Method, computer program and apparatus for lining up portions of food slices
AssigneeGEA Food Solutions Germany GmbH
InventorsDaniel Klein, Stefan Maidel, Lars Peter
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Abstract
A method of lining up portions of slices of food, the portions are transported by a belt conveyor on a plurality of tracks along a conveying direction, one of the plurality of tracks is selected as a first reference track, conveying speeds of a remainder of the plurality of tracks excluding the first reference track are adapted in such a way that the portions are arranged in straight rows arranged orthogonally to the conveying direction when the portions reach a lining-up position, and when the lining-up position is reached, the conveying speeds of the plurality of tracks including the first reference track are aligned to one another.
Claims11
A method of lining up portions of slices of food, wherein the portions are transported by a belt conveyor on a plurality of tracks along a conveying direction, the plurality of tracks are arranged in parallel to one another,
- wherein one of the plurality of tracks is selected as a first reference track,
- wherein conveying speeds of a remainder of the plurality of tracks excluding the first reference track are adapted in such a way that the portions are arranged in straight rows arranged orthogonally to the conveying direction when the portions reach a lining-up position,
- wherein, when the lining-up position is reached, conveying speeds of the plurality of tracks including the first reference track are aligned to one another.
A device for lining up the portions, wherein the device comprises;
- a belt conveyor having a plurality of tracks that are generally parallel with one another;
- wherein one of the plurality of tracks is selected as a first reference track, conveying speeds of a remainder of the plurality of tracks excluding the first reference track are adapted in such a way that the portions are arranged in straight rows arranged orthogonally to a conveying direction when the portions are arranged in straight rows arranged orthogonally to a conveying direction when the portions reach a lining-up position, and when the lining-up position is reached, conveying speeds of the plurality of tracks including the first reference track are aligned to one another, and none of the plurality of tracks are stopped when the first reference track is selected and when the conveying speeds of remainder of the plurality of tracks excluding the first reference track are adapted.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.