Systems and methods for rotating products during processing

An inline system for product processing comprising:

• a track configured to impart translational kinematics to shackled product transporting the shackled product through one or more processing stations;
• an external entrapment configured to extend around at least a portion of an exterior of the shackled product;
• and
• a shackle system configured to impart rotational kinematics to the shackled product;
• wherein:
• the shackle system comprises:
• a rotator;
• and
• a rotating shackle;
• the rotator is configured to undergo rotational kinematics causing rotation of the rotating shackle;
• the inline system provides both translational movement and rotational movement of the shackled product through one or more of the processing stations;
• the external entrapment is extendable and retractable;
• one or more of the processing stations comprise heat transfer media through which the shackled product translates and rotates;
• and
• the translational movement and the rotational movement of the shackled product through the heat transfer media provides for enhanced control and transport phenomena between the shackled product and the heat transfer media over only translational movement of the shackled product through the heat transfer media.

An inline system, for product processing comprising:

• a track configured to impart translational kinematics to shackled product transporting the shackled product through one or more processing stations;
• and
• a shackle system configured to impart rotational kinematics to the shackled product;
• wherein:
• the shackle system comprises:
• a rotator;
• and
• a rotating shackle;
• the rotator is configured to undergo rotational kinematics causing rotation of the rotating shackle;
• the inline system provides both translational movement and rotational movement of the shackled product through one or more of the processing stations;
• one or more of the processing stations comprise heat transfer media through which the shackled product translates and rotates;
• the translational movement and the rotational movement of the shackled product through the heat transfer media provides for enhanced control and transport phenomena between the shackled product and the heat transfer media over only translational movement of the shackled product through the heat transfer media;
• and
• at least one of:
• the rotator comprises a gear, the track comprises a rack, and the gear meshes with the rack causing, at least in part, the rotational kinematics on the rotator as the shackle system moves along the track;
• the rotator comprises a rotator peg, the track comprises a track peg, and the rotator peg interfaces with the track peg causing, at least in part, the rotational kinematics on the rotator as the shackle system moves along the track;
• the inline system further comprises a stabilizing rod configured to extend through a cavity of the shackled product, wherein the stabilizing rod is extendable and retractable;
• or
• the inline system further comprises an external entrapment configured to extend around at least a portion of an exterior of the shackled product, wherein the external entrapment is extendable and retractable.