Poultry Wing Tip Separation via Movable Hold-Down Guides
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing apparatuses and methods for separating wing tips from poultry carcasses face challenges in achieving precise cutting due to variations in size and anatomy, leading to high constructional costs and inconsistent cutting paths.
Innovation Solution
An apparatus with a suspended conveyor device, support guides, movable hold-down guides, and a separating device that uses self-adjusting guiding elements to optimize the positioning and orientation of poultry arm parts, ensuring precise cutting independent of carcass size and anatomy, with a focus on structural simplicity and low equipment costs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If rigid fixed guides are used to position poultry carcasses, then cutting precision can be maintained for standard sizes, but the apparatus cannot adapt to variations in anatomy and size
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs movable guiding elements that can deflect against a return force to adapt to different poultry carcass sizes and anatomies. The guiding elements are positioned on movable holders that can shift position along the conveyor, allowing the system to dynamically adjust to variations in carcass dimensions while maintaining precise cutting through the separable connection mechanism.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the physical state of the guiding elements from fixed to movable, allowing them to deflect and adapt to different carcass parameters. The return force mechanism enables the guides to automatically adjust their position based on the specific anatomy encountered, transforming a rigid system into one that can accommodate parameter variations.
2Adaptability or versatility
If complex adjustable mechanisms are added to accommodate anatomical variations, then adaptability improves, but device complexity and constructional costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The guiding system is divided into separable connection elements that can independently adjust to different carcass sizes. Rather than one complex adjustable mechanism, multiple simpler modular guiding elements work together, each capable of independent deflection and adaptation, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining versatility.
Solution Approach 2:
The guiding elements automatically adjust themselves through deflection against return forces without requiring complex external control mechanisms. The system self-regulates to accommodate anatomical variations, eliminating the need for sophisticated adjustment devices and reducing constructional complexity.
3Manufacturing precision
If multiple guiding elements are used to ensure precise positioning, then cutting accuracy improves, but the apparatus complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Each guiding element is designed to perform multiple functions: positioning the poultry carcass, adapting to anatomical variations through deflection, and working in coordination with other guiding elements. This multi-functionality reduces the need for additional specialized components, maintaining positioning accuracy without proportionally increasing complexity.
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
The solution enables highly precise and efficient separation of wing tips with reduced complexity and cost, allowing for increased output by minimizing the distance between carcasses and maintaining precision across varying anatomical features.
Implementation Method 1
the guiding elements are arranged so as to be movable in deflection against a return force
Implementation Method 2
Due to the guiding elements which are movable in deflection, an optimal orientation and positioning effect is always achieved independently of the anatomy and size of the poultry carcass
Data Source
AI summary
An apparatus for separating wing tips from poultry carcasses includes a suspended conveyor device and a support guide for guiding the neck and shoulder region. The guide extends in the transport direction and is arranged below the carcass, and has at least one support surface to support the neck and shoulder region. A lower arm guide is configured for guiding the poultry lower arm and wing tip and is arranged at the side of the support guide. A first hold-down guide holds down the poultry upper arm under pretension and is arranged stationarily. A second hold-down guide is arranged downstream of the first hold-down guide and has at least two guiding elements for holding down the upper arm. The guiding elements are movable in deflection against a return force. A separating device is configured for separating the wing tip and is arranged in the region of the second hold-down guide.