Fmc Technologies, Inc.

Arthur W Vogeley

Morteza Safai

Norman A Rudy

Corneel Constant Wijts

A conveyor ( ) moves a workpiece (WP) past an x-ray source ( ) to detect existence and location of any undesirable material included in the workpiece, such as bones, fat, metal, etc. Thereafter, the conveyor carries the workpiece further, wherein a cutter ( ) segments the detected undesirable material from the workpiece into a segmented portion (SP) having a visually distinguishable shape, such as square, round, triangular, etc. A worker stationed downstream of the cutter along the conveyor may then easily spot the segmented portion (SP) in a distinguishable shape and offload the segmented portion from the conveyor, while leaving the rest of the workpiece (WP) on the conveyor for further processing. Alternatively, a pickup device ( ) may be used to automatically offload the segmented portion from the conveyor. A computer ( ) keeps track of the locations of the workpiece and the segmented portion at all times.

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Arthur W Vogeley