Adjustable Conveying Device for Food Product Placement
Solution Overview
Problem
Current apparatuses for conveying food products to packaging machines often result in inaccuracies during cutting, format set formation, and placement, leading to manual checking and significant personnel expenditure, as well as product waste and operational disruptions due to poorly placed portions.
Innovation Solution
An adjustable conveying device that allows precise transverse adjustments of objects within the conveying path, enabling accurate transfer to packaging machines by changing the transverse position of objects within their track, either within the same track or to adjacent tracks, using a servomotor-driven adjustment system.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If fixed conveying devices are used to transport objects from slicing apparatus to packaging machine, then the conveying path is simple and reliable, but the placement precision of objects deteriorates due to inability to correct position deviations
Solution Approach 1:
The conveying device incorporates adjustable elements that allow dynamic modification of the conveying path and object positions. The device can be adjusted transversely to the conveying direction to correct position deviations and achieve precise placement of objects onto the packaging machine, transforming a static system into a dynamically adjustable one.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention changes the positional parameters of the conveying device by allowing transverse adjustments. This enables the conveying path to be modified in terms of position and orientation, correcting deviations in object placement while maintaining the overall conveying function.
2Manufacturing precision
If manual checking and correction are implemented, then placement accuracy is improved, but productivity decreases due to personnel expenditure and operational disruptions
Solution Approach 1:
The conveying device is equipped with adjustment capabilities that enable it to self-correct placement deviations automatically. The device can adjust its own position or the position of objects during the conveying process, eliminating the need for manual intervention and maintaining continuous operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention incorporates detection means that monitor the position of objects during conveying and provide feedback to the adjustment mechanism. This closed-loop system automatically corrects position deviations by adjusting the conveying device based on detected errors, ensuring accurate placement without manual checking.
3Productivity
If high-speed slicing is performed to increase throughput, then productivity is improved, but placement precision deteriorates due to increased cutting speeds and associated position deviations
Solution Approach 1:
The conveying device incorporates adjustable elements that allow dynamic modification of the conveying path and object positions. The device can be adjusted transversely to the conveying direction to correct position deviations and achieve precise placement of objects onto the packaging machine, transforming a static system into a dynamically adjustable one.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention incorporates detection means that monitor the position of objects during conveying and provide feedback to the adjustment mechanism. This closed-loop system automatically corrects position deviations by adjusting the conveying device based on detected errors, ensuring accurate placement without manual checking.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This solution enables precise and efficient transfer of food products to packaging machines, reducing manual intervention, minimizing product waste, and maintaining continuous operation by ensuring accurate placement without the need for manual correction.
Implementation Method 1
using a servomotor-driven adjustment system
Data Source
AI summary
The invention relates to an apparatus for the single-track or multi-track conveying of objects along a conveying path extending in a conveying direction, wherein the conveying path for at least one track comprises at least one conveying device that takes over objects at the input side from a functional unit connected upstream and that transfers objects at the output side to a functional unit connected downstream; and wherein the conveying device as a whole and/or in an output-side end region is adjustable transversely to the conveying direction by means of an adjustment device such that the transverse position of objects to be transferred is changed within the respective track.