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US 2006/0052042 A1Published application
Method of processing fillets, such as salmon fillets, and a system for performing the method
OwnerHans Rasmusseninventor
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In a method and apparatus for processing and packaging fillets, the fillets are fed on to a conveyor belt, cut into individual fillet slices by a slicer, analyzed in a camera for different parameters, and results fed to a calculation unit. The slices are further conveyed to transport tables positioned along the conveyor and transferred to package trays thereon. Each table has a weighing cell which currently weighs each individual package tray with slices and transfers weight data to the calculation unit to determine the type of fillet slice to be transferred next to a given package tray. Before the fillet is moved into the slicer, its weight is optionally determined either as an estimate made on the basis of a camera imaging of it or by a weighing cell arranged below the slicer. The packaging of fillet slices is performed optimally so that individual trays have a desired weight. It also ensures that the uppermost slice in a package is attractive to consumers.
A method of processing and packaging fillets, such as salmon fillets, wherein the fillets are fed on to a conveyor belt provided with a slicer for cutting the fillets into fillet slices, and wherein at least a camera and a calculation unit are arranged near the conveyor belt for imaging and calculating characteristic parameters of the fillet slices, characterized in that a weight determination of the fillet slices is performed, and, on the basis of the weight determination, the fillet slices are conveyed along the conveyor belt where they are moved to and transferred to a selected package tray of a plurality of package trays disposed opposite the conveyor belt, each package tray being placed on its own transport table, following which the selected transport tray with fillet slice on the transport table is weighed, and the result is applied to the calculation unit.
A system for processing fillets, such as salmon fillets, which are fed on to a conveyor belt equipped with at least a camera and a calculation unit as well as a slicer for cutting the fillets into fillet slices, characterized in that transport tables with package trays are arranged along the conveyor belt, and that each transport table is provided with a weighing cell.
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