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

Claim 9:
10. The method of claim 9, further comprises the steps of:
providing the feedback control system with a target weight pick-up or loss percent for the flowrate of food product pieces out of the second food-process line 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 second food-process line machine and the monitoring machine determined weight pick-up or loss percent therefor;
said feedback control system undertaking second-in-sequence adjustment measures to bring the monitoring machine determined weight pick-up or loss percent for the second food-process line machine in closer agreement with the target weight pick-up or loss percent for the second food-process line machine;
such second-in-sequence adjustment measures comprising any of:
adjusting the dwell time of the food product pieces within the second food-process line machine;
when the second food-process line machine applies a dry coating, replenishing the depleted dry coating material with a finer or coarser dry coating material accordingly;
when the second food-process line machine applies a wet coating, thickening or thinning the wet coating material accordingly;
when the second-in-sequence adjustment measure is selected to transpire over the third weighing transfer conveyor, providing the third 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;
when the second-in-sequence adjustment measure is selected to transpire over the third weighing transfer conveyor, providing the upper, food-product carrying run of the third weighing transfer conveyor with agitation provisions and adjust up, down or switch off a level of intensity of the agitation provisions as the food product pieces flow thereacross;
when the second-in-sequence adjustment measure is selected to transpire over the third weighing transfer conveyor, providing the third weighing transfer conveyor with 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
when the second-in-sequence adjustment measure is selected to transpire over the third weighing transfer conveyor, providing the third weighing transfer conveyor with 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.