27results about "Packaging cheese" patented technology

A line having a food processing apparatus and a packaging machine between which a placement and transport apparatus is provided that has a plurality of tablet trays on which food products are placed and with which the food products are transported towards the packaging machine, the tablet trays move in a contact-free manner along a closed transport surface; a method for producing packaged food slices using the line, the food products are deposited onto the tablet trays and then transported towards the packaging machine; a method for cleaning the line, the tablet trays are lifted from the transport surface and the transport surface is cleaned with a cleaning liquid; and a method for cleaning the line, the tablet trays are removed from the transport surface and cleaned in a cleaning machine.

The present invention relates to a production line (10) for the portioning and weighing of pasty products, especially kashar cheese, placing them in multiple molds (15) and transporting these multiple molds (15) in the production of pasty foods, and to a production method. The production line (10) and production method, which are the subject of the invention provide a significant improvement in the food sector by offering many advantages such as minimizing hygiene problems, increasing space efficiency, reducing manpower needs and saving energy.

The application relates to a device for cutting food packaging along a longitudinal direction, comprising a base, a support structure arranged on the base, and at least one cutting tool coupled to the support structure, wherein the cutting tool, or at least one of the cutting tools, is adjustable between a cutting position and a passive position when the support structure is arranged on the base. The application also relates to a method for cutting packaging along a longitudinal direction using a device, wherein the device comprises a base, a support structure arranged on the base, and at least one cutting tool coupled to the support structure. According to the method, the cutting tool is adjusted between a cutting position and a passive position to set the width of the packaging to be cut, while the support structure is arranged on the base.The packaging is then cut using at least one cutting tool that is in its cutting position.

A plant for processing food products comprises at least one processing device and in particular a processing line having a plurality of processing devices connected after one another. Furthermore, the plant comprises a remote control device, which can be positioned spatially separately from the at least one processing device, wherein the remote control device positioned spatially separately from the at least one processing device is configured to change a setting of the at least one processing device in response to a user input.

A separating unit for a packaging machine for packing food products is disclosed. The separating unit may be used in a molding station, a heating station, or a combined heating and molding station. The separating unit may be configured to process a material web that is moved through the packaging machine in a transport direction. The processing of the material web may be performed by a plurality of separating elements that may be of the same type or of different types to produce perforations and / or peel corner cuts in the material web.

Packaging machine for packaging products in packages, the packaging machine comprising a transfer device for transferring a product to a package, a recognition device for recognizing data indicative of a relative position of the inserted product and the package, a correction device for changing a relative position of an inserted product and the package, and a control unit, wherein the control unit is designed to control the correction device based on the indicative data for changing the relative position of the inserted product and the packaging.

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).

The invention relates to a conveying device (2) for formatting disc-shaped food products into product stacks. The conveying device (2) comprises an inlet (4), a lower product conveyor (8), an upper product conveyor (7, 9), a vertically pivotable distributor conveyor (6) for distributing the incoming food products selectively to the lower product conveyor (8) or to the upper product conveyor (7, 9), an outlet conveyor (10) which receives the food products from the lower product conveyor (8) and the upper product conveyor (7, 9) in a partially stacked state, and an outlet (11) for discharging the stacked food products in product rows.The invention provides that the individual conveying lanes (6G, 6H) of the distributor conveyor (6) are independently pivotable vertically in order to selectively direct the incoming food products for each conveying lane either to the lower product conveyor (8) or to the upper product conveyor (7, 9). The invention further comprises a corresponding operating method.

The present application is directed to a system for packaging a product, the system comprising: a) a holder for retaining a plurality bags; b) a rotatable drum, the rotatable drum including a first plurality of vacuum suction cups positioned on a first portion of the drum and a second plurality of vacuum suction cups on a second portion of the drum; c) a third plurality of suction cups positioned above the drum capable of extending down to secure the bag and retract; and d) a spreader assembly configured to hold the bag open. Methods are also disclosed.

A food-processing system for processing food products (e.g. pieces of meat, pieces of cheese) includes a cutting device for cutting the food products into slices and a conveyor for conveying the food product portions away from the cutting device along a main conveyor path. The conveyor fulfills several functions in the food-processing system, such as buffering, aligning, orienting and product formatting of the food product portions, by a discontinuous conveyor. The discontinuous conveyor includes at least one conveyed-products carrier movable along the main conveying path. The main conveying path is freely programmable within a conveying area.

The invention discloses a vacuum packaging machine for cheese processing and a using method thereof, and relates to the technical field of food processing, and the vacuum packaging machine comprises a first annular conveying belt, an automatic sorting mechanism and a central controller. By means of the first annular conveying belt and the second annular conveying belt under the first annular conveying belt, space is saved, the material flow direction is optimized, the automatic sorting mechanism located at the tail end of the first annular conveying belt can dynamically adjust the sorting angle under precise regulation and control of the central controller, efficient and accurate automatic sorting is achieved, and the working efficiency is improved. The upper conveying belt and the lower conveying belt are synchronously driven by the same driving motor through a transmission mechanism, strict and consistent operation speed is ensured, blockage or product damage in the sorting process is effectively prevented, the sorting flexibility and adaptability are improved through intelligent coordination of the central controller, and the sorting efficiency is improved through the design of sharing a driving source and assisting sliding by means of gravity. Energy conservation and consumption reduction are achieved, and then the space utilization rate, the automation level, the operation stability and the energy efficiency of the cheese vacuum packaging production line are remarkably improved.

A method for forming a multi-flavor or mixed package food product is described. The method includes forming a plurality of pick-up containers (C A -C D ) each pick-up container (C A -C D ) is a product of multiple products (A 1-4 -D 1-4 ) and accommodates multiple products (A 1-4 -D 1-4 ) are identical to each other, but differ from the products of other pickup containers (A 1-4 -D 1-4 ) and multiple release vessels (R A -R D ) and preparing a plurality of pick-up and release units (U A -U D ) and preparing each pickup and release unit (U A -U D ) is a pickup and release unit (U A -U D ) has multiple products (A 1-4 -D 1-4 ) which are identical to each other but picked up by different pick-up and release units (A 1-4 -D 1-4 ) different products (A 1-4 -D 1-4 ) to pick up each pickup container (C A -C D ) to N A-D (N≧2) products are picked up and then multiple pick-up and release units (U A -U D ) is a first number M1 for a single corresponding release container A-D (N>M1>=1) product (A 1-4 -D 1-4 ) first release and multiple pickup and release units (U A -U D ) and multiple release vessels (R A -R D) and then a second number M2 of N-M1 products remaining from the picked up products. A-D Each pick-up and release unit (U) for releasing (N-M1>=M2>=1) products into a single corresponding release container A -U D ) and a second release using a different product (A 1-4 -D 1-4 ) with multiple release vessels (R A -R D ) to fill each pickup and release unit (U A -U D ) performs the first and second releases to different release containers, and the first and second releases are carried out by a plurality of pick-up and release units (U A -U D ) is the product (A 1-4 -D 1-4 ) configured to be performed consecutively without performing further pick-up of the

The invention relates to a blank cut for packaging a portion of food (3), the blank cut comprising fold lines (1a, 1b, 1c) which define a lower panel (5) and two side flaps (6), each having a side panel (7) and an upper segment (8), the segments being arranged to together form an upper wall with each segment being provided with an opening tab (9) having a base (9a), each of said bases being arranged so as to be associated with one another such that they peel off when the opening tabs (9) are pulled, each flap (8) having two tear lines (10) which each extend from an edge of the base (9a) of the tab (9) along the upper panel segment (8) and the side panel (7), the lower panel (5) being devoid of a tear line.

The invention relates to a food-processing system for processing food products (e.g. pieces of meat, pieces of cheese), comprising a cutting device (1) for slicing the food products into slices and a conveying system (4) for conveying the food portions (6) away from the cutting device (1) along a main conveying path, wherein the conveying system (4) fulfills several functions in the food-processing system, such as the buffering, aligning, orienting and product formatting of the food portions. According to the invention, the conveying system (4) fulfills the several functions by means of a discontinuous conveyor (4), the discontinuous conveyor (4) having at least one conveyed-goods carrier (3), which can be moved along the main conveying path, the main conveying path being freely programmable within a conveying surface.

The invention relates to an installation for processing food products, comprising at least one processing device and in particular a processing line having a plurality of processing devices connected one behind the other. The installation also comprises a remote control device which is positionable spatially separately from the at least one processing device, wherein the remote control device positioned spatially separately from the at least one processing device is designed to adjust a setting of the at least one processing device in response to a user input.

A separating unit for a packaging machine for packing food products is disclosed. The separating unit may be used in a molding station, a heating station, or a combined heating and molding station. The separating unit may be configured to process a material web that is moved through the packaging machine in a transport direction. The processing of the material web may be performed by a plurality of separating elements that may be of the same type or of different types to produce perforations and / or peel corner cuts in the material web.

Conveying device for conveying product portions (46) from food products (22), in particular for conveying between a device (12) for cutting the food products (22) and a device (60) for packaging the product portions (46), with a) an infeed conveyor (84) to which one or more product portions (46) arranged in a format level (56) can be fed and which conveys a respective format in an infeed conveying direction (85); b) an output conveyor (88) by means of which a format can be discharged in an output conveying direction (89); wherein c) a format fed to the input conveyor (84) defines an input format (50); d) the conveying device (58) comprises a format alignment device (66) and is configured such that the output feeder (88) discharges a delivery format (70) which has a different orientation with respect to the output conveying direction (89) than the input format (50) with respect to the input conveying direction (85); characterized in that e) a movable infeed transfer conveyor (86) is provided, which is movable between an infeed transfer position and a release position and in the infeed transfer position works in terms of conveying technology with both the infeed conveyor (84) and the format alignment device (66) and releases the format alignment device (66) in the release position; f) a movable output transfer conveyor (90) is provided, which is movable between an output transfer position and a release position and in the output transfer position works in terms of conveying technology with both the output conveyor (88) and the format alignment device (66) and in the release position releases the format alignment device (66).

A workstation for a packaging machine is designed to process a material web provided by the packaging machine in order to be processed and comprises a heating assembly, which has a heating plate and an electrical heating element for heating the heating plate. The heating plate has a material web contacting surface for contacting the material web during processing, the contacting surface being equipped with a plurality of vacuum openings for suctioning the material web during processing. Each of the vacuum openings is in the form of an inlet of a respective vacuum channel, which extends in a straight line through the heating plate and opens into a vacuum chamber opposite the material web contacting surface, the vacuum chamber having a vacuum connection for connecting a vacuum source.

A workstation for a packaging machine is designed to process a web of material supplied by the packaging machine and comprises a heating arrangement with a heating plate and an electric heating element for heating the plate. The heating plate has a web contact surface for contacting the web during processing, on which several vacuum openings are arranged for suctioning the web during processing. Each vacuum opening serves as the inlet to a vacuum channel that extends straight through the heating plate and opens into a vacuum chamber opposite the web contact surface, which has a vacuum port for connecting a vacuum source.

An apparatus include a pusher assembly and a nozzle assembly. The pusher assembly has a pusher cap configured to push a product into a bag. The nozzle assembly is coupled to the pusher assembly. The nozzle assembly has a nozzle from which the nozzle assembly can selectively direct a stream of gas. The nozzle is arranged so that the stream of gas is directed from the nozzle toward an inner surface of a neck of the bag. When the nozzle assembly selectively directs the stream of gas from the nozzle toward the inner surface of the neck of the bag after the pusher cap has pushed the product into the bag, the stream of gas directed toward the inner surface of the neck of the bag flattens the neck of the bag with the product located in the bag.

A method for forming a package for creamy products including the following steps: the formation of a tray starting from a first piece of wrapping material in such a way as to form a base and a continuous perimeter edge perpendicular to the base; dosing a predetermined quantity of creamy product into the tray formed; forming a lid for closing the upper opening of the tray starting from a second piece of wrapping material and positioning the lid formed in contact with the creamy product; the second piece has a surface for covering the creamy product and a raised perimeter edge extending from the covering surface and positioned to face the perimeter edge of the tray; a sealing of the package by sealing the lid to the tray obtained by partial sealing of the perimeter edges placed side by side of the tray and of the lid to the tray in such a way as to define at least a first perimeter zone of the edges sealed together and at least a second perimeter zone of the edges which are not sealed and communicating with the creamy product contained in the tray; a folding of the facing perimeter edges on the covering surface of the lid; a subsequent step of expelling any air present in the tray by pressing on the creamy product contained in the tray; and lastly a complete sealing of the folded perimeter edges in such a way as to define a complete sealing of the package obtained.

Food product package formed by a sheet (10) resulting from a blank (70) with a plurality of sheets, each sheet of the blank having weakened portions (30, 31, 32, 33, 42, 43, 44, 53, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66), and a tongue (56) which is secured to a transverse edge (40) of the sheet, the sheet being folded along transverse weakened portions (42, 43, 44, 53, 66) in order to form a tube with a rectangular cross-section and being sealed on itself along a peelable or tearable transverse joint, the tongue (56) projecting longitudinally from the transverse joint, the sheet being sealed longitudinally along a longitudinal base joint, and the package being closed by longitudinally sealing the sheet on itself along a longitudinal top joint.

Described is a machine for forming packages containing pasty product comprising a feeding station (1) for supplying a wrapping sheet (2); a forming station (3) for forming folds on the wrapping sheet (2) and in such a way as to form a cup-shaped container (2T); a body (5) rotating about a first axis (5X) of rotation along a circular processing path (P) and having at least one transport seat (6) for conveying the cup-shaped container (2T); a dosing station (7) for dosing a pasty product inside the cup-shaped container (2T); a closing station (9) for closing the cup-shaped container (2T) containing the pasty product, a discharge station (11) for receiving the closed package; the first axis (5X) of rotation of the rotating body (5) is oriented horizontally and the circular working path (P) is on a substantially vertical plane, each transport seat (6) comprises a hollow body (13) having side walls positioned radially relative to the rotating body (5) and an extractor member (14) having a support surface (14a) slidably mounted inside the hollow body (13) in such a way as to form a bottom wall of the transport seat (6), the extractor member (14) is movable along a radial direction relative to the rotting body (5), between a retracted position closer to the first axis (5X) of rotation and a position farther from the first axis (5X) of rotation so as to eject the closed package from the transport seat (6).

Packaging machine for packaging products in packaging, the packaging machine comprising a transfer device for transferring a product to a package, a detection device for detecting indicative data for a relative position of the inserted product and the package, a correction device for changing a relative position of an inserted product and the package, and a control unit, wherein the control unit is configured to control the correction device based on the indicative data to change the relative position of the inserted product and the package.

Provided is a method for forming an aggregate (M) of food pieces (m) by arranging a plurality of food pieces (m) so that at least some of the food pieces overlap each other. In this method, the number of food pieces (m) forming each aggregate (M) and the pitch (K) at which the food pieces (m) are arranged are automatically changed, the weight of each aggregate (M) is controlled within a predetermined allowable range, and the entire length of each aggregate (M) is formed to a set length (A). Furthermore, according to the length (A) of the food sheets (m) in the arrangement direction, the number of the food sheets (m) forming each aggregate (M) and the pitch (K) at which the food sheets (m) are arranged are automatically changed.