Patent ID: 8870632
Filing Date: 2014-10-28
Classification: A22B,B08B

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for cleaning the peeling section of a roller-type peeling machine including inserts having axes extending along the lengths of peeling channels formed by a plurality of parallel, overlapping rollers, comprising: a robot disposed above a peeling section of a roller-type peeling machine and having a cleaning tool movable within a working envelope encompassing the peeling section; a controller providing a first signal to the robot to cause the cleaning tool to move along a predetermined cleaning path within the working envelope to clean the peeling section, the controller further providing a second signal; an underside cleaner having an array of cleaning tools arranged in groups, each of the groups including a plurality of cleaning tools laterally spaced apart across the width of the peeling section perpendicular to axes of inserts extending along the lengths of peeling channels formed by parallel, overlapping rollers in the peeling section to act on the underside of the peeling channels in the peeling section, wherein the groups are spaced apart axially along the lengths of the peeling channels and a translation device receiving the second signal from the controller to independently translate the underside cleaner across the underside of the peeling section perpendicular to the axes of the inserts between a first position wherein the cleaning tools of each group act on a corresponding first portion of the underside of the peeling channels and a second position wherein the cleaning tools of each group act on a corresponding second portion of the underside of the peeling channels, wherein the first portion acted on by a group overlaps the first portion acted on by an adjacent group and wherein the second portion acted on by the group overlaps the second portion acted on by the adjacent group.