Work-saving improvements for food-process lines

A method of determining in a mechanized food-process line a weight pick-up or loss value of a flowrate of food product pieces through a selected food-process line coating machine;

• said method comprising the steps of:
• providing a mechanized food-process line comprising a plurality of food-process line machines arranged in a series from an upline end to a downline end, and providing the plurality of food process lines with a conveyance that moves the flowrate of the food product pieces therealong,
• wherein:
• either (1A) the selected food-process line coating machine provides coating application operations for application of dry coating material to the flowrate of food product pieces,
• or (1B) the selected food-process line coating machine provides coating application operations for application of wet coating material to the flowrate of food product pieces,
• and wherein:
• (2) the mechanized food-process line comprises at least one other food-process line machine optionally providing coating operations, or if not then an other food-process line process to the flowrate of food process pieces;
• the selected food-process line coating machine providing or being provided with:
• a primary coating operation within the selected food-process line coating machine that provides coating application of the respective coating material, wet or dry, to the flowrate of food product pieces;
• a weighing intake conveyor for the selected food-process line coating machine, the weighing intake conveyor having an upper food-product carrying run and a lower return run, and extending between an intake end for intake of the flowrate of food product pieces from upline processes in said mechanized food-process line and a discharge end for transfer of the flowrate of the food product pieces to the primary coating operation;
• and
• a weighing outflow conveyor for the selected food-process line coating machine, the weighing outflow conveyor having an upper food-product carrying run and a lower return run, and extending between a receiving end for receipt of the flowrate of the food product pieces from the primary coating operation within said selected food-process line coating machine and a discharge end for discharge of the flowrate of the food product pieces to a downline process in said mechanized food-process line;
• receiving an inflow of the food product pieces in one state of processing and receiving the inflow of the food product pieces in the one state of processing on the upper, food-product carrying run of the weighing intake conveyor;
• transferring the inflow of the food product pieces into the primary coating operation;
• conveying an outflow of the food product pieces from the primary coating operation on the upper, food-product carrying run of the weighing outflow conveyor;
• providing a monitoring machine;
• the weighing intake conveyor providing the monitoring machine with a weight-flow flowrate value of the inflow of food product pieces in the one state of processing;
• the weighing outflow conveyor providing the monitoring machine with a weight-flow flowrate value of the outflow of food product pieces;
• the monitoring machine differencing the value provided by the weighing outflow conveyor and the value provided by the weighing intake conveyor and whereby, with the value provided by the weighing intake conveyor, determining the weight pick-up or loss percent of the respective coating material to the flowrate of food product pieces through the selected food-process line coating machine.