Method and an apparatus for grinding meat
AssigneeMarel A/S
InventorChristian Brochner Lind
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Abstract
A method to grind meat in a grinder, includes: providing the meat to the grinder via a hopper where the hopper includes a feeder worm for feeding the meat to a process unit. The process unit has a rotating processing worm and a cutting set. The rotating processing worm can receive the meat from the feeder worm and convey it to the cutting set, which grinds the meat. The method involves automatically adjusting the revolutions per minute of the rotating processing worm in response to a pressure creation in the process unit.
Claims15
A method to grind meat in a grinder, comprising:
- providing the meat to the grinder via a hopper where the hopper includes a feeder worm for feeding the meat to a process unit, where the process unit comprises a rotating processing worm and a cutting set, the rotating processing worm being configured to receive the meat from the feeder worm and convey it to the cutting set which grinds the meat, and
- automatically adjusting revolutions per minute (RPM) of the rotating processing worm in response to a pressure creation in the process unit;
- wherein the pressure created in the process unit is measured by a pressure sensor.
A method to grind meat in a grinder, comprising:
- providing the meat to the grinder via a hopper where the hopper includes a feeder worm for feeding the meat to a process unit, where the process unit comprises a rotating processing worm and a cutting set, the rotating processing worm being configured to receive the meat from the feeder worm and convey it to the cutting set which grinds the meat, and
- automatically adjusting revolutions per minute (RPM) of the rotating processing worm in response to a pressure creation in the process unit;
- wherein the method further comprises:
- wherein pressure creation in the process unit is utilized as an indicator in distinguishing between whether the meat is a frozen meat or a fresh meat;
- wherein the pressure created in the process unit is measured by a pressure sensor.
A meat grinder for grinding meat, comprising:
- a hopper configured to receive the meat,
- a feeder worm comprised in the hopper for feeding the meat to a process unit, where the process unit comprises a processing worm configured to rotate, and a cutting set, the rotatable processing worm being configured to receive the meat from the feeder worm and convey it to the cutting set which grinds the meat,
- a control unit configured to automatically adjust revolutions per minute (RPM) of the rotatable processing worm in response to a pressure creation in the process unit, and
- a bone/sinew/gristle separator system connected to the process unit via a valve, the valve operated by a control unit in response to the pressure creation in the process unit, where the pressure creation is utilized in distinguishing whether the meat is a frozen meat or a fresh meat, where the control unit is configured to open the valve when a presence of fresh meat in the process unit is detected thus allowing removing bone and/or/sinew and/or gristle from the process unit, and closing the valve if the presence of frozen meat in the process unit is detected;
- wherein the pressure created in the process unit is measured by a pressure sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.