Patent ID: 9060544
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: A22C,A23P,B08B

Abstract:
1. A method for moulding three-dimensional products from a mass of one or more food starting materials which are suitable for consumption, comprising the steps of: providing a system for moulding three-dimensional products, which system comprises: a plurality of mould members, each mould member having one or more mould cavities, and each mould member having at least one surface in which the one or more mould cavities each have an opening to allow for the filling of the mould cavity with said mass of one or more food starting materials, and wherein each mould member of said plurality of mould members is provided with a unique identification; a production device comprising: a frame adapted to support one of the mould members of said plurality of mould members, the mould member being removable from the frame; and a mass feed member adapted to bear against the surface of the mould member that is provided with said one or more openings of said one or more mould cavities of the mould member; a mould member cleaning device adapted to clean the mould member; a recognition device adapted to automatically recognize the identification of each mould member of said plurality of mould members; a computer connected to said recognition device, which computer has a memory wherein a history of the use of each of said plurality of mould members on said production device and a history of the cleaning of each of said plurality of mould members by said mould member cleaning device is stored; and a conveyor; placing a first mould member on the production device for production of said products, and producing said products by filling the one or more mould cavities of said first mould member with the mass feed member of said production device; removing the first mould member from the production device and the conveyor conveying the first mould member from the production device to the mould member cleaning device for cleaning the first mould member, the mould member cleaning device receiving the first mould member that has been removed from the production device; recognizing the unique identification of the mould member and storing the use of the mould member by the production device; and providing the mould member cleaning device with the recognition device, the system selecting a cleaning process for the first mould member on the basis of the identification recognized by the recognition device on the mould member cleaning device, and storing the cleaning of the first mould member by the mould member cleaning device in the memory of the computer of the system.