Apparatus for processing fruit and vegetable products
AssigneeUnitec S.P.A.
InventorLuca Benedetti
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Abstract
An apparatus for processing fruit and vegetable products, having at least first elements adapted to move containers of fruit and vegetable products, filled with indiscriminate masses of a specific type of product. along at least one first conveyance line, which leads to at least one device for emptying the containers, which is adapted to feed, with the fruit and vegetable products evacuated from the containers, second elements adapted to move fruit and vegetable products along at least one second conveyance line. The apparatus further includes a detection system, which is for the acquisition of at least one data item related to the content of the containers.
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An apparatus for processing fruit and vegetable products, which comprises at least first means adapted to move containers of fruit and vegetable products, filled with indiscriminate masses of a specific type of product, along at least one first conveyance line, which leads to at least one device for emptying the containers, which is adapted to feed, with fruit and vegetable products evacuated from the containers, second means adapted to move said fruit and vegetable products along at least one second conveyance line, and further comprising a detection system which is configured for an acquisition of at least one data item related to a content of the containers filled with products before the products are evacuated from the containers by the device for emptying the containers.
An apparatus for processing fruit and vegetable products, which comprises at least first means adapted to move containers of fruit and vegetable products, filled with indiscriminate masses of a specific type of product along at least one first conveyance line, which leads to at least one device for emptying the containers, which is adapted to feed, with fruit and vegetable products evacuated from the containers, second means adapted to move said fruit and vegetable products along at least one second conveyance line, and further comprising a detection system which is configured for an acquisition of at least one data item related to a content of the containers,
- wherein said system is configured for a transmission of said at least one data item to an electronic control and management unit, which operates at least as a function of said at least one data item, and
- wherein said electronic control and management unit is equipped with instructions for controlling said device for emptying the containers, and for varying the number of containers to be emptied in a time unit, as a function of the data acquired by said detection system.
An apparatus for processing fruit and vegetable products, which comprises at least first means adapted to move containers of fruit and vegetable products, filled with indiscriminate masses of a specific type of product along at least one first conveyance line, which leads to at least one device for emptying the containers, which is adapted to feed, with fruit and vegetable products evacuated from the containers, second means adapted to move said fruit and vegetable products along at least one second conveyance line, and further comprising a detection system which is configured for an acquisition of at least one data item related to a content of the containers,
- wherein said detection system is configured at least to verify a presence, in the containers, of foreign objects such as stalks coupled to the fruit and vegetable products, stones, branches, leaves, soil, debris of other kinds, and
- wherein said detection system is configured at least to estimate and/or measure a length of any stalks coupled to the fruit and vegetable products accommodated in the containers.
A method for controlling an apparatus for processing fruit and vegetable products, the apparatus comprising at least first means adapted to move containers of fruit and vegetable products, filled with indiscriminate masses of a specific type of product along at least one first conveyance line, which leads to at least one device for emptying the containers, which is adapted to feed, with fruit and vegetable products evacuated from the containers, second means adapted to move said fruit and vegetable products along at least one second conveyance line, and further comprising a detection system which is configured for an acquisition of at least one data item related to a content of the containers, the method including the following steps:
- a. acquiring, by said detection system, at least one data item related to a content of the containers,
- b. comparing the data obtained in said step a. with a reference value, and
- c. acting on said apparatus, downstream of said first conveyance line, at least if the data obtained in said step a. differ from the reference value by more than a predefined tolerance limit.
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