a cleaning cylinder connected to the rotating disc, a plurality of limiting frames connected to the rotating disc, the plurality of limiting frames surrounding a storage space for placing meat food, a liftable inner cylinder connected to the cleaning cylinder, the inner cylinder being fixedly connected to the lifting frame, and a rotating motor installed on the lifting frame and used for driving the inner cylinder to rotate. The meat food is rotated by the rotating disc, and the rotating direction of the inner cylinder is opposite to that of the rotating disc, so that the rotating direction of water flow is opposite to that of the meat food, thereby improving the cleaning effect of the meat food.

A knife blade for a loin puller machine to cut pork carcasses includes an elongated member with opposite upper and lower mounting ends to mount the blade to the machine. The mounting ends are offset with respect to one another, with a cutting edge extending angularly between the opposite mounting ends. Angular orientation of the cutting edge causes the cutting edge to enter the meat sequentially between the opposite ends of the cutting edge, thereby providing a cleaner cut with improved yield and less blade wear when the carcass is not firm.

A method is provided to arrange multiple food slices (m) in such a way that at least a portion of them overlap each other to form an assembly (M) of food slices (m). In this method, the number of food slices (m) forming each assembly (M) and the spacing (K) between the food slices (m) are automatically changed to control the weight of each assembly (M) within a predetermined allowable range, and the total length of each assembly (M) is formed to a set length (A). Furthermore, the number of food slices (m) forming each assembly (M) and the spacing (K) between the food slices (m) are automatically changed according to the length (A) in the arrangement direction of the food slices (m).

A process that includes receiving, by a trimmer via a conveyor system, a foodstuff, automatically trimming, by the trimmer and based on trimming instructions, the foodstuff that results in trimmings and a trimmed foodstuff. The process also includes advancing, via the conveyor system, the trimmings of the foodstuff to a trimmings collector, and advancing, via the conveyor system, the trimmed foodstuff out of the trimmer. The trimmer is provided on the conveyor system prior to an injector such that the trimmer performs the automatic trimming of the foodstuff prior to injecting the foodstuff with a liquid solution by the injector.

The invention relates to a device for moving portions, which each comprise at least one slice cut from a food product, in particular by means of a slicing device, in particular a high-speed slicer, comprising a plurality of individually movable transport movers each for at least one portion, a track system for the transport movers, in which track system the transport movers can be moved along at least one specified track in a transport direction, and a control apparatus for controlling the movements of the transport movers in the track system, wherein the transport movers each comprise at least one runner that interacts with the track system and at least one carrier for at least one portion, the at least one carrier being attached to the runner by means of a retainer, and wherein the drive for each transport mover is formed by the runner and the track system, which together form an electromagnetic drive for the transport mover.

The invention relates to a device for moving portions, each comprising at least one slice separated from a food product, in particular by means of a slicing device, especially a high-speed slicer, with a plurality of individually movable transport movers for at least one portion each, with a track system for the transport movers in which the transport movers are movable along at least one predetermined track in a transport direction, and with a control device for controlling the movements of the transport movers in the track system, wherein the transport movers each comprise at least one runner cooperating with the track system and at least one carrier for at least one portion attached to the runner by means of a holder, and wherein the drive for the transport movers is each formed by the runner and the track system, which together form an electromagnetic drive for the transport mover.

An animal ribcage primal cut having a bone array located therein is portioned into one or more sub primal cuts, each having at least one bone located therein. The primal cut is scanned at scanning station (14) while being conveyed on a conveyor (12) to determine the physical characteristics of the primal cut. A processor (18) determines how to portion the primal cut into desired sub primal cuts in accordance with desired physical characteristics of the sub primal cut and production requirements for the sub primal cuts. A controller controls a cutter to divide the primal cut into one or more sub primal cuts according to the determination previously made on how to portion the primal cut into desired sub primal cuts.

A packaging compliance method comprising:associating a packaging label having a unique first digitally readable element with a unique record in a database; the unique record in the database containing information about an item of produce;applying the packaging label directly to the item of produce or packaging containing the item of produce;packing two or more items of produce into a container having a container label; the container label having a container digitally readable element to determine the required items of produce that should be located within the container;reading all of the unique first digitally readable elements located within the container to obtain the information from the unique records associated with the unique first digitally readable elements;reading the container digitally readable element to obtain information on the required items of produce that should be located within the container;comparing the information from the unique records associated with the read unique first digitally readable elements and information of the required items of produce that should be located within the container to determine if the container contains the required items of produce;rejecting the container if the container does not contain the required items of produce to complete packaging compliance.

A system (10) for analyzing and trimming irregularly shaped food products which are to be subsequently pressed into a three-dimensional shape (volume) and optionally thereafter sliced or otherwise portioned so as to achieve an optimum harvest, includes a conveyor (12) for carrying the workpieces (WP) to be trimmed past a scanning system (14) for scanning the workpiece (WP) to ascertain the physical characteristics of the workpiece (WP), including, for example, its three-dimensional shape, as well as its position on the conveyor (12), and then past a cutting station (26) for trimming the workpiece (WP) into a desired two-dimensional shape which represents an optimum shape for the workpiece for pressing the workpiece into a desired three-dimensional shape having at least one fixed or specified dimension or other physical specification. Thereafter, the workpiece can be transferred to a slicing station utilizing high speed cutters or sheers for portioning / slicing the workpiece.

The application belongs to the technical field of food processing, and particularly relates to a beef jerky cutting, pickling and drying integrated processing equipment. The existing processing process needs three different processing equipment, and the food needs to be frequently transported between the three equipment, and the food cannot be cut into beef particles of different widths. The present application provides the following scheme, which comprises a workbench, one side of the workbench is provided with a pickling box and a drying box, the drying box is fixed on one side of the pickling box, the pickling box is used for pickling the cut beef, and the drying box is used for drying the beef jerky automatically lifted in the pickling box. In the application, the feeding structure, the cutting structure and the processing structure are matched to sequentially complete the cutting, pickling and drying of the beef jerky on the equipment, and orderly multiple processes are completed on the same equipment, which saves the time waste caused by the raw material transportation process, reduces the production and processing cost, and can control the width of the cut beef particles.

An apparatus for grading / batching food parts includes a scale unit with a first predetermined precision, a plurality of batch bins to receive food parts, a weighing station to weigh food parts, which have not yet been transferred into the bins, with a second predetermined precision greater than the first predetermined precision and to associate the determined weights with the corresponding food part, a plurality of controllable second transfer units to selectively transfer particular ones of said food parts, which have been weighed into a selected one of the bins, and a control unit connected with the scale unit, weighing station, and first and second transfer units. The control unit controls the first and second transfer unit to assemble in the bins food parts so the total weight in each bin corresponds to a predetermined target weight. A method for grading / batching, and an apparatus / method for transferring food parts is also provided.

The invention belongs to the technical field of beef processing equipment, and particularly relates to an automatic slitting machine for raw beef processing, the automatic slitting machine comprises a rack, a feeding mechanism, a cutting mechanism, a discharging mechanism and a connecting rod, the feeding end of the rack is provided with a feeding plate, the feeding mechanism is slidably arranged on the rack and located above the feeding plate, and the cutting mechanism is fixedly mounted on the rack; the discharging mechanism comprises a first separating assembly, a second separating assembly and a driving assembly, the connecting rod is connected with the feeding mechanism and the second separating assembly, automatic splitting and synchronous separation of beef can be achieved, only half beef strips coincide through linkage adjustment, the follow-up separation operation difficulty is greatly reduced, resource waste is reduced, and the working efficiency is improved. The production efficiency and the resource utilization rate are improved.

The present invention addresses the problem of how to efficiently carry out a tray placement operation in a subsequent process, in particular to carry out a combined placement operation on a single tray. The slicer (1) is provided with a cutting device (2) for slicing and forming food, a conveying device for conveying the food slices cut by the cutting device (2) to a subsequent process, and a control device (4) for driving and controlling at least the conveying devices (40, 50). The conveying device is provided with a plurality of conveying belts (40, 50) which can be independently driven, and the control device (4) can execute a combined containing mode which drives the plurality of conveying belts (40, 50) so that the food piece groups on the plurality of conveying belts (40, 50) can be conveyed adjacently and synchronously in time sequence.

A food processing system comprises a slicing device configured to cut slices of food products and form portions of one or more slices in a portioning section. A conveying device is provided downstream of the portioning section, and the portioning section includes a conveyor that transfers the portions to the conveying device. The system includes a stacking device configured to form a food portion consisting of several portions. The conveying device is configured to transport the portions onto a product platform of the stacking device, and the conveying device and / or the stacking device includes a scale for measuring the weight of the portions and / or the food portion.