A system and a method for automatically placing ice into boxes having two or more different widths

A system for placing ice into boxes containing food products while the boxes are conveyed by a box conveyor device, where the boxes have an open upper side and two or more different widths extending across the conveying direction of the boxes, comprising:

• a control unit,
• an ice in-feed device,
• an ice distribution device configured for receiving ice from the ice in-feed device and for distributing the received ice into the open upper side of the boxes while the boxes pass the ice distribution device,
• wherein the ice distribution device further comprises an ice width adjuster device for interacting with the received ice prior to distributing the received ice into the open upper side of the boxes while the boxes pass the ice distribution device, where the ice width adjuster device is controlled by the control unit using at least one characteristic parameter relating to the boxes including the width of the boxes as a control command in adjusting the width of the width adjuster device such that the width of the distributed ice in the boxes is essentially the same as the width of the incoming boxes.