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AssigneeScanvaegt A/S
InventorsThorkild Kvisgaard, John Bomholt
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A batching of currently supplied articles with non-uniform weights into portions of a uniform target weight is effected by passing the articles through a weighing station (6, 8) to a distribution system (12), in which the articles (4) are selectively allocated to a plurality of receiver bins (14). It is known to improve the capacity of such a system by way of probability calculations based on the normal distribution of the articles in the supply flow, but it is better to base such calculations on a regularly updated recorded histogram (28) of the weight distribution of a relatively high number of newly weighed articles. Thereby the target calculations will rely on factual rather than just expected conditions, and a result is that it is possible to effect batching even when the article weights in the supply flow are not normally distributed.
A method of forming portions of predetermined weights comprised of a plurality of individual articles comprising the steps of:
A system for forming portions comprised of a plurality of individual articles and having at least one predetermined portion weight defined as one of a target weight, a target weight range, and a target weight distribution, comprising:
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