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EP2711147B2 - Dispositif de traitement de produits alimentaires et procédé de balayage séquentiel de produits alimentaires - Google Patents
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EP2711147B2 - Dispositif de traitement de produits alimentaires et procédé de balayage séquentiel de produits alimentaires - Google Patents

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EP2711147B2
EP2711147B2 EP13004322.7A EP13004322A EP2711147B2 EP 2711147 B2 EP2711147 B2 EP 2711147B2 EP 13004322 A EP13004322 A EP 13004322A EP 2711147 B2 EP2711147 B2 EP 2711147B2
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26D—CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
    • B26D5/00—Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
    • B26D5/007—Control means comprising cameras, vision or image processing systems
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26D—CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
    • B26D5/00—Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
    • B26D5/20—Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting with interrelated action between the cutting member and work feed
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26D—CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
    • B26D5/00—Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
    • B26D5/20—Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting with interrelated action between the cutting member and work feed
    • B26D5/30—Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting with interrelated action between the cutting member and work feed having the cutting member controlled by scanning a record carrier
    • B26D5/32—Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting with interrelated action between the cutting member and work feed having the cutting member controlled by scanning a record carrier with the record carrier formed by the work itself
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26D—CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
    • B26D7/00—Details of apparatus for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
    • B26D7/06—Arrangements for feeding or delivering work of other than sheet, web, or filamentary form
    • B26D7/0625—Arrangements for feeding or delivering work of other than sheet, web, or filamentary form by endless conveyors, e.g. belts
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26D—CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
    • B26D7/00—Details of apparatus for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
    • B26D7/27—Means for performing other operations combined with cutting
    • B26D7/32—Means for performing other operations combined with cutting for conveying or stacking cut product
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    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
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    • Y10T83/04—Processes
    • Y10T83/0586—Effecting diverse or sequential cuts in same cutting step
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
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    • Y10T83/182—With means to weigh product
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T83/00—Cutting
    • Y10T83/525—Operation controlled by detector means responsive to work
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  • the present invention relates to a food processing device with a scanner for determining properties of a food product, in particular a food stick, wherein at least two, substantially parallel, separately drivable conveyor tracks are provided for feeding the food products to the scanner and a control unit for controlling the drive of the conveyor tracks.
  • the EN 10 2005 010 183 A1 A method for producing food portions with precise weight is known, wherein several food bars can be irradiated simultaneously before being cut open, and wherein when irradiating the respective food bars there is preferably a certain distance between the food bars.
  • a sensor in the form of a scanner is provided above the feed belt of an automated cutting device for cutting food products, with the aid of which the width of the individual products or, alternatively, the total width of the products lying next to one another can be determined, the products being moved parallel and simultaneously through the sensor.
  • the scanners described above are, however, expensive because they have to be relatively large in order to be able to penetrate the products. Furthermore, when scanning with X-rays, a certain distance must be maintained between the products, as otherwise the measured values for the individual products may interact. This can be solved, for example, by maintaining a certain distance between the individual conveyor tracks in the scanner. Before the products are fed to a downstream common cutting device, they usually have to be moved closer together again so that they can be cut open by a common cutting blade.
  • Conveyor tracks can be brought closer together or do not have to be arranged at a distance from one another in the scanning area.
  • a subgroup of conveyor tracks for example every second conveyor track in the transverse direction, to simultaneously convey its food products through the scanning area of the scanner, with the other conveyor tracks subsequently conveying their food products through the scanner.
  • the food products are primarily provided individually in a row on the respective conveyor tracks in the conveying direction.
  • the food products can be directly adjacent to one another in the conveying direction, or can be spaced apart from one another. In some embodiments, however, it is also possible for two or more parallel food products to be arranged on one conveyor track.
  • the food products are food sticks, in particular in the form of sausage sticks, cheese sticks or ham sticks. These food sticks can in particular have a uniform shape in the longitudinal and conveying directions.
  • the essentially parallel, separately driven conveyor tracks are designed to convey the individual food products through the scanning area.
  • the parallel conveyor tracks can also be located just outside the scanner.
  • the control unit is specifically designed to convey the food products individually through the scanning area. Consequently, there is no interaction between the individual scanning processes of the food products. This means that the size and performance of the scanning unit in the scanner can be comparatively small, which enables the scanner to be designed and operated cost-effectively.
  • the scanning unit is a radiographic device.
  • an optical scanner such as a digital camera or a line camera, can be used, which can also achieve a higher level of evaluation accuracy with less effort if not all food products are scanned at once.
  • sonography units in the scanner is also possible in order to analyze the inside of the food products.
  • the radiography means advantageously comprises at least one X-ray source and at least one associated detector.
  • several X-ray sources and exactly one associated detector can be provided, exactly one X-ray source and several associated detectors, or even several X-ray sources and several associated detectors.
  • X-ray scanning with at least one X-ray source and at least one associated detector is usually considerably faster than optical scanning, in particular only approximately 1 to 3 seconds are required for the scanning process of a food product with a length of 1 m to 3 m.
  • the scanning unit is advantageously movable.
  • the scanning unit is primarily movable exclusively in the scanning area and in particular in the scanning plane of the scanner. This means that the scanning unit can be moved to the food product that is to be x-rayed, which in particular makes it possible to optimally arrange the scanning unit, or the x-ray source and the associated detector, for the respective food product, so that the food product can be analyzed with high quality.
  • the scanning unit can be pivotable. This makes it possible for the scanning unit to be precisely aligned with the at least one food product that is to be irradiated.
  • a movable or pivotable scanning unit is particularly advantageous when using X-rays, since X-rays cannot be optically focused. This means that an X-ray source with a relatively low output can be used to specifically analyze the at least one food product that is present in the scanning area of the scanner. If the scanning unit has an image capture device, the image capture unit, in particular in the form of a digital camera, can be aligned or moved precisely to the respective at least one food product, so that it can be recorded in high resolution.
  • the beam axis of the scanning unit is approximately vertical.
  • the beam axis refers to the beam center axis, since X-rays cannot be optically focused and thus spread out in a fan shape around the beam center axis.
  • the scanning unit is primarily arranged so that the at least one food product is irradiated essentially vertically.
  • an X-ray source is arranged above the food product and the associated detector is arranged below the food product.
  • the X-ray source is arranged below the food product and the associated detector is arranged above the food product. If the food product is irradiated vertically, it is particularly suitable for the scanning unit to be movable essentially horizontally in order to be moved sequentially to the various conveyor tracks on which the at least one food product is then arranged.
  • the beam axis of the scanning unit is essentially horizontal.
  • the beam axis designates the beam center axis.
  • the scanning unit is thus arranged so that the at least one food product is primarily irradiated horizontally. Since the conveyor tracks in this arrangement are not in the beam path, they can be guided through the scanning area in an interrupted manner.
  • a weighing device is assigned to the conveyor tracks.
  • a common weighing device is assigned to the conveyor tracks, wherein the weighing device is designed to determine the individual weight of the food products by measuring the difference in weight during the sequential conveying of the food products of the first and the further conveyor tracks via the weight of the food products common to all conveyor tracks.
  • the individual weight of the food products can be determined by measuring the difference in weight of the food products common to all conveyor tracks.
  • the weighing device is arranged after the scanning area in the conveying direction. The difference measurement is therefore always carried out for the at least one food product that is conveyed from the scanning area to the conveyor tracks downstream of the scanning area with the weighing device.
  • the weighing device can be assigned to the conveyor tracks arranged upstream of the scanning area in the conveying direction. Then, after at least one of the food products has been moved through the scanning area by the weighing device, the weight of this at least one food product can be determined by differential measurement.
  • a food cutting device is arranged downstream of the scanner, wherein the food products of the first and further conveyor tracks are cut open together depending on the properties or values determined by the scanner.
  • the food cutting device is in particular a slicer.
  • the slicer can be designed so that several food products fed in parallel can be cut open together with a cutting knife.
  • the feed speed of the individual food products in the direction of the cutting knife can primarily be regulated individually. This can be done in particular depending on the properties determined by the scanner for the individual food products. In particular, the feed speed can be increased if an area of a food product with a lower density is cut open in order to still maintain a predetermined portion weight.
  • the detector can be arranged between the conveyor tracks.
  • an X-ray source is arranged laterally next to the conveyor tracks, with a detector being arranged in the transverse direction between the conveyor track on which the food product to be x-rayed is conveyed and the conveyor track following in the beam direction.
  • the detectors can each be moved essentially in a vertical direction in order to be used for scanning or to be removed from the X-ray beam when a food product on a different conveyor track is scanned with a different detector.
  • the scanning unit is arranged on a carrier that is mounted so that it can pivot around at least one conveyor track.
  • the pivot axis of the scanning unit is essentially parallel to the conveyor tracks.
  • the respective conveyor tracks can each be divided into a conveyor track upstream of the scanning area and a conveyor track downstream of the scanning area, with the scanning area being defined by the distance between the conveyor tracks. This can prevent the conveyor tracks, and in particular their conveying means, such as conveyor belts, from having a negative influence on the scanning process.
  • a conveyor of the conveyor tracks can extend through the scanning area.
  • the conveyors of all conveyor tracks can extend through the scanning area.
  • conveyor belts in particular belt conveyors, are particularly suitable as conveyors, which can at least be irradiated by X-rays without significantly distorting the scanning result.
  • a variant with a long belt conveyor is particularly possible here, with a first belt region in front of the scanning area, a second belt region in the scanning area and a third belt region after the scanning area.
  • both the food product and at least the upper run of the belt conveyor are irradiated.
  • the third belt region can in particular form a weighing area to which a weighing device is assigned.
  • a plurality of food products are arranged on at least two substantially parallel conveyor tracks, wherein at least one food product of a first conveyor track and at least one food product of a further conveyor track are conveyed sequentially through a scanning area of the scanner, so that not all food products are scanned at the same time.
  • the scanner has in particular a scanning unit, which can be a radiation medium, for example an X-ray source and an associated detector, or also a digital image acquisition unit.
  • a scanning unit which can be a radiation medium, for example an X-ray source and an associated detector, or also a digital image acquisition unit.
  • the food products are conveyed through the scanning area one at a time.
  • a subgroup of the food products arranged in parallel in front of the scanner can be conveyed through the scanning area. Because not all food products are scanned at the same time, a higher quality of the scanner's measurement can be achieved.
  • the scanner has a scanning unit that is moved depending on the conveyor track on which the respective food product is located.
  • the scanner can only have exactly one scanning unit. Since the scanning unit advantageously includes an X-ray source, this can significantly reduce the costs and safety requirements regarding the scanner. reduce. Alternatively, several scanning units can be provided, each or some of which can be moved.
  • the X-ray source of the movable scanning unit only needs to produce a significantly lower output than an X-ray source designed to irradiate all food products at the same time. This significantly reduces the acquisition and operating costs of the food processing device according to the invention.
  • the food products are aligned with each other in the conveying direction after scanning.
  • the front ends of the food products are aligned with each other in the conveying direction, so that parallel further processing of the food products is possible.
  • the food products of the first and further conveyor tracks are sliced depending on the properties determined during scanning. This takes place in a food cutting device, advantageously in a slicer.
  • the food products are fed to the food cutting device simultaneously and in parallel and thus sliced at the same time. This can be done in particular by a cutting knife that slices the parallel arranged food products together.
  • Sequential scanning can be preceded or followed by sequential weighing of the food products. Sequential weighing can be carried out individually for each food product. Alternatively, the individual weight of the food products can be determined by determining the difference in weight during sequential weighing.
  • the food products of the first and subsequent conveyor tracks can be sliced after scanning and weighing depending on the properties determined during scanning and weighing.
  • FIG. 1 an embodiment of a food processing device 1 according to the invention is shown in plan view.
  • the food processing device 1 has a scanner 2 which can determine properties of food products 4, 5, 6, 7 in the form of food sticks in a scanning area 3.
  • the scanning area 3 can be defined in particular as a scanning plane whose surface normal is defined by the conveying direction F of the food products 4, 5, 6, 7.
  • the food products 4, 5, 6, 7 are initially arranged on conveyor tracks 8, 9, 10, 11 arranged upstream of the scanner 2.
  • the conveyor tracks 8, 9, 10, 11 can be driven individually, with a control unit being provided that can control the respective drive of the individual conveyor tracks separately.
  • the food products 4, 5, 6, 7 can thus be conveyed separately on the upstream conveyor tracks 8, 9, 10, 11 in the conveying direction F.
  • the conveyor tracks in particular comprise a conveyor belt to convey the food products.
  • a slider or gripper can also be provided that conveys the respective food products 4, 5, 6, 7.
  • conveyor tracks 12, 13, 14, 15 are provided downstream of the scanner, which are assigned to the corresponding upstream conveyor tracks 8, 9, 10, 11. This means that the respective conveyor tracks 12, 13, 14, 15 extend in particular at a short distance in the conveying direction F after the conveyor tracks 8, 9, 10, 11, with the scanning area 3 being defined in this distance between the conveyor tracks. This prevents the scanner 2 from being obstructed by the conveyor tracks 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 when scanning the food products 4, 5, 6, 7.
  • the conveyor tracks 8, 12 are synchronized in their conveyor speed, in particular a mechanical synchronization of their drive can be provided. The same applies to the conveyor tracks 9 and 13, 10 and 14, and 11 and 15.
  • the scanner 2 comprises a housing 16, into which the conveyor tracks 8, 9, 10, 11 protrude from one side, and from which the conveyor tracks 12, 13, 14, 15 protrude on the other side.
  • the housing 16 is particularly designed to receive X-rays which are used for scanning used in the scanner 2.
  • the housing 16 can be made partly of lead.
  • shielding curtains can be attached to the housing 16, which cover the feed and discharge openings for the food products 4, 5, 6, 7.
  • the housing 16 is in Figure 1 shown relatively short in conveying direction F, but can also extend over almost the entire or the entire length of the upstream and downstream conveying tracks.
  • Figure 2 shows how a first food product 4 is conveyed through the scanning area 3 of the scanner 2.
  • the drive of the conveyor tracks 8 and 12 is activated by a control unit, so that the conveyor tracks 8 and 12 convey the food product 4 lying on them.
  • the first food product 4 is initially only conveyed on the conveyor track 8 until it reaches the scanning area 3.
  • the food product 4 is then conveyed at an essentially uniform speed through the scanning area 3 and onto the downstream conveyor track 12.
  • At least one property of the food product 4 is determined with the scanner, in particular the food product 4 is irradiated, and the data determined in this way is stored depending on the longitudinal direction of the food product 4, which extends in the conveying direction F.
  • the conveyor tracks 12, 13, 14, 15 are arranged on a weighing device, in particular a digital scale. In the present embodiment, all downstream conveyor tracks 12, 13, 14, 15 are arranged on just one digital scale.
  • the weight of the food product 4 is determined by determining the weight difference before and after the food product 4 is conveyed to the downstream conveyor track 12.
  • the food product 4 is arranged in its interim holding position on the conveyor track 12. Furthermore, the other food product 5 has already been conveyed from the upstream conveyor track 9 through the scanning area 3 to the downstream conveyor track 13, whereby the scanner has determined the properties of the food product 5.
  • the digital scale which is assigned to the conveyor tracks 12, 13, 14, 15, now determines the difference in weight between the state in which only the food product 4 was on the conveyor track 12 and the state as in Figure 3 in which the food products 4 and 5 rest on the conveyor tracks 12 and 13, respectively.
  • the weight of the food product 5 can be determined by the difference in weight.
  • the separate drive of the conveyor tracks 12 and 13 allows the front ends of the food products 4, 5 to be aligned with one another. This can be done in particular based on the properties of the food product, which are determined using the scanner.
  • the scanner can determine the position of the front ends of the food products 4, 5 with respect to the conveyor tracks 12, 13. This information can be used to align the food products 4, 5.
  • the other food products 6, 7 can be aligned with the food products 4, 5 in a corresponding way.
  • a light barrier can be provided in the area of the downstream conveyor tracks 12, 13, 14, 15, which enables the food products 4, 5, 6, 7 to be aligned by stopping the drive of the respective conveyor track when the front end of a food product reaches the light barrier.
  • FIG 4 the state of the food processing device 1 is shown in which the food product 6 has been conveyed by means of the conveyor tracks 10, 14 through the scanning area 3 of the scanner so that its properties could be determined.
  • the weight of the food product 6 is determined by a differential weight measurement as already described above with regard to the food product 5, and the front end of the food product 6 is aligned with the front ends of the food products 4 and 5.
  • the last food product 7 is moved through the scanning area 3 of the scanner 2 by means of the conveyor tracks 11 and 15 so that the properties of the food product 7 can also be determined.
  • FIG 5 the state is shown in which all food products 4, 5, 6, 7 have been moved through the scanning area 3 and can be fed for further processing.
  • a food cutting device is provided downstream of the conveyor tracks 12, 13, 14, 15, which is not shown in the figures.
  • a so-called slicer is advantageously used, which simultaneously cuts the parallel food products 4, 5, 6, 7 arranged next to one another with just one cutting knife, in particular a circular knife or sickle knife.
  • the conveyor tracks 12, 13, 14, 15 of the scanner can be the feed conveyor tracks of the slicer.
  • Figure 6 is a sectional view through the scanning area 3 of a scanner 2 of an embodiment of a food processing device 1 according to the invention.
  • the state shown corresponds to the state between Figures 2 and 3 , at the time when the food product 5 is conveyed through the scanning area 3.
  • the view in Figure 6 is directed against the conveying direction F. Accordingly, the food product 4 is not shown because it is already in front of the drawing plane, the food product 5 is shown hatched because it is just in the drawing plane, and the food products 6 and 7 are still on the upstream conveyor tracks 10 and 11, as in Figure 3 shown.
  • the scanner 2 has a housing 16 and a scanning unit 17 arranged movably therein.
  • the scanning unit 17 is a radiating means which comprises an X-ray source 18 and a detector 19.
  • the beam axis A of the X-ray beam emanating from the X-ray source 18 is aligned essentially vertically. It is pointed out that the X-ray radiation extends in a fan shape from the X-ray source 18.
  • the X-ray radiation radiates through the food product 5 and its intensity is detected by the detector 19. In particular, the density of the food product 5 can thus be determined.
  • the X-ray radiation reaches the detector 19 without passing through the conveyor tracks 8, 9, 10, 11 or 12, 13, 14, 15, since between the conveyor tracks, as in the Figure 1 to 5 shown, a distance is provided.
  • the X-ray source 18 and the detector 19 are provided in the conveying direction F at exactly the height of this distance. Because the food product 5 is conveyed through the scanning area 3 during scanning, the density of the food product 5 can be determined along the entire longitudinal extent of the food product 5.
  • respective conveying means of the conveyor tracks can also extend through the scanning area.
  • suitable conveying means such as belt conveyors, are provided in particular, which do not shield the X-ray radiation.
  • the X-ray source 18 is arranged above the food product 5, and the detector 19 is arranged below it. In other embodiments, however, the arrangement can also be reversed, i.e. the X-ray source 18 can be arranged below the food product 5, and the detector 19 above the food product 5.
  • the scanning unit 17 has in particular a carrier 20 which connects the detector 19 and the X-ray source 18 to one another.
  • the scanning unit 17 thus forms an integral component.
  • the scanning unit 17 is movable in the width direction B in the scanning area 3. First, the scanning unit 17 is arranged on the width of the conveyor track 8 in order to scan the first food product 4. Then the scanning unit 17 is moved into the Figure 6 shown position in order to scan the food product 5. In the further course, the scanning unit 17 is moved further in the width direction B first to the conveyor track 10, and then to the conveyor track 11 in order to scan the food products 6 and 7 respectively.
  • FIG 7 an alternative embodiment of the food processing device according to the invention is shown in a sectional view in the scanning area 3.
  • the scanning unit 17 again comprises an X-ray source 18 and a detector 19, which in this embodiment are mounted immovably.
  • the beam axis A of the X-ray beam emanating from the X-ray source 18 is essentially horizontal.
  • the state is shown in which the food products 4 and 5 have already been moved through the scanning area and are resting on the downstream conveyor tracks 12 and 13, the food product 7 is still arranged on the conveyor track 11 before the scanning area 3, and the food product 6 is currently being conveyed through the scanning area 3 so that its properties are determined.
  • the upstream and downstream conveyor tracks can each be combined to form continuous conveyor tracks, since no distance between the conveyor tracks is necessary since the beam path does not extend through the plane of the conveyor tracks.
  • further detectors 21, 22, 23 can be arranged between the conveyor tracks 8, 9; 9, 10; 10, 11.
  • the detectors 21, 22, 23 can each be adjusted individually in the vertical direction H.
  • a detector can be arranged close behind the food product to be analyzed, as seen from the X-ray source 18, so that a more precise measurement result can be achieved with regard to the respective food product.
  • the additional detector 22 is arranged close to the food product 6.
  • the detector 23 is arranged close behind the food product 7 between the conveyor tracks 11 and 10.
  • the detectors 21, 22, 23 are all moved downwards when the first food product 4 is analyzed starting from the conveyor track 8.
  • the food processing device 1 according to Figure 7 can also be designed without the detectors 21, 22 and 23, so that only the detector 19 is provided for all food products.
  • FIG 8 another embodiment of the food processing device according to the invention is shown.
  • the scanning unit 17 is pivotable.
  • the pivot axis for the scanning unit 17 lies essentially in the area of its X-ray source 18, so that the X-ray source 18 is only rotated, while the detector 19 is pivoted into different positions under the respective conveyor tracks 8, 9, 10.
  • the X-ray source 18 and the detector 19 are in turn connected by a carrier 20. This ensures that the X-ray source 18 is aligned with the detector 19.
  • FIG 8 the state is shown in which the scanning unit 17 scans the food product 7.
  • a further pivoting position of the scanning unit 17 for irradiating the food product is 4 shown in dashed lines.
  • the scanning unit 17 is pivoted accordingly to scan the food products 5, 6 that are fed via the conveyor tracks 9, 10.
  • the X-ray source 18 may not be arranged in the area of the pivot axis.
  • the pivot axis may be arranged essentially centrally between the X-ray source 18 and the detector 19, so that both the X-ray source 18 and the detector 19 are pivoted.
  • a semicircular C-carrier is particularly suitable, since this is then moved essentially on a circular path. With suitable storage outside the pivot axis, for example on rails, it can thus be made possible that the carrier 20 does not have to be pivoted into the distance between the conveyor tracks 8, 9, 10, 11 and conveyor tracks 12, 13, 14, 15.
  • relative mobility of the X-ray source 18 to the detector 19 can also be provided.
  • a subgroup of food products can be scanned simultaneously. For example, several food products next to each other can be scanned simultaneously by a common scanning unit.
  • two separate scanning units can be provided that simultaneously scan food products arranged parallel and spaced from each other. Nevertheless, the necessary radiation intensity of the scanning unit can be reduced and the analysis quality improved, in contrast to the prior art solutions in which all food products are scanned simultaneously.

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  1. Dispositif de traitement des aliments, comprenant un scanner (2) avec une unité de balayage (17) pour déterminer les propriétés d'une barre alimentaire (4, 5, 6, 7),
    au moins deux voies de transport (8, 12 ; 9, 13; 10, 14 ; 11, 15) essentiellement parallèles et pouvant être entraînées séparément pour transporter les barres alimentaires (4, 5, 6, 7) vers le scanner (2), et une unité de commande pour commander l'entraînement des voies de transport (8, 12 ; 9, 13 ; 10, 14 ; 11, 15), l'unité de commande étant conçue pour commander séparément l'entraînement des voies de transport (8, 12 ; 9, 13; 10, 14 ; 11, 15) afin de transporter au moins une barre alimentaire (4) d'une première voie de transport (8, 12) et au moins une barre alimentaire (5) d'une autre voie de transport (9, 13 ; 10, 14 ; 11, 15) successivement à travers une zone de balayage (3) du scanner (2), de sorte que toutes les barres alimentaires (4, 5, 6, 7) des voies de transport (8, 12 ; 9, 13 ; 10, 14 ; 11, 15) ne sont pas transportées simultanément à travers la zone de balayage (3) du scanner (2)
    caractérisée en ce que
    un dispositif de découpe des aliments est placé en aval du scanner (2) et les barres alimentaires (4, 5) des premières et des autres voies de transport (8, 12 ; 9, 13 ; 10, 14 ; 11, 15) sont découpées ensemble en fonction des propriétés ou des valeurs déterminées par le scanner (2).
  2. Dispositif de traitement des aliments selon la revendication 1, dans lequel l'unité de commande est conçue pour transporter les barres d'aliments (4, 5, 6, 7) individuellement à travers la zone de balayage (3).
  3. Dispositif de traitement des aliments selon la revendication 1 ou 2, dans lequel l'unité de balayage (17) est un moyen de rayonnement, et présente de préférence au moins une source de rayons X (18) et au moins un détecteur (19, 21, 22, 23).
  4. Dispositif de traitement des aliments selon au moins l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel l'unité de balayage (17) est mobile, en particulier pivotante.
  5. Dispositif de traitement des aliments selon au moins l'une des revendications précédentes, dans lequel l'axe de faisceau (A) de l'unité de balayage (17) est essentiellement horizontal.
  6. Dispositif de traitement des aliments selon au moins l'une des revendications précédentes, dans lequel un moyen de pesage commun est associé aux pistes de transport (12, 13, 14, 15), dans lequel le moyen de pesage est conçu pour déterminer le poids individuel des barres alimentaires (4, 5, 6, 7) par une mesure de poids différentiel lors du transport séquentiel des barres alimentaires (4, 5, 6, 7) de la première et des autres pistes de transport (12, 13, 14, 15) via le poids des barres alimentaires (4, 5, 6, 7) reposant ensemble sur toutes les pistes de transport (12, 13, 14, 15).
  7. Dispositif de traitement des aliments selon au moins l'une des revendications précédentes 3 à 5, dans lequel le détecteur (21, 22, 23) peut être disposé entre les pistes de transport (8, 12 ; 9, 13 ; 10, 14 ; 11, 15).
  8. Dispositif de traitement des aliments selon au moins l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel l'unité de balayage (17) comprend un support (20) qui est monté de manière pivotante autour d'au moins une piste de transport (8, 12 ; 9, 13 ; 10, 14 ; 11, 15).
  9. Dispositif de traitement des aliments selon au moins l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel un moyen de transport des pistes de transport (8, 12 ; 9, 13 ; 10, 14 ; 11, 15) s'étend à travers la zone de balayage.
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