Method for the parallel production of shingled portions with different number of slices and suitable slicing machine
AssigneeMultivac Sepp HaggenmüLler SE & Co. KG
InventorsTobias Enderle, Albert Hartmann
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Abstract
In order to prevent a slice from being separated from each log during the last cut in the case of multiple portions produced in parallel, that is to say there is no unproductive cut in the last cut, as is required, for example, in EP 2942165 B1, the basic idea is to already provide an unproductive cut for at least one log during the first cut for the simultaneously produced portions, wherein a distinction must be made in the following procedure whether or not separately controllable portioning belts are present per lane and whether the portion lengths should be the same or not despite different numbers of slices.
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A method for parallel, substantially simultaneous production of shingled portions with different numbers of slices by use of a multi-lane slicing machine for product logs with a rotating blade and portioning belts that can be controlled individually for each lane downstream of the blade, the method comprising:
- during slicing of a portion, separating by the blade a slice from each of the logs supplied in parallel during at least one revolution of the blade;
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- controlling the portioning belts such that a length of each of the portions produced in parallel next to one another is approximately the same independent of number of slices in each of the portions;
- wherein no slice is separated from at least one log during a first cut for a portion.
A multi-lane slicing machine for slicing product logs into slices and producing shingled or stacked portions from slices, the slicing machine comprising:
- a slicing unit having a blade;
- a feeding unit for feeding multiple logs to the slicing unit;
- a discharge unit having at least one portioning belt;
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- a controller configured to control the slicing unit and the feeding unit such that during slicing of a portion, the blade separates a slice from each of the logs supplied in parallel during at least one revolution of the blade, and to control the at least one portioning belt such that a length of each of the portions produced in parallel next to one another is approximately the same independent of number of slices in each of the portions, and wherein the controller is configured to control the slicing machine such that no slice is separated from at least one log during a first cut for a portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.