US 12,465,055 B2
Method and a system for generating batches of food pieces
Jan-Pieter Feddema, Boxmeer (NL); Henrik Kristiansen, Aarhus N (DK); and Robert Van Der Kraan, Boxmeer (NL)
Assigned to MAREL POULTRY B.V., Boxmeer (NL); and MAREL A/S, Aarhus N (DK)
Appl. No. 18/253,562
Filed by MAREL POULTRY B.V., Boxmeer (NL); and MAREL A/S, Aarhus N (DK)
PCT Filed Nov. 22, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/082494
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 18, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/112171, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 2, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 20209581 (EP), filed on Nov. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0008500 A1, Jan. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. A22C 17/00 (2006.01); A22C 21/00 (2006.01); A22C 25/08 (2006.01); A22C 25/18 (2006.01); G01G 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC A22C 17/002 (2013.01) [A22C 17/0093 (2013.01); A22C 21/0023 (2013.01); A22C 21/0053 (2013.01); A22C 25/08 (2013.01); A22C 25/18 (2013.01); G01G 13/003 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of generating batches of food pieces, comprising:
conveying incoming food objects through two or more cutting devices, where at least one cutting device of the two or more cutting devices is configured to cut the incoming food objects into plurality of food pieces according to a first cutting rule, and
conveying a resulting plurality of cut food pieces to a batching system where batches are generated fulfilling at least one first weight target,
wherein the first cutting rule is selected in accordance to the at least one first weight target such that a resulting weight distribution of the plurality of food pieces entering the batching system is adapted to the at least one first weight target,
wherein in case the batches fulfilling the at least one first weight target is changed to batches fulfilling at least one second weight target, a control signal is generated instructing the at least one cutting device of the two or more cutting devices to adjust to a second cutting rule such that the resulting weight distribution of the plurality of resulting cut food pieces entering the batching system is adapted to the at least one second weight target,
the method further comprising: measuring at least one characteristic property parameter of the incoming food objects including one or more of weight, size, shape, color of the food objects and utilizing one or more of the least one characteristic property parameter as an input parameter in allocating the food objects to the two or more cutting devices.