Patent ID: 9095638
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: A23L,A61L

Abstract:
1. A control system for controlling a machine for the temperature processing of containers for food products, the machine including a movement element for moving the containers to be processed on a movement path along which at least one temperature-processing zone is defined, where the temperature of the containers is to be brought to a desired value, the temperature-processing zone being divided into a number of sub-zones each having a respective injection assembly for injecting processing fluid on the containers and a respective adjusting assembly for setting the temperature of the injected processing fluid; a presence sensor located at the input of said movement path and configured to detect the presence of containers at input to said machine; the control system, comprising: a control unit operatively coupled to the adjusting assemblies of the sub-zones in order to regulate the temperature of the processing fluid, wherein the control unit is operatively coupled to the presence sensor and is configured to: locate the position of containers along said movement path based on presence information provided by said presence sensor; wherein said control unit is configured to: perform a prediction of an output temperature of the containers located on said movement path based on a current operating condition of the machine,a past thermal trend for said containers and the located position of the containers along said movement path; and control said adjusting assemblies based on the predicted output temperature, wherein the output temperature of the containers located on said movement path comprises a temperature the containers would reach at output from said temperature-processing zone.