Dual-Blade Meat Cutting Apparatus with Independent Conveyors
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cutting apparatuses for meat products, particularly bacon and fresh meat, require complex and space-intensive designs to achieve high product throughput and precise cutting, especially when processing products with varying structures and bone positions, often necessitating multiple machines and complicated sorting processes.
Innovation Solution
A compact cutting apparatus with two rotating blades and independent conveying means allows for simultaneous and adaptable cutting of multiple products, enabling flexible processing of different types and halves of animal products with a single machine, minimizing space and component requirements by using blades that rotate in opposite senses to ensure ideal cutting and prevent overlap or acceleration of cut pieces.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If multiple separate cutting apparatus are provided to process different product types simultaneously, then product throughput and processing flexibility are improved, but device complexity and space requirements increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple cutting apparatus into a single integrated machine with a common drive unit that controls multiple blades. Each blade can be independently adjusted to process different product types (bacon, fresh meat, bone-containing products) simultaneously, achieving high throughput without requiring multiple separate machines.
Solution Approach 2:
The cutting apparatus is designed as a universal machine capable of processing various meat product types through a single device. The common drive unit can adjust multiple blades to different positions and angles, enabling the same machine to handle bacon slicing, fresh meat cutting, and bone-containing product processing.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple separate cutting apparatus are used to handle different product types, then processing adaptability is improved, but space requirements and installation area increase
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple cutting functions are merged into a single compact apparatus. The common drive unit with multiple adjustable blades replaces what would traditionally require several separate machines, significantly reducing the installation space while maintaining the ability to process different product types.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent arranges multiple blades in a spatial configuration around a common drive axis, utilizing three-dimensional space efficiently. This vertical stacking and radial arrangement of cutting elements maximizes processing capacity within a compact footprint.
3Manufacturing precision
If multiple separate cutting apparatus are provided for different product types, then cutting precision for various products is improved, but the sorting and feeding process becomes more complex and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The single multi-functional apparatus processes all product types through one unified system, eliminating the need for complex sorting and feeding operations required when using multiple separate machines. The common drive unit automatically adjusts blade positions to match the required precision for each product type.
4Device complexity
If a single cutting apparatus processes multiple product types simultaneously, then space requirements and device complexity are reduced, but cutting precision and adaptability to different product structures may worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The cutting apparatus employs dynamic adjustment mechanisms that allow real-time modification of blade positions, angles, and speeds during operation. The common drive unit can independently control each blade to adapt to different product structures, maintaining high cutting precision across various meat product types despite the simplified single-machine design.
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AI summary
A cutting apparatus for cutting off or slicing meat products, in particular bacon or fresh meat products, comprises a product feed that is configured to guide at least one first product and at least one second product simultaneously into a cutting region, which includes a first rotating blade and a second rotating blade for cutting off or slicing the products into smaller pieces. In this respect, the product feed has a first conveying means for guiding the at least one first product into the cutting region and a second conveying means for guiding the at least one second product into the cutting region, wherein the first blade is associated with the first conveying means and is provided for cutting off or slicing the at least one first product, and wherein the second blade is associated with the second conveying means and is provided for cutting off or slicing the at least one second product.