A flexible intelligent production line for salmon processing

By designing a flexible intelligent production line for salmon processing, and adopting a two-stage flip design and photoelectric sensors, the problems of low efficiency and data errors in traditional salmon processing have been solved, achieving efficient and safe salmon processing.

CN117941729BActive Publication Date: 2025-10-28XINJIANG TIANYUN ORGANIC AGRI CO LTD
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Application Number
CN202211265090.8
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Patents(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2022-10-18
Publication Date
2025-10-28
Estimated Expiration
2042-10-18

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Technical Problem

Traditional salmon processing is inefficient, involves numerous steps, and is prone to spoilage and deterioration. It also increases the risk of data recording errors by workers and cross-contamination.

Method used

A flexible intelligent production line for salmon processing was designed, including unloading, evisceration, cleaning, sorting, weighing and palletizing mechanisms. It adopts a two-stage flipping design, flow guide baffles and ice-water separation tank, and uses photoelectric sensors and metal detection devices to achieve accurate grading and real-time data monitoring.

Benefits of technology

It improves processing efficiency, reduces the risk of product damage and cross-contamination, ensures data accuracy, enables flexible matching of grading specifications and weight, and ensures food safety.

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Abstract

This invention provides a flexible intelligent production line for salmon processing, relating to the technical field of salmon processing equipment. The flexible intelligent production line includes a fish unloading mechanism, a visceration mechanism, a cleaning mechanism, a sorting mechanism, a weighing mechanism, a metal detection device, and a stacking mechanism. The fish unloading mechanism includes an unloading platform, hydraulic cylinders, a tilting platform, anti-tipping crossbars, guide baffles, and an ice-water separation tank. The visceration mechanism includes a raw fish conveyor belt, a gutting platform, a raw fish distribution lever, and an adjustable anti-slip grid pedal. The cleaning mechanism includes a viscerated raw fish conveyor belt, a spray device, a lifting conveyor belt, a spiral cleaning tank, aeration holes, and a scoop net. This invention provides a flexible intelligent production line for salmon processing. The overall layout of this flexible intelligent production line is reasonable and compact, with multiple functions, facilitating actual operation by workers, and simultaneously achieving short processing time and high processing quality for salmon.
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Technical Field

[0001] This invention relates to the field of salmon processing equipment technology, specifically a flexible intelligent production line for salmon processing. Background Art

[0002] Salmon is a common name for some salmonid fish, named for the similarity in pronunciation to the English word "salmon." It is one of the world's most prized fish, often referred to as the "King of Fish" or "Gold of the Water." In recent years, with the increasing development of the raw food industry in China, salmon has become a top choice for raw food restaurants. Due to its high protein and unsaturated fat content, and its high water content making it prone to spoilage, salmon easily deteriorates and rots if not properly preserved after capture. Therefore, maximizing processing speed—quickly selecting, weighing, and packaging the fish to minimize the time the fillets are exposed to the external environment—is crucial for salmon processing.

[0003] Currently, salmon processing mostly involves manual weighing, grading, and packaging. This grading method is highly susceptible to cross-contamination due to insufficient hand disinfection by employees, leading to a decrease in product qualification rate. The grading and packaging process requires different weights and packaging specifications according to order requirements, and the high-intensity work of employees also poses a potential risk of data recording errors. Therefore, technological improvements are urgently needed. Summary of the Invention

[0004] (a) Technical problems to be solved

[0005] To address the shortcomings of existing technologies, this invention provides a flexible intelligent production line for salmon processing. It can solve the problems of low processing efficiency and numerous processing steps in traditional salmon processing, the problem of long overall processing time in traditional salmon processing which makes salmon prone to spoilage, and the problem of data recording errors that are easy to occur when workers are working under high intensity for long periods of time.

[0006] (2) Technical solution

[0007] To achieve the above objectives, the present invention provides the following technical solution: a flexible intelligent production line for salmon processing, comprising a fish unloading mechanism, a visceration mechanism, a cleaning mechanism, a sorting mechanism, a weighing mechanism, a metal detection device, and a palletizing mechanism. The fish unloading mechanism includes a fish unloading platform, a hydraulic cylinder, a tilting platform, an anti-tipping crossbar, a flow guide baffle, and an ice-water separation tank. The visceration mechanism includes a raw fish conveyor belt, a gutting platform, a raw fish distribution lever, and an adjustable anti-slip grid pedal. The cleaning mechanism includes a viscerated raw fish conveyor belt, a spraying device, a lifting conveyor belt, a spiral cleaning tank, an aeration hole, and a scoop net.

[0008] The selection mechanism includes a raw fish chute, a selection platform, a non-conforming chute, a non-conforming weekly packing, a first raw fish temporary storage tank, a trigger bracket, a trigger baffle, a proximity switch, a first photoelectric sensor, a locking cylinder, a storage door, a drain conveyor belt, and equidistant baffles. The weighing mechanism includes a correction conveyor belt, a belt scale, left and right guide baffles, a grading conveyor belt, a grading port, a pneumatic grading lever, a second photoelectric sensor, a second raw fish temporary storage tank, an empty box conveyor belt, a packing waiting area, an empty box waiting area, a third raw fish temporary storage tank, a bucket scale, a marking waiting area, a label printer, a printing area, a turning conveyor belt, a full box conveyor belt, a re-inspection station, a non-powered roller conveyor belt, and a circulating elevator. The palletizing mechanism includes a palletizing robot, a pallet loading area, and a pallet unloading machine.

[0009] The front end of the raw fish chute is fixedly connected to the selection platform. The unqualified chute is fixedly connected to both sides of the front end of the selection platform. The end of the unqualified chute away from the selection platform is fixedly connected to the unqualified box. The front end of the selection platform is provided with a first raw fish temporary storage tank. The two sides of the lower part of the trigger bracket are fixedly connected to the proximity switch. The lower end of the proximity switch is electrically connected to the trigger baffle. The lower end of the compartment door is hinged to the locking cylinder. The drain conveyor belt is located at the front end of the selection platform. The upper end of the drain conveyor belt is fixedly connected to multiple equidistant baffles.

[0010] The draining conveyor belt and equidistant baffles can drain the residual water in the abdominal cavity of the fish. At the same time, the equidistant baffles on the conveyor belt effectively help the accuracy of the weighing process in the next step, and avoid the phenomenon of counting imbalance caused by multiple fish being weighed together.

[0011] Through the above technical solutions, the device maintains the original working efficiency and innovatively designs a two-stage flipping design, which solves the problem of product surface damage caused by the traditional one-stage violent dumping. The unloading platform is also designed with a flow guide baffle and an ice-water separation tank to effectively guide the products in the insulated box and separate the fish from the water, which facilitates the rapid processing of the next process. At the same time, the device can adjust the number of employees in the decontamination area according to the single-shift production capacity. In case of insufficient orders, the lever of a certain workstation can be activated to arrange the work saturation of the staff in a timely manner.

[0012] Preferably, the lower end of the hydraulic cylinder is hinged to the unloading platform, the upper end of the hydraulic cylinder is hinged to the lower end of the tilting platform, and the lower end of the anti-tipping crossbar is fixedly connected to one side of the upper surface of the tilting platform.

[0013] The above technical solution uses anti-tipping crossbars to prevent the insulated turnover box from tipping forward during the overturning process.

[0014] Preferably, the side of the unloading platform away from the anti-tipping crossbar is fixedly connected to the guide baffle, and the ice-water separation tank is located at the lower end of the unloading platform;

[0015] The above technical solution enables effective guidance and fish-water separation of products within the insulated packaging through an ice-water separation tank.

[0016] Preferably, the raw fish distribution lever is hinged to the raw fish conveyor belt, the gutting platform is located at the lower end of the raw fish conveyor belt, and the adjustable anti-slip grille pedal is fixedly connected to the bottom of the lower outer wall of the gutting platform.

[0017] The above technical solution, using adjustable anti-slip grating pedals, can reduce the occurrence of safety accidents in production.

[0018] Preferably, four spraying devices are fixedly connected to the upper end of the decontaminated fish conveyor belt, the lifting conveyor belt is located at the front end of the decontaminated fish conveyor belt, the spiral cleaning tank is located at the lower end of the decontaminated fish conveyor belt, the spiral cleaning tank is provided with multiple aeration holes inside, and the scoop net is fixedly connected to the inside of the spiral cleaning tank.

[0019] The above technical solution allows for the cleaning of the fish's surface and the conveyor belt surface through a spraying device.

[0020] Preferably, the upper end of the correction conveyor belt is fixedly connected to the left and right guide baffles, the grading conveyor belt is located at the front end of the belt scale, the opening of the grading port is provided with a pneumatic grading lever, the inner walls on both sides of the grading port are fixedly connected to the second photoelectric sensor, the lower end of the grading conveyor belt is provided with a second raw fish temporary storage tank, the upper end of the grading conveyor belt is provided with an empty box conveyor belt, the boxing waiting area is located at the lower end of the second raw fish temporary storage tank, the empty box waiting area is located at the upper end of the second raw fish temporary storage tank, the upper end of the third raw fish temporary storage tank is fixedly connected to the lower end of the bucket scale, the marking waiting area is located at the lower end of the boxing waiting area, the upper part of the front end of the printing area is fixedly connected to the label printer, the turning conveyor belt is located at the lower end of the printing area, the full box conveyor belt is located at the lower end of the turning conveyor belt, the front end of the full box conveyor belt is fixedly connected to the re-inspection station, the front end of the re-inspection station is fixedly connected to the non-powered roller conveyor belt, the upper part of the front end of the non-powered roller conveyor belt is provided with a circulating elevator, and the front end of the non-powered roller conveyor belt is fixedly connected to the metal detection device.

[0021] Through the above technical solution, the metal detection device can ensure that food safety hazards caused by the incorporation of metal foreign objects in the previous processing steps are eliminated. The detector can detect iron, stainless steel and non-ferrous materials. Once the above foreign objects are detected, it will automatically stop and issue an audible and visual alarm.

[0022] Preferably, the pallet loading area is located at the top of the palletizing robot, and the pallet unloading machine is located at the top of the palletizing robot.

[0023] Working Principle: This flexible intelligent salmon processing production line first uses a forklift to lift and transport the insulated salmon crates to the unloading platform. Pressing a remote control sends a tilting command, and the receiving device communicates with the PLC to activate the hydraulic station. The hydraulic solenoid valves open, raising the hydraulic cylinders on both sides and driving the tilting platform forward. Anti-tipping crossbars are installed above the tilting platform to prevent the insulated crates from tipping over during the tilting process. The PLC's lifting command is executed in two stages. The first stage of lifting lasts for 10 seconds, then the second stage is executed until the proximity switch on the unloading platform's support communicates with the tilting platform. The system maintains the tilting posture for another 10 seconds, then the cylinders descend and the tilting platform returns to its original position. The raw salmon is then transported by a conveyor belt to each gutting platform. Each gutting platform has a raw salmon distribution lever. Employees... Select or turn on / off the raw fish distribution lever according to the quantity of raw materials at the workstation. Raw materials not fully distributed at the front end are automatically sent to the final visceration platform. However, after visceration, the raw fish have a large amount of blood, fish feces, uneaten feed, and other dirt attached to their abdominal cavity and surface. The viscerated raw fish conveyor belt is equipped with four spray devices to rinse and clean the surface of the fish and the conveyor belt. The product is lifted to the spiral cleaning tank by an lifting conveyor belt, which uses a mesh conveyor belt. During the lifting process, the wastewater on the surface of the viscerated raw fish is promptly drained, extending the service life of the water in the spiral cleaning tank. An ice-adding system is installed at the top of the spiral cleaning tank to control the temperature of the water inside. The Roots blower installed in the tank continuously and efficiently forms a high-speed jet of water inside the tank, causing the fish to rotate and generating a large number of microbubbles. The bursting of the microbubbles generates a powerful shock. The spiral washing system uses shock waves to thoroughly clean the surface and abdominal cavity of the fish, causing blood and impurities to float to the surface and flow out through the overflow outlet. Water replenishment pipes promptly replenish lost water. Each tank has a landing net at the end to scoop out the fish and transfer them to the next process. The landing net then transports the fish along a fish chute to the selection platform. On the selection platform, staff use external senses to inspect and screen for deformed, physically damaged, or diseased fish. Substandard fish are moved through a non-conforming product chute and packaged separately. Conforming fish slide into a temporary storage tank, triggering a baffle. A proximity switch on the baffle closes and communicates with the PLC. The PLC sends a signal to a photoelectric sensor on the fish conveyor belt. The photoelectric sensor detects that there are no fish in the empty trough of the fish conveyor belt. The PLC activates the locking cylinder, which retracts the lower door of the raw fish storage tank, allowing the raw fish to fall accurately into the empty trough of the conveyor belt. The photoelectric sensor then communicates with the PLC again, confirming the action is complete. The locking cylinder then opens, awaiting the next action. This design features two sets of raw fish storage tanks, enabling efficient sorting by two workers. The photoelectric sensor ensures that each baffle on the draining conveyor belt contains only one raw fish. During the upward movement of the draining conveyor belt, residual water in the abdominal cavity is drained. The equidistant baffle design of the conveyor belt effectively aids in the accuracy of the next weighing process, preventing multiple fish from being weighed together and causing imbalance. The corrective conveyor belt must ensure that the raw fish entering the belt scale is centered on the scale and does not come into contact with other parts of the scale, as this could cause weight errors affecting the system's grading judgment.During the process of the raw fish being transported from the drain belt to the corrective conveyor belt, due to inertia, the fish are prone to lateral movement or even tilting. The left and right guide baffles on the conveyor belt can correct and center the fish's position. However, due to the tilting issue during the initial descent, two fish may appear head-to-tail or overlap on the conveyor belt. Although the guide baffles have corrected and centered the fish, two fish may still enter the belt scale connectedly, causing errors. Therefore, the corrective conveyor belt and the belt scale are designed to operate at different speeds. When the fish enter the belt scale, the higher speed of the belt scale quickly separates the connected products, achieving accurate weighing. The raw fish then passes through the transmission system's weighing sensors, which rapidly connect and record the values ​​to the electronic control system. The electronic control system monitors all sensors and pneumatic components on the production line. The system effectively controls components such as motors and printing systems, and sequentially turns on or off electrical components of each subsystem based on sensor feedback signals. The electrical control system consists of an industrial computer, PLC, frequency converter, and relays. It can record and output the number and weight of individual fish, single-shift production reports, and production area temperature displays in real time. The system has multiple pre-set programs to track, analyze, and execute real-time data, truly achieving flexible matching of grading specifications, grading modules, and grading weights. After the fish are weighed by a belt scale, the electrical control system controls the pneumatic grading lever on the grading conveyor belt to prevent the fish from entering the designated grading port. Photoelectric sensors on both sides of the grading port chute record the number of fish. When the system reaches the preset value, the temporary storage tank opens, and the fish falls into the foam box. The empty foam box is then transported by an empty container. The conveyor belt delivers the fish to the boxing waiting area. The empty box waiting area contains pneumatic clamping cylinders and weighing sensors on both sides of the foam box. After the foam box is weighed both empty and full in the waiting area, the data is transmitted to the electronic control system. The electronic control system subtracts the two weights and communicates with the printing system. Simultaneously, the electronic control system, according to a preset program, transports the specified size of raw fish via a grading conveyor belt to the end-of-line insulated box turnover weighing module. This module can perform functions such as temporary storage, weighing, and boxing. When the raw fish arrives at the raw fish temporary storage tank, the weighing sensor of the bucket scale communicates with the electronic control system to provide feedback on the scale's working status. If the weight of the raw fish in the bucket scale has reached the system's internal threshold, the weighing result is directly communicated to the electronic control system and the printer, and the cylinder closes the raw fish temporary storage tank door, waiting for the weighing process to complete. Otherwise, the system opens the raw fish temporary storage tank. The system operates until the weight of the raw fish in the weighing bin reaches the system's preset range. Simultaneously, the independent printing system uses a manual labeling mode. The printing drive engine receives the weighing value from the electronic control system, converts it into a preset label version, and drives the label transmission mechanism to deliver blank labels to the print head for printing. After printing, the pneumatic labeling mechanism uses a negative pressure device to attract the label, and a cylinder affixes the label to the designated area of ​​the foam box. Empty boxes and lids are stored in the outer packaging material warehouse. Empty boxes and lids are manually fed into the circulating elevator's loading area. The elevator then delivers materials to the empty box and lid conveyor belt. Both the empty box conveyor belt and the empty box waiting area are equipped with photoelectric sensors. When a sensor detects a shortage of boxes at a workstation, the deflecting conveyor belt lifts the empty box and delivers it to the empty box waiting area.The next box is pushed along the empty box conveyor belt one by one. Simultaneously, the raw fish passes through the transmission system, where a weighing sensor quickly connects the data to the electronic control subsystem. The subsystem reads the empty box weight and net weight from the label's QR code. The weighing sensor subtracts the empty box weight from the actual weight and compares it to the net weight on the label. If the values ​​match, the subsystem automatically releases the box. If the weight exceeds the preset range, the subsystem issues an audible and visual alarm and deletes and records the box's data from the shift report in the electronic control system. The subsystem also has an independent weighing and labeling function, which can be used as a small-scale sales system. Relevant data can be promptly fed back into the shift report for inventory management. Furthermore, when the raw fish foam box, having passed metal detector inspection, reaches the end, an optical scanning transmission... The sensor identifies the box label, and the relevant information communicates with the electronic control subsystem. The electronic control subsystem then controls the palletizing robot to pick up the original fish foam box and place it in the designated pallet loading area. Simultaneously, the box data is transmitted to the electronic control system for comparison with the scanning results from the re-inspection station. Once the pallet reaches the preset layer height, the subsystem activates the pallet conveyor belt to deliver it to the forklift work area. The palletizing robot then automatically turns to the pallet unpacking machine to pick up empty pallets and place them in the pallet loading area where there are no pallets. Pallets in the unpacking area are placed manually. Each time an empty pallet is picked up, the unpacking machine automatically replenishes the empty pallet to the waiting area. If the optical scanning sensor cannot correctly identify the label, the pallet is sent to the manual palletizing conveyor belt via a steering conveyor belt to await manual palletizing.

[0024] (3) Beneficial effects

[0025] This invention provides a flexible intelligent production line for salmon processing. It has the following beneficial effects:

[0026] 1. This invention provides a flexible intelligent production line for salmon processing. Compared with existing devices, this device maintains the original working efficiency and innovatively designs a two-stage flipping design, which solves the problem of product surface damage caused by the traditional one-stage violent dumping. The unloading platform is also designed with a flow guide baffle and an ice-water separation tank to effectively guide the products in the insulated box and separate the fish and water, which facilitates the rapid processing of the next process.

[0027] 2. This invention provides a flexible intelligent production line for salmon processing. Compared with existing devices, this device can adjust the number of employees in the gutting area according to the single-shift capacity. When there are insufficient orders, a lever for a certain workstation can be activated to promptly arrange the work saturation of the personnel. Each gutting platform is equipped with an adjustable anti-slip grid pedal to reduce the occurrence of safety accidents.

[0028] 3. This invention provides a flexible intelligent production line for salmon processing. Compared with existing devices, this device has two sets of raw fish temporary storage tanks. The selection process is efficiently operated by two people through rapid sorting. Photoelectric sensors ensure that the number of raw fish in each baffle of the draining conveyor belt is one. During the upward process of the draining conveyor belt, while draining the residual water in the abdominal cavity, the equidistant baffle design of the conveyor belt effectively helps the accuracy of the weighing process in the next process, avoiding the phenomenon of counting imbalance caused by multiple fish being weighed together.

[0029] 4. This invention provides a flexible intelligent production line for salmon processing. Compared with existing devices, this device can track, analyze, and execute real-time data, truly realizing flexible matching functions for grading specifications, grading modules, and grading weights. At the same time, through a metal detector, it can ensure that food safety hazards caused by the incorporation of metal foreign objects in the upstream processing steps are prevented. The detector can detect iron, stainless steel, and non-ferrous materials. Once the system detects the presence of the above foreign objects, it will automatically stop and issue an audible and visual alarm, thereby further improving the processing quality of this flexible intelligent production line for salmon processing. Attached Figure Description

[0030] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the main structure of the present invention;

[0031] Figure 2 This is a schematic diagram of the fish unloading mechanism of the present invention;

[0032] Figure 3 This is a schematic diagram of the cleaning mechanism of the present invention;

[0033] Figure 4 This is a schematic diagram of the cleaning mechanism structure of the present invention;

[0034] Figure 5 This is a schematic diagram of the selection mechanism structure of the present invention;

[0035] Figure 6 This is a schematic diagram of the trigger bracket, trigger baffle, proximity switch, first photoelectric sensor, locking cylinder, compartment door, drain conveyor belt and equidistant baffle structure of the present invention.

[0036] Figure 7 This is a schematic diagram of the weighing mechanism structure of the present invention;

[0037] Figure 8 This is a schematic diagram of the bucket scale and marking waiting area structure of the present invention;

[0038] Figure 9 This is a schematic diagram of the re-inspection station, the unpowered roller conveyor belt, and the circulating elevator of the present invention.

[0039] Figure 10 This is a schematic diagram of the palletizing mechanism of the present invention.

[0040] Among them, 1. Fish unloading mechanism; 101. Fish unloading platform; 102. Hydraulic cylinder; 103. Tilting platform; 104. Anti-tipping crossbar; 105. Guide baffle; 106. Ice-water separation tank; 2. Decontamination mechanism; 201. Raw fish conveyor belt; 202. Gutting platform; 203. Raw fish distribution lever; 204. Adjustable anti-slip grating pedal; 3. Cleaning mechanism; 301. Decontamination raw fish conveyor belt; 302. Spraying device; 3 03. Lifting conveyor belt; 304. Spiral cleaning tank; 305. Aeration hole; 306. Dipping net; 4. Selection mechanism; 401. Raw fish chute; 402. Selection platform; 403. Non-conforming chute; 404. Non-conforming weekly packing; 405. First raw fish temporary storage tank; 406. Trigger bracket; 407. Trigger baffle; 408. Proximity switch; 409. First photoelectric sensor; 410. Locking cylinder; 411. 412. Storage door; 413. Draining conveyor belt; 414. Equidistant baffles; 5. Weighing mechanism; 501. Correction conveyor belt; 502. Belt scale; 503. Left and right guide baffles; 504. Grading conveyor belt; 505. Grading port; 506. Pneumatic grading lever; 507. Second photoelectric sensor; 508. Second raw fish temporary storage tank; 509. Empty box conveyor belt; 510. Packing waiting area; 511. Empty box waiting area; 5 12. Third raw fish temporary storage tank; 513. Bucket scale; 514. Marking waiting area; 515. Label printer; 516. Printing area; 517. Turning conveyor belt; 518. Full box conveyor belt; 519. Re-inspection station; 520. Non-powered roller conveyor belt; 521. Circulating elevator; 6. Metal detection device; 7. Palletizing mechanism; 701. Palletizing robot; 702. Pallet loading area; 703. Pallet unloading machine. Detailed Implementation

[0041] The following will clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present invention, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without making creative efforts are within the scope of protection of the present invention.

[0042] Example:

[0043] like Figure 1-10As shown, this embodiment of the invention provides a flexible intelligent production line for salmon processing, including a fish unloading mechanism 1, a visceration mechanism 2, a cleaning mechanism 3, a sorting mechanism 4, a weighing mechanism 5, a metal detection device 6, and a stacking mechanism 7. The fish unloading mechanism 1 includes a fish unloading platform 101, a hydraulic cylinder 102, a tilting platform 103, an anti-tipping crossbar 104, a flow guide baffle 105, and an ice-water separation tank 106. The visceration mechanism 2 includes a raw fish conveyor belt 201, a gutting platform 202, a raw fish distribution lever 203, and an adjustable anti-slip grid pedal 204. The cleaning mechanism 3 includes a viscerated raw fish conveyor belt 301, a spray device 302, a lifting conveyor belt 303, a spiral cleaning tank 304, an aeration hole 305, and a scoop net 306.

[0044] The selection mechanism 4 includes a raw fish chute 401, a selection platform 402, a non-conforming chute 403, a non-conforming weekly packing 404, a first raw fish temporary storage tank 405, a trigger bracket 406, a trigger baffle 407, a proximity switch 408, a first photoelectric sensor 409, a locking cylinder 410, a storage door 411, a drain conveyor belt 412, and equidistant baffles 413. The weighing mechanism 5 includes a correction conveyor belt 501, a belt scale 502, left and right guide baffles 503, a grading conveyor belt 504, a grading port 505, and a pneumatic grading lever 5. 06. Second photoelectric sensor 507. Second raw fish temporary storage tank 508. Empty box conveyor belt 509. Packing waiting area 510. Empty box waiting area 511. Third raw fish temporary storage tank 512. Bucket scale 513. Marking waiting area 514. Label printer 515. Printing area 516. Turning conveyor belt 517. Full box conveyor belt 518. Re-inspection station 519. Non-powered roller conveyor belt 520. Circulating elevator 521. Palletizing mechanism 7 includes palletizing robot 701, pallet loading area 702 and pallet unloading machine 703;

[0045] While maintaining the original working efficiency, the device innovatively adopts a two-stage flipping design, which solves the problem of product surface damage caused by the traditional one-stage violent dumping. The unloading platform 101 is also designed with a flow guide baffle 105 and an ice-water separation tank 106, which effectively guides the products in the insulated box and separates the fish from the water, facilitating the rapid processing of the next process. At the same time, the device can adjust the number of employees in the decontamination area according to the single-shift production capacity. In case of insufficient orders, the lever of a certain workstation can be activated to promptly arrange the work saturation of the staff.

[0046] The lower end of the hydraulic cylinder 102 is hinged to the unloading platform 101, and the upper end of the hydraulic cylinder 102 is hinged to the lower end of the tilting platform 103. The lower end of the anti-tipping crossbar 104 is fixedly connected to one side of the upper surface of the tilting platform 103. The anti-tipping crossbar 104 can prevent the insulated turnover box from tipping forward during the tilting process. The side of the unloading platform 101 away from the anti-tipping crossbar 104 is fixedly connected to the guide baffle 105. The ice-water separation tank 106 is located at the lower end of the unloading platform 101. The ice-water separation tank 106 can effectively guide the products in the insulated turnover box and separate the fish and water. The raw fish distribution lever 203 is hinged to the raw fish conveyor belt 201. The gutting platform 202 is located at the lower end of the raw fish conveyor belt 201. The adjustable anti-slip grating pedal 204 is connected to the gutting platform. The bottom of the lower outer wall of platform 202 is fixedly connected. Adjustable anti-slip grating pedals 204 can reduce the occurrence of safety accidents. Four spray devices 302 are fixedly connected to the upper end of the degassed raw fish conveyor belt 301. The lifting conveyor belt 303 is located at the front end of the degassed raw fish conveyor belt 301. The spiral cleaning tank 304 is located at the lower end of the degassed raw fish conveyor belt 301. Multiple aeration holes 305 are provided inside the spiral cleaning tank 304. A scoop net 306 is fixedly connected to the inside of the spiral cleaning tank 304. The spray devices 302 can rinse and clean the surface of the fish and the conveyor belt. The front end of the raw fish chute 401 is fixedly connected to the selection platform 402. The unqualified chute 403 is fixedly connected to both sides of the front end of the selection platform 402. 03. The end furthest from the selection platform 402 is fixedly connected to the unqualified weekly packing 404. The front end of the selection platform 402 is provided with a first raw fish temporary storage tank 405. The two sides of the lower part of the trigger bracket 406 are fixedly connected to the proximity switch 408. The lower end of the proximity switch 408 is electrically connected to the trigger baffle 407. The lower end of the compartment door 411 is hinged to the locking cylinder 410. The drain conveyor belt 412 is located at the front end of the selection platform 402. The upper end of the drain conveyor belt 412 is fixedly connected to multiple equidistant baffles 413. The drain conveyor belt 412 and the equidistant baffles 413 can drain the residual water in the abdominal cavity of the fish. At the same time, the equidistant baffles 413 of the conveyor belt are designed to effectively help the accuracy of the weighing process in the next process, and avoid the problem of multiple fish being weighed together. To correct the imbalance in the counting, the upper end of the corrective conveyor belt 501 is fixedly connected to the left and right guide baffles 503. The grading conveyor belt 504 is located at the front end of the belt scale 502. A pneumatic grading lever 506 is installed at the opening of the grading port 505. The inner walls on both sides of the grading port 505 are fixedly connected to the second photoelectric sensor 507. A second raw fish temporary storage tank 508 is installed at the lower end of the grading conveyor belt 504. An empty box conveyor belt 509 is installed at the upper end of the grading conveyor belt 504. The boxing waiting area 510 is located at the lower end of the second raw fish temporary storage tank 508. The empty box waiting area 511 is located at the upper end of the second raw fish temporary storage tank 508. The upper end of the third raw fish temporary storage tank 512 is fixedly connected to the lower end of the bucket scale 513. The marking waiting area 514 is located at the lower end of the boxing waiting area 510.The upper part of the front end of the printing area 516 is fixedly connected to the label printer 515. The deflecting conveyor belt 517 is located at the lower end of the printing area 516. The full-box conveyor belt 518 is located at the lower end of the deflecting conveyor belt 517. The front end of the full-box conveyor belt 518 is fixedly connected to the re-inspection station 519. The front end of the re-inspection station 519 is fixedly connected to the non-powered roller conveyor belt 520. A circulating elevator 521 is installed at the upper part of the front end of the non-powered roller conveyor belt 520. The front end of the non-powered roller conveyor belt 520 is fixedly connected to the metal detection device 6. The metal detection device 6 can ensure that food safety hazards caused by the mixing of metal foreign objects in the previous processing steps are prevented. The detector can detect iron, stainless steel, and non-ferrous materials. Once the above foreign objects are detected, it will automatically stop and issue an audible and visual alarm. The pallet loading area 702 is located above the palletizing robot 701, and the pallet unloading machine 703 is located above the palletizing robot 701.

[0047] While embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that various changes, modifications, substitutions, and variations may be made to these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the invention, and that the scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. A flexible intelligent production line for salmon processing, comprising a fish unloading mechanism (1), a evisceration mechanism (2), a cleaning mechanism (3), a sorting mechanism (4), a weighing mechanism (5), a metal detection device (6), and a palletizing mechanism (7), characterized in that: The fish unloading mechanism (1) includes a fish unloading platform (101), a hydraulic cylinder (102), a tilting platform (103), an anti-tipping crossbar (104), a flow guide baffle (105), and an ice-water separation tank (106). The filtration mechanism (2) includes a raw fish conveyor belt (201), a gutting platform (202), a raw fish distribution lever (203), and an adjustable anti-slip grid pedal (204). The cleaning mechanism (3) includes a filtrated raw fish conveyor belt (301), a spray device (302), a lifting conveyor belt (303), a spiral cleaning tank (304), an aeration hole (305), and a scoop net (306). The selection mechanism (4) includes a raw fish chute (401), a selection platform (402), a non-conforming chute (403), a non-conforming weekly packing box (404), a first raw fish temporary storage tank (405), a trigger bracket (406), a trigger baffle (407), a proximity switch (408), a first photoelectric sensor (409), a locking cylinder (410), a storage door (411), a drain conveyor belt (412), and equidistant baffles (413). The weighing mechanism (5) includes a correction conveyor belt (501), a belt scale (502), left and right guide baffles (503), a grading conveyor belt (504), a grading port (505), and a pneumatic grading lever. (506), second photoelectric sensor (507), second raw fish temporary storage tank (508), empty box conveyor belt (509), packing waiting area (510), empty box waiting area (511), third raw fish temporary storage tank (512), bucket scale (513), marking waiting area (514), label printer (515), printing area (516), turning conveyor belt (517), full box conveyor belt (518), re-inspection station (519), non-powered roller conveyor belt (520), circulating elevator (521), the palletizing mechanism (7) includes palletizing robot (701), pallet loading area (702) and pallet unloading machine (703); The front end of the raw fish chute (401) is fixedly connected to the selection platform (402). The unqualified chute (403) is fixedly connected to both sides of the front end of the selection platform (402). The end of the unqualified chute (403) away from the selection platform (402) is fixedly connected to the unqualified weekly packing box (404). The front end of the selection platform (402) is provided with a first raw fish temporary storage tank (405). The lower two sides of the trigger bracket (406) are fixedly connected to the proximity switch (408). The lower end of the proximity switch (408) is electrically connected to the trigger baffle (407). The lower end of the compartment door (411) is hinged to the locking cylinder (410). The drain conveyor belt (412) is located at the front end of the selection platform (402). The upper end of the drain conveyor belt (412) is fixedly connected to multiple equidistant baffles (413).

2. The flexible intelligent production line for salmon processing according to claim 1, characterized in that: The lower end of the hydraulic cylinder (102) is hinged to the unloading platform (101), the upper end of the hydraulic cylinder (102) is hinged to the lower end of the tilting platform (103), and the lower end of the anti-tipping crossbar (104) is fixedly connected to one side of the upper surface of the tilting platform (103).

3. The flexible intelligent production line for salmon processing according to claim 1, characterized in that: The side of the unloading platform (101) away from the anti-tipping crossbar (104) is fixedly connected to the guide baffle (105), and the ice-water separation tank (106) is located at the lower end of the unloading platform (101).

4. The flexible intelligent production line for salmon processing according to claim 1, characterized in that: The raw fish distribution lever (203) is hinged to the raw fish conveyor belt (201), the gutting platform (202) is located at the lower end of the raw fish conveyor belt (201), and the adjustable anti-slip grid pedal (204) is fixedly connected to the bottom of the lower outer wall of the gutting platform (202).

5. The flexible intelligent production line for salmon processing according to claim 1, characterized in that: Four spray devices (302) are fixedly connected to the upper end of the degassed fish conveyor belt (301). The lifting conveyor belt (303) is located at the front end of the degassed fish conveyor belt (301). The spiral cleaning tank (304) is located at the lower end of the degassed fish conveyor belt (301). Multiple aeration holes (305) are provided inside the spiral cleaning tank (304). The scoop net (306) is fixedly connected to the inside of the spiral cleaning tank (304).

6. The flexible intelligent production line for salmon processing according to claim 1, characterized in that: The upper end of the correction conveyor belt (501) is fixedly connected to the left and right guide baffles (503). The grading conveyor belt (504) is located at the front end of the belt scale (502). The opening of the grading port (505) is provided with a pneumatic grading lever (506). The inner walls on both sides of the grading port (505) are fixedly connected to the second photoelectric sensor (507). The lower end of the grading conveyor belt (504) is provided with a second raw fish temporary storage tank (508). The upper end of the grading conveyor belt (504) is provided with an empty box conveyor belt (509). The boxing waiting area (510) is located at the lower end of the second raw fish temporary storage tank (508). The empty box waiting area (511) is located at the upper end of the second raw fish temporary storage tank (508). The upper end of the third raw fish temporary storage tank (512) is connected to the bucket. The lower end of the label (513) is fixedly connected, the marking waiting area (514) is located at the lower end of the packing waiting area (510), the upper part of the front end of the printing area (516) is fixedly connected to the label printer (515), the turning conveyor belt (517) is located at the lower end of the printing area (516), the full box conveyor belt (518) is located at the lower end of the turning conveyor belt (517), the front end of the full box conveyor belt (518) is fixedly connected to the re-inspection station (519), the front end of the re-inspection station (519) is fixedly connected to the non-powered roller conveyor belt (520), the upper part of the front end of the non-powered roller conveyor belt (520) is provided with a circulating elevator (521), and the front end of the non-powered roller conveyor belt (520) is fixedly connected to the metal detection device (6).

7. The flexible intelligent production line for salmon processing according to claim 1, characterized in that: The pallet loading area (702) is located at the top of the palletizing robot (701), and the pallet unloading machine (703) is located at the top of the palletizing robot (701).

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