Device for detecting and evaluating product-specific information of products of food-processing industry, system comprising such device, and method for processing products of food-processing industry

Abstract

The invention relates to a device (10) which is designed to detect and evaluate product-specific information of products (12) of the food-processing industry, comprising a transport conveyor (11) which is gap-free on the transport plane for transporting individualized products (12) in the transport direction T from an inlet end to an outlet end, an x-ray unit (13) with at least one x-ray source (14) and at least one x-ray camera (15) or at least one x-ray detector for detecting product-specific information, wherein the x-ray source (14) and the x-ray camera (15) are paired with the transport conveyor (11) such that the products (12) can be guided along between the x-ray source (14) and the x-ray camera (15), and a control unit (16) which is connected to the x-ray unit (13) and is designedto receive and evaluate the product-specific information that is detected by the x-ray unit (13) and forms a first data set. The invention is characterized in that at least one optical camera (17) which, in addition to the x-ray unit (13), can be used to detect product-specific information of the products (12) transported on the transport conveyor (11) is paired with the same transport conveyor (11) between the inlet end and the outlet end of the conveyor, and the optical camera (17) is connected to a control unit (18) which is designed to receive and evaluate the product-specific informationthat is detected by the optical camera (17) and forms a second data set. The invention also relates to a system (29) comprising such a device (10) and to a method for processing products (12) of the food-processing industry.

Description

technical field [0001] The invention relates to a device designed and constructed to acquire and analyze specific data of products in the food processing industry, comprising a conveyor without gaps in the conveying plane for separating separated products in the conveying direction T from the incoming An X-ray unit for acquiring product-specific data with at least one X-ray source and at least one X-ray camera or at least one X-ray detector, wherein the X-ray source and the X-ray camera Distributed to the conveyor in such a way that the product can be guided between the X-ray source and the X-ray camera; and the product connected to the X-ray unit and designed to be acquired by said X-ray unit forming the first data set Control unit for specific data. [0002] The invention also relates to a system designed and constructed to process products of the food processing industry, comprising means designed and constructed to acquire and analyze product-specific data of the products...

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Another disadvantage is that the X-ray unit does not identify all unwanted areas to be cut or only identifies them insufficiently

In other words, x-ray units have difficulty identifying defects outside of bones, areas of bone, and other hard tissues

Another disadvantage is that products must be tracked during shipping through a system that is both expensive and leads to imprecise results

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