Automated station for salting meat pieces and operating method thereof
AssigneeDiseño y Construccion De Maquinaria Automatizada, S.L.
InventorJose Antonio Tobias Granado
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Abstract
The invention relates to an automated station for salting meat pieces in a predetermined manner, enabling a method for salting poultry meat pieces to be automated, thus increasing productivity and thereby improving safety conditions. The station comprises motorised supply means for supplying meat pieces (P) in a forward direction, handling means for handling meat pieces in order to handle the meat piece coming from the supply means, salt supply means configured to provide salt on an inner and outer area of the meat piece (P), as well as a retrieval system for retrieving salt coming from the salt supply means.
Claims9
An automated station for salting meat pieces, characterised in that it comprises:
- motorised supply means for supplying meat pieces (P) in a forward direction;
- handling means for handling meat pieces in order to handle the meat piece coming from the supply means;
- first salt supply means configured to inject salt in an inner area of the meat piece (P);
- second salt supply means configured to provide salt on the outer surface of the meat piece which include movement means to move the meat piece (P) in a forward and/or rotating direction;
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- a retrieval system for retrieving salt coming from at least the second salt supply means;
- wherein the handling means comprise a gripping head (5), coupled to a robot arm (6), which can move on the three coordinate axes (X, Y, Z), and
- wherein the gripping head (5) comprises a pair of clamps (50), actuated by means of a rack and pinion mechanism which acts by means of a pneumatic actuation system, each clamp (50) being associated with a corresponding rack (52) which moves along a guide (53).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.