Meat processing machine comprising a fat analysing device
OwnerStefan Linn, Willi Eschenröder +1inventors
InventorsStefan Linn, Willi Eschenröder, Dieter Evers
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Abstract
The invention relates to a meat processing machine which is used for mincing, filling, degassing and/or mixing fresh and/or frozen meat. Said machine also comprises a fat analysing device (7, 8) for determining the fat content in said meat.
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Meat processing machine comprising:
- a fat analysing device for the determination of the fat content in the meat in a subregion of the meat processing machine, the fat analysing device comprising a radiation source and a radiation detector, the fat analysing device being integrated in the meat processing machine in the area of one or more of a mincing unit, a screw conveyor of a conveyor unit, a filling unit and a mixer;
- a measuring path, located in the subregion, from the radiation source to the radiation detector, the measuring path being uninterrupted by moving metal parts;
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- wherein the meat processing machine is used for mincing, filling, degassing and/or mixing fresh meat and/or frozen meat.
Method for determining the fat content in fresh meat or frozen meat, wherein the fat content is determined in a meat processing machine during processing, wherein a fat analysing device is integrated in the meat processing machine in the area of one or more of a mincing unit, a screw conveyor of a conveyor unit, a filling unit and a mixer, the method comprising emitting a radiation by a radiation source and detecting the radiation with a radiation detector, the determination of the fat content in the meat being performed in a subregion of the meat processing machine in which a measuring path from the radiation source to the radiation detector is at least at times not interrupted by moving metal parts.
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