Title:
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PORTIONING AND AUTOMATICALLY OFF-LOADING PORTIONED WORKPIECES
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2002007937
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A conveyor (22) moves workpieces (WP) past a scanning station (40) to ascertain one or more physical parameters of the workpiece (WP) and to a portioning station (24) wherein the workpiece (WP) is portioned into desired smaller portions. Thereafter, the conveyor (22) carries a portioned workpiece (WP) to an unloading station (26) where one or more pickup devices (28) removes specific portioned workpieces (PP) from the conveyor and places the portioned workpieces onto take away conveyors (30) for other locations remote from the first conveyor. A control system, composed in part of a computer (42), keeps track of the locations of the workpieces (WP) on the conveyor (22) and also optionally on the take away conveyor (30) so that portioned pieces (PP) are place at specific desired locations remote from the conveyor (22) by the pickup devices (28).
Inventors:
WATTLES DARREN P
PFARR CRAIG E
ORDONA CARLOS A
RUDY NORMAN A
PFARR CRAIG E
ORDONA CARLOS A
RUDY NORMAN A
Application Number:
PCT/US2001/020451
Publication Date:
May 30, 2002
Filing Date:
June 26, 2001
Export Citation:
Assignee:
FMC CORP (US)
International Classes:
A22C17/00; B26D3/10; B26D5/00; B26D7/18; B26D7/30; B26D7/32; B26F3/00; B65G47/91; (IPC1-7): B26D7/32; A22C7/00; B25J9/00; B26D3/10; B26D5/00; B26D7/18; B26D7/30; B26F3/00; B65G47/91
Foreign References:
| US5450333A | 1995-09-12 | |||
| EP0348311A1 | 1989-12-27 | |||
| FR2713535A1 | 1995-06-16 |
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