Title:
【発明の名称】製造工程における製品の分布を制御する装置および方法
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2002533145
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
Apparatus and method for controlling the distribution of product items over a manufacturing line, in particular, for controlling the distribution of potato slices across the width of a fryer in a commercial potato chip manufacturing process, includes a number of sensors for measuring the moisture content of potato chips exiting the frying and a controller for determining whether a moisture content variation state exists that should be corrected. A number of rotatable flume distributors are provided which are controlled by the controller in accordance with position adjustment values in a look-up table corresponding to detected moisture content variations. The flume distributors are then adjusted to modify the distribution of potato slices across the fryer to reduce or eliminate the variation in moisture content of the chips leaving the fryer.
Inventors:
Rudd, William P.
Application Number:
JP2000590017A
Publication Date:
October 08, 2002
Filing Date:
December 13, 1999
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Recot, Inc.
International Classes:
A23L5/10; A23L19/18; A47J37/12; G05D21/00; (IPC1-7): A47J37/12; A23L1/217; G05D21/00
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Kuwahara Hideaki