Automated peeling system
AssigneeTomra Sorting GmbH
InventorsMichael Broderick, Doug Reid, John Mcgloughlin
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Abstract
A peeling process and system comprising a primary peeling device; a sorting device arranged to sort product output from the primary peeling device into peeled product and partially peeled product; a secondary peeling device arranged to receive the partially peeled product output from the sorting device; and a peel control system to monitor the peel quality of product detected in at least one position after the primary peeling device and control the peeling system in response to same.
Claims19
A peeling system comprising:
- a primary peeling device;
- a sorting device arranged to sort product output from the primary peeling device into peeled product and partially peeled product;
- a secondary peeling device arranged to receive the partially peeled product output from the sorting device;
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- a peel control system configured to control the peeling system to output product of a desired grade, the peel control system configured to:
- monitor peel quality of product detected in at least one position after the primary peeling device;
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- control how much peel is removed during peeling and control a volume of product sent to the second peeler by sorting parameters of the sorting device until a desired volume of product being sent to the second peeler is achieved.
A peeling process comprising:
- peeling product using a primary peeling device;
- sorting product output from the primary peeling device into peeled product and partially peeled product;
- re-peeling the partially peeled product;
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- controlling the peeling process to output product of a desired grade in response to the peel quality at at least one position by:
- monitoring the peel quality of product detected in the at least one position after the primary peeling device;
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- controlling how much peel is removed during the peeling process, and controlling the volume of product sent to a second peeler by sorting parameters of the sorting device until a desired volume of product being sent to the second peeler is achieved, in response to the detected quality of product flow at the at least one position.
A computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to carry out a peeling process comprising:
- controlling a primary peeling device to peel product;
- controlling sorting of product output from the primary peeling device into peeled product and partially peeled product;
- controlling re-peeling of the partially peeled product in a secondary peeling device;
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- controlling the peeling process to output product of a desired grade in response to the peel quality at at least one position by:
- controlling monitoring of the peel quality of product detected in the at least one position after the primary peeling device;
- controlling how much peel is removed during the peeling process and controlling the volume of product sent to a second peeler, in response to the detected quality of product flow at the at least one position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.