Patent ID: 8983645
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: A23G,A23P,G05B,Y02P

Abstract:
1. System for the flexible production of a plurality of types of food products formed in moulds, which may differ from each other in their shape or their composition, particularly chocolate-based products, comprising: a conveyor for conveying in sequence a plurality of moulds along a predetermined production path on which is located a plurality of stations, each of which can execute at least one corresponding operation; each mould including a plurality of cells in which food products may be produced and carrying a corresponding electronic identification device including memory devices from and to which information or data relating to production of food products in the respective mould can be read and written without contact, by means of an associated antenna; each station being provided with at least one corresponding electronic unit including a processor, having associated memory devices and at least one antenna and designed to read or write information or data from or to the memory devices of a mould passing through the station; the system comprising at least one initial input station, and at least one intermediate station adapted to be controlled selectively in a plurality of predetermined modes for the forming of a corresponding plurality of different food product types, the electronic unit of this station being capable of selectively modifying the mode of execution of at least one of its operations, in accordance with operating information relating to production of food products read from the memory devices associated with each mould passing therethrough; the system being characterised in that the electronic unit of said initial input station is designed to transfer or write to the memory devices of each mould passing therethrough operating information identifying the food products to be formed in the mould and relating to the corresponding forming operations, in that at least some of the moulds allow different food products to be formed in a portion of the plurality of cells in predetermined specific areas of the mould, and in that said input station is adapted to transcribe into the memory devices associated with said at least some moulds information indicating the specific food products to be formed in each of said areas and the corresponding forming operations.