Food processing apparatus and corresponding food processing method
AssigneeProvisur Technologies, Inc.
InventorHeinz Burkhalter
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Abstract
A food processing apparatus for processing food products, in particular meat products, includes a press for pressing the food products with specific pressing parameters and a control unit which is connected on its output side to the press and sets the pressing parameters. A first analyzing device for analyzing the food products before pressing and for generating corresponding first analysis parameters of the food products is provided. The first analysis parameters represent product properties of the analyzed food product. The control unit is connected to the first analyzing device and sets the pressing parameters depending on the first analysis parameters.
Claims28
A food processing apparatus for processing food products comprising:
- a press configured to press the food products according to predetermined pressing parameters;
- a first analyzing device configured to analyze the food products before pressing and configured to generate corresponding first analysis parameters of the food products, the first analysis parameters representing product properties of the analyzed food product;
- a control unit having an output side connected to the press and which is configured to adjust the pressing parameters of the press, the control unit having an input side connected to the first analyzing device and configured to receive the first analysis parameters and to set the pressing parameters of the press as a function of the first analysis parameters and connected to the press, the control unit is configured to receive feedback from the press in the form of feedback pressing parameters, and the control unit is configured to calculate a product parameter which represents the degree of freezing of the pressed product based upon the feedback pressing parameters.
The food processing apparatus according to the first analyzing device comprises a temperature measuring device configured to measure the temperature of the food products as a product property.
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Food processing method comprising:
- analyzing the food products by a first analyzing device and generating corresponding first analysis parameters of the food products, wherein the first analysis parameters represent product properties of the analyzed food product prior to pressing;
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- setting pressing parameters by a control unit as a function of the first analysis parameters;
- pressing the food products with the pressing parameters in a press,
- providing feedback pressing parameters by the press to the control unit;
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- calculating a product parameter which represents a degree of freezing of the pressed product, wherein the calculation is made by the control unit based on the feedback pressing parameters.
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