Patent ID: 11953361
Assignee: nan
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  A  B | IPC A  B  G

Claim 17:
18. The method of claim 17, wherein:
the monitoring machine further comprises a feedback control system; and
said method further comprises the steps of:
providing the monitoring machine with a weight-flow flowrate value of the inflow of food product pieces into the relatively upline food-process line coating machine;
providing the feedback control system with a target weight pick-up or loss percent for the flowrate of food product pieces out of the relatively upline food-process line coating machine;
the feedback control system determining a pick-up or loss percent error between the target weight pick-up or loss percent for the flowrate of food product pieces through the relatively upline food-process line machine and the monitoring machine determined weight pick-up or loss percent therefor;
wherein with the monitoring machine already provided with (1) weight-flow flowrate value of the inflow of food product pieces into the relatively upline food-process line coating machine, (2) the upline value provided by the upline provision of the weighing transfer conveyor and (3) the downline value provided by the downline provision of the weighing transfer conveyor, as well as already (4) differencing the downline value provided by the downline provision of the weighing transfer conveyor for determining the weight pick-up or loss percent of the flowrate of food product pieces across the weighing transfer conveyor between the upline provision of the weighing transfer conveyor for providing weight-flow flowrate values and the downline provision of the weighing transfer conveyor for providing weight-flow flowrate values, in consequence thereof the feedback control system undertaking adjustment measures to bring the monitoring machine determined weight pick-up or loss percent therefor in closer agreement with the target weight pick-up or loss percent for the relatively upline food-process line coating machine;
the adjustment measures comprising any of providing the weighing transfer conveyor with:
air knives aimed at the flowing food product transiting over the upper, food-product carrying run thereof and adjust up, down or switch off a flowrate of air out the air knives;
agitation provisions and adjust up, down or switch off a level of intensity of the agitation provisions as the food product pieces flow thereacross;
a compression roller rolling over the flowing food product pieces transiting over upper, food-product carrying run thereof and adjusting an increase, decrease of lift off a level of pressure of the compression roller over the flowing food product pieces passing thereunder; or
moisture misters aimed at the flowing food product transiting over upper, food-product carrying run thereof and adjust up, down or switch off a flowrate of the moisture out of moisture misters.