Vibratory conveyor, food processing line and method of processing food products
AssigneeGea Food Solutions Bakel B.V.
InventorHarrie Van Beers
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Abstract
A vibratory conveyor for shaking food products and conveying the food products in a horizontal direction, the conveyor includes at least one transport element configured to carry the food products and to allow draining of liquid through the at least one transport element, an actuator configured to cause a vibration of the at least one transport element, the actuator is configured to generate a stroke with an amplitude in a range of 8 mm to 16 mm, and a drip tray arranged below the at least one transport element and configured to receive the liquid draining through the at least one transport element.
Claims6
A method of processing heavy food products, in a food processing line, wherein the heavy food products have a weight of at least 1 kg, and wherein the method comprises:
- injecting a liquid into the heavy food products using an injection apparatus,
- receiving the heavy food products by a vibratory conveyor from the injection apparatus, wherein the vibratory conveyor comprises at least one transport element that carries the heavy food products and allows draining of the liquid through the at least one transport element, wherein the at least one transport element is arranged horizontally and configured to carry the heavy food products horizontally,
- wherein the vibratory conveyor comprises a drip tray arranged below the at least one transport element to receive the liquid draining through the at least one transport element,
- wherein an actuator causes vibration of the at least one transport element by generating a stroke with an amplitude in a range of 8 mm to 16 mm, the actuator is configured to generate the stroke in a stroke direction, which is arranged at an angle to a horizontal direction, wherein the angle is in a range of 60° to 80°, and
- wherein the actuator causes a vibration of the at least one transport element with a frequency in a range of 10 Hz to 20 Hz, or 14 Hz to 17 Hz.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.