Determination and correction of conveyor belt speed/location
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    发明授权
    Determination and correction of conveyor belt speed/location 有权
    传送带速度/位置的确定和校正

    公开(公告)号:US08839949B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-09-23

    申请号:US13837471

    申请日:2013-03-15

    摘要: Sprockets (22) and (42) are engaged with a conveyor belt (18) itself or a chain (28) coupled to the belt. An encoder is used to determine the differential of the rotation of the sprockets. From that information, the instantaneous pitch of the conveyor belt located between the first and second rotational axes can be determined, and from that information the speed of the belt can be determined. This information can be used to control work tools or other devices that act on work products being carried by the conveyor belt.

    摘要翻译: 链轮(22)和(42)与传送带(18)本身或连接到传送带的链条(28)接合。 编码器用于确定链轮旋转的差异。 根据该信息,可以确定位于第一和第二旋转轴线之间的输送带的瞬时间距,并且可以从该信息确定带的速度。 该信息可用于控制作用在由输送带承载的工作产品上的工作工具或其它装置。

    Method and system for portioning workpieces using reference shape as a directly controlled characteristic

    公开(公告)号:US11188049B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-30

    申请号:US16422032

    申请日:2019-05-24

    摘要: A method and system are provided for automatically portioning workpieces, such as food products, by simulating portioning the workpieces in accordance with the one or more desired shapes of the final piece(s) as a directly controlled physical characteristic (parameter/specification) as well as one or more resulting indirectly controlled physical characteristics (parameters/specifications). The desired shape(s) of the final piece(s) are defined by a plurality of manipulatable reference coordinates. A workpiece is scanned to obtain scanning information, then portioning of the workpiece is simulated in accordance with the desired shape(s) of the final piece(s) defined by the directly controlled reference coordinates, thereby to determine the one or more indirectly controlled physical characteristics of the one or more final pieces to be portioned from the workpiece. The simulated portioning of the workpiece is performed for multiple combinations of directly controlled shapes as defined by the modified or edited reference coordinates and indirectly controlled physical characteristics until an acceptable set of a directly controlled shape and resulting one or more indirectly controlled physical characteristics is determined.

    Determining the thickness profile of work products

    公开(公告)号:US11570998B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-07

    申请号:US16887057

    申请日:2020-05-29

    摘要: A processing system (10) and a corresponding method are provided for processing work products (WP), including food items, to locate and quantify voids, undercuts and similar anomalies in the work products. The work products are conveyed past an X-ray scanner (14) by a conveyance device (12). Data from the X-ray scanning is transmitted to control system (18). Simultaneously with the X-ray scanning of the work product, the work product is optically scanned at the same location on the work product where X-ray scanning is occurring. The data from the optical scanner is also transmitted to the control system. Such data is analyzed to develop or generate the thickness profile of the work product. From the differences in the thickness profiles generated from the X-ray scanning data versus the optical scanning data, the location of voids, undercuts and similar anomalies can be determined by the control system. This information is used by the processing system (10) to process the work product as desired, including adjusting for the locations and sizes of voids, undercuts and similar anomalies present in the work product.

    Method and system for portioning workpieces using reference shape as a directly controlled characteristic

    公开(公告)号:US10303151B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-28

    申请号:US15875974

    申请日:2018-01-19

    摘要: A method and system are provided for automatically portioning workpieces, such as food products, by simulating portioning the workpieces in accordance with the one or more desired shapes of the final piece(s) as a directly controlled physical characteristic (parameter/specification) as well as one or more resulting indirectly controlled physical characteristics (parameters/specifications). The desired shape(s) of the final piece(s) are defined by a plurality of manipulatable reference coordinates. A workpiece is scanned to obtain scanning information, then portioning of the workpiece is simulated in accordance with the desired shape(s) of the final piece(s) defined by the directly controlled reference coordinates, thereby to determine the one or more indirectly controlled physical characteristics of the one or more final pieces to be portioned from the workpiece. The simulated portioning of the workpiece is performed for multiple combinations of directly controlled shapes as defined by the modified or edited reference coordinates and indirectly controlled physical characteristics until an acceptable set of a directly controlled shape and resulting one or more indirectly controlled physical characteristics is determined.