Method and filling machine for filling a foodstuff
AssigneeAlbert Handtmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsMartin Staudenrausch, Daniel Kloos
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Abstract
The present disclosure refers to a filling machine and to a method for filling a foodstuff which comprises at least two components to be mixed, particularly for sausage production. The foodstuff may be filled into a filling hopper of the filling machine and thoroughly mixed with a mixing cam. The mixing cam may be driven via its own drive at different speeds according to a specific speed profile while the foodstuff is conveyed out of the lower portion of the filling hopper via a conveying mechanism and is filled via a filling unit.
Claims15
A method for filling a foodstuff which comprises at least two components to be mixed, comprising:
- filling the foodstuff into a filling hopper of a filling machine, wherein the hopper converges at least in sections conically downwards, and thoroughly mixing the foodstuff with a mixing cam, wherein the mixing cam comprises at least one paddle revolving circulating in a lower portion of the hopper,
- wherein the mixing cam is driven via its own drive at different speeds according to a specific speed profile while the foodstuff is conveyed out of a lower portion of the filling hopper via a conveying mechanism and is filled via a filling unit, and
- wherein a first speed of the mixing cam is abruptly lowered and/or a second speed of the mixing cam is abruptly increased.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.