Method to operate a grinder during production
AssigneeGea Food Solutions Bakel B.V.
InventorHarrie Van Beers
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method to grind mass in a grinder (1) wherein the mass is provided to the grinder (1) via a hopper (5) and transported by a feeder worm (2) to a rotating processing worm (3) which conveys the mass towards a cutting set (4) which grinds the mass and wherein the feeder worm (2) initially rotates in a first direction. During production the feeder worm (2) is periodically reversed and/or the speed of rotation of the feeder worm (2) is reduced in case the volume between the feeder worm (2) and the processing worm (3) tends to get blocked with the mass.
Claims8
A method of operating a grinder, the method comprising:
- providing mass to the grinder via a hopper, the mass comprises frozen meat;
- transporting the mass by a feeder worm to a rotating processing worm, which conveys the mass towards a cutting set, the feeder worm is driven by a motor;
- reducing a speed of rotation of the motor of the feeder worm when a volume defined between the feeder worm and the processing worm is blocked with the mass, which occurs when a density of the mass is compressed to a predetermined level, which is sensed by a sensor or by a power consumption of the feeder worm or the processing worm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.