Patent ID: 6276115
Filing Date: 2001-08-21
Classification: A22B,A22C,B65B,Y10T

Abstract:
A process for sectioning pork loins into preselected cuts and packaging the cuts in a preplanned and programmed packaged array comprising the steps of: sequentially moving whole pork loins along a directed path of travel adjacent a plurality of saw stations; sawing each sequentially moving pork loin at the first of the plurality of saw stations to form a first traditional cut; conveying the first traditional cut to a first traditional cut collecting location while moving the remainder of the whole pork loin to the second of the plurality of saw stations; sawing the remainder of the whole pork loin to form a second different traditional cut; conveying the second different traditional cut to a second collecting location while moving the remainder of the whole pork loin to the third of the plurality of saw stations; sawing the remainder of the pork loin to form a third different traditional cut; conveying the third different traditional cut to a third collecting station; continuing to move the remainder of the whole pork loin sequentially to each of the remaining saw stations sawing and forming differing traditional cuts at each remaining saw station until the pork loin is depleted; conveying the formed differing traditional cuts to separate collecting locations for each different traditional cut; sequentially moving package trays along a preselected path of travel located adjacent to the collecting locations; placing one or more traditional cuts from each preselected collecting location in the tray until each moving tray is filled and the preplanned package is formed.