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158results about "Meat packaging/handling/transporting" patented technology

System and method for packaging food products

A system for processing food products comprises a cutting apparatus for cutting off slices from the food products and for forming portions from the slices, a packaging machine, and a transport apparatus that transports the portions from the cutting apparatus to the packaging machine. Furthermore, the system comprises a provision device for providing portion supports for the transported portions, and a folding device that is configured to fold a portion support along a bending line. The system further comprises an insertion device by means of which the portion supports with the portions can be brought onto a packaging space such that the bending lines of the portion supports are aligned in parallel with a transport direction of the packaging machine.
Owner:WEBER FOOD TECHNOLOGY SE & CO KG

Beef crisp chips as well as preparation equipment and preparation method thereof

The invention provides beef crisp chips and making equipment and a making method thereof, and relates to the technical field of food processing.The making equipment of the beef crisp chips sequentially comprises a spraying device, a powder scattering machine, a baking device and a collecting hopper according to the beef processing sequence; wherein the spraying device is used for spraying saline water onto beef so as to pickle the beef; the powder scattering machine is used for scattering seasoning on the pickled beef to season the beef; the baking device is used for baking the seasoned beef to form beef crisp chips; the collecting hopper is used for collecting beef chips; meanwhile, the spraying device, the powder scattering machine, the baking device and the collecting hopper are connected through a conveying belt. The technical problems that in the prior art, it is difficult to give consideration to health and deliciousness of beef processed food at the same time, and production efficiency is low are solved, and the technical effects that the product is crisp in taste, good in flavor stability and high in production efficiency are achieved.
Owner:HANGZHOU HAOMUSI FOOD

Systems and methods for object processing using levitation

A system and method for object processing using magnetic levitation includes moving carriers with drive magnets across an array of planar motors. Food items on the carriers are moved through processing steps. The system determines the weight of multiple food items and coordinates and arranges for the batching of food items totaling a desired weight from an assembly of available food items and presents the selected food items to an operator for further processing. The system moves the carriers to engage the food items with processing equipment, such as for attaching to poultry shackles, or for cutting by a filet machine.
Owner:BAADER FOOD SYST USA INC

Meat dicing device for automatic food skewering

The invention discloses a meat dicing device for automatic food skewering, and relates to the technical field of food processing. The device comprises a frame body, a supporting frame is fixedly installed at the bottom end of the frame body, a conveying roller is rotatably connected to the interior of the frame body in a limiting mode, a discharging groove is fixedly installed on the left side of the frame body and communicates with the outer side of the conveying roller, and a pressing strip is fixedly installed above the conveying roller in the frame body. A cutter roller is rotationally connected to the lower right side of the conveying roller in the frame in a limiting mode, and a discharging opening is formed in the position, under the conveying roller, of the bottom of the frame. According to the device, meat strips can be cut in a sliding mode, the cutting difficulty is reduced, meanwhile, extrusion caused to meat products is avoided, the stringing quality is improved, the service life of a cutter is longer, the replacement frequency of the cutter is reduced, more time and labor are saved, meanwhile, grease on the cutter can be scraped, normal dicing is guaranteed, and the cutting efficiency is improved. And the dicing efficiency and effect are improved.
Owner:HUNAN WANGXIE FOOD CO LTD

Loin puller conveyor

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.
Owner:HALL FABRICATION INC

Device and method for cutting poultry mid-wings, and drive system used in said device

The invention relates to a device for cutting pieces of meat, preferably pieces of poultry, in particular poultry mid-wings, into separate portions. The invention also relates to a drive system for use or used in said device according to the invention. The invention further relates to a method for cutting pieces of meat, preferably pieces of poultry, in particular poultry mid-wings, into separate portions, preferably by making use of the device according to the invention.
Owner:IFEC BV

An adjustable strip-cutting device for beef processing and its usage method

The present invention relates to the technical field of beef processing, and specifically relates to an adjustable strip-cutting device for beef processing and its usage method. The device includes a strip-cutting table, a notch is provided on the left side of the strip-cutting table, and a driving conveyor belt is arranged in the notch. A cutting circular saw that cooperates with the table surface is arranged at the middle position of the strip-cutting table. For this adjustable strip-cutting device for beef processing and its usage method, when the beef pushes open the baffle, the rotating shaft winds up the torsion spring to drive the first gear to rotate. After the driving slide bar is displaced, the second gear and the cross shaft are used to push the scraper out of the sampling seat. At this time, the top of the beef on the driving conveyor belt is cut into meat slices by the popped-up scraper towards the sample cavity. Compared with traditional strip-cutting devices, the above-mentioned baffle and scraper cooperate to automatically pre-reserve samples of the strip-cut beef during the beef conveying process, facilitating the user to quickly trace back using the samples when problems are found in the beef later, which is convenient for process improvement and raw material control.
Owner:ZHEJIANG JIASHI FOOD CO LTD

Slitting method and system capable of realizing intelligent conversion of raw meat strip shape

The present application relates to the technical field of food intelligent processing, and provides a slitting method and system capable of realizing intelligent conversion of raw material meat strip shape, which is applied to a server and comprises the following steps: in response to a raw material meat slitting signal, obtaining slitting mode information of the raw material meat, and obtaining meat product multi-dimensional information of the raw material meat through a raw material meat multi-dimensional information sensing unit; based on the meat product multi-dimensional information, a raw material meat adjusting unit adjusts the relative position of the raw material meat in the transportation direction; based on the meat product multi-dimensional information, a raw material meat shaping unit shapes the external shape of the raw material meat after the relative position is adjusted; based on the slitting mode information, a meat product processing unit adjusts the slitting form of the raw material meat, and performs slitting on the raw material meat. The present application realizes intelligent conversion and rapid slitting of the raw material meat between strip cutting and dicing by obtaining multi-dimensional information of the raw material meat, formulating a slitting strategy, and realizes quantitative slicing, strip cutting and dicing, and provides technical support for machine human-simulated intelligent quantitative slitting and precise loss reduction.
Owner:INST OF AGRO FOOD SCI & TECH CHINESE ACADEMY OF AGRI SCI

Pork processing and slitting device

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.
Owner:SHANDONG DELISI FOOD CO LTD +1

Raw meat machine humanoid cutting equipment based on multi-dimensional information perception

The present invention relates to the field of intelligent food processing technology, and provides a raw meat machine-simulated humanoid cutting equipment based on multidimensional information perception. The equipment includes: a raw meat multidimensional information sensing unit for obtaining multidimensional information about the raw meat; a raw meat adjustment unit, disposed downstream of the raw meat multidimensional information sensing unit, for at least adjusting the relative position of the raw meat in the moving direction based on the multidimensional information about the meat; a raw meat shaping unit, disposed downstream of the raw meat adjustment unit, for at least adjusting the external shape of the raw meat based on the multidimensional information about the meat; a meat processing unit, disposed downstream of the raw meat shaping unit, for cutting the raw meat into meat products based on the multidimensional information about the meat; and a meat packaging unit, disposed downstream of the meat processing unit. The present invention combines food processing, artificial intelligence algorithms, and the chef's knife skills during the cooking process of Chinese dishes to obtain multidimensional information about the raw meat and formulate corresponding strategies for cutting into slices, strips, or cubes.
Owner:INST OF AGRO FOOD SCI & TECH CHINESE ACADEMY OF AGRI SCI

Systems and methods involving object processing using levitation

A system and method for processing of food parts includes use of carriers for receiving, transporting, and presenting food parts for processing, including trimming. The carriers are moved about reconfigurable worktable under computer control from an infeed location, to a processing location, and to an outfeed location. Operators perform trimming of the food parts into constituent food parts that are transported by the carriers for further processing.
Owner:BAADER FOOD SYST USA INC

Apparatus and method for sorting and orienting food items

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.
Owner:MAREL HF

System for processing food products

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.
Owner:WEBER FOOD TECHNOLOGY SE & CO KG

Pig blood sausage processing equipment and process

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.
Owner:SHIJIAZHUANG SHUANGGE SHENGYUN FOOD CO LTD

Automated food / feed mass transport system

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.
Owner:GEA FOOD SOLUTIONS BAKEL BV

Comminuted meat products and apparatuses and methods for producing comminuted meat products

A method includes receiving a stream of input material made up of pieces of meat and separating a first material and a second material from the input material. The first material includes liquified meat fat and the second material includes raw lean meat. Fat granules are formed from a portion of the first material. A quantity of the meat fat granules at a meat fat blending temperature are then combined with a quantity of the second material at a lean meat blending temperature to produce a target comminuted meat product having a target lean point.
Owner:EMPIRICAL INNOVATIONS INC

A brine injection machine for injecting brine to meat pieces and a method for operating the same

PendingUS20250311739A1Injection based meat processingMeat packaging/handling/transportingSaline injectionProcess engineering
A brine injection machine for injecting brine to meat pieces is provided. The machine comprises an auxiliary frame (10) configured to carry a pre-filtering unit (6), and a pre-filtered brine tank (7), the auxiliary frame being detachable with regard to the main frame (1). At least one level sensors (32) is configured for detecting an amount of pre-filtered brine in the pre-filtered brine tank (7), and an electronic control device is configured for controlling the brine injection operation as a function of the amount of pre-filtered brine in the pre-filtered brine tank (7) that can be recycled, as detected by the at least one level sensor (32) at the end of a brine injection cycle. It is also disclosed a method for operating a brine injection machine according to the invention.
Owner:METALQUIMIA SAU

Bone-in beef slicing system

A meat product guidance and slicing system including a chute to slide meat products toward a slicing system and upper and lower meat product supports to apply pressure to the meat product that is sliding through the chute to prevent the meat product from rotating while being slid toward the slicing system. The meat product guidance and slicing system also includes an adjustable means to adjust the thickness of a piece of the meat product to be sliced therefrom.
Owner:ROSS IND INC +2

Food processing apparatus and corresponding food processing method

A food processing apparatus for processing food products, in particular meat products, includes a press for pressing the food products with specific pressing parameters and a control unit which is connected on its output side to the press and sets the pressing parameters. A first analyzing device for analyzing the food products before pressing and for generating corresponding first analysis parameters of the food products is provided. The first analysis parameters represent product properties of the analyzed food product. The control unit is connected to the first analyzing device and sets the pressing parameters depending on the first analysis parameters.
Owner:PROVISUR TECHNOLOGIES LLC

Food article high speed slicing machine

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.
Owner:FORMAX INC

Pork jerky processing and forming device

The present invention relates to the technical field of pork jerky processing, specifically a pork jerky processing and forming device, comprising a fixed frame, a conveying frame and a supporting frame. The pork jerky processing and forming device can slice the pork jerky progressively through the cooperation between the lifting component and the slicing device, so that the cut thickness is uniform, and under the action of the limiting device, it can cut the product and clean the remaining meat on the blade to prevent the blade from affecting the next cutting. At the same time, under the slicing of the slicing device, the conveying device will follow the reciprocating movement, and the rolling device will assist in flattening the sliced ​​pork, so that the sliced ​​pork jerky is flattened on the conveyor belt for transportation until it is sent to the receiving device to complete the plate transportation of the sliced ​​pork jerky. Therefore, automation is realized in the pork jerky processing project, and the functions of automatic meat cutting and automatic plate arrangement are completed. At the same time, the product standards can be unified, and the production efficiency can be improved and the cost can be saved.
Owner:BESTORE CO LTD

Loin puller conveyor

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.
Owner:HALL FABRICATION INC

X-ray inspection of meat

A conveyor system (100) is disclosed, comprising a first conveyor (102) leading to a detection point (104), the first conveyor (102) including a diverting mechanism (106) configured to divert an object based on failure to meet detection parameters. The system (100) includes a second conveyor (108) configured to carry a container (110). The container (110) is configured to receive the object from the diverting mechanism (106). A control module (112) is configured to register an image of the object captured at the detection point (104) along with container ID (204) data of the container (110).
Owner:METTLER-TOLEDO LLC

Portioning and trimming of rib primal cuts

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.
Owner:JBT MAREL CORPORATION

Beef cutting and automatic conveying device

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.
Owner:SHANDONG PROVINCE YANGXIN COUNTY FUAN HALAL MEAT LTD CO

Device and method for cutting poultry middle wings

The invention relates to a device for cutting meat pieces, preferably poultry pieces, in particular poultry middle wings, into individual parts. The invention also relates to a drive system for the device according to the invention or for use in the device according to the invention. The invention also relates to a method for cutting meat pieces, preferably poultry pieces, in particular poultry middle wings, into individual parts, preferably by using a device according to the invention.
Owner:IFEC BV

Systems and methods involving object processing using levitation

A system (100) and method for processing of food parts (120) includes use of carriers (108) for receiving, transporting, and presenting food parts for processing, including trimming. The carriers are moved about reconfigurable work surface (128) under computer control from an infeed location (126), to a processing location (168), and to an outfeed location. Operators (124) perform trimming of the food parts into constituent food parts that are transported by the carriers for further processing.
Owner:BAADER FOOD SYST USA INC

Energy-saving intelligent production line for fresh meat equal-weight cutting

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.
Owner:济南翰科机械有限公司