Royal Canadian Mint

Monnaie Royale Canadienne/royal Canadian Mint

Frederick Leclerc

David John Stanley Baldwin

Thomas Hrach

Yanick Mathieu

Mag Hermann Schurer

Hermann Schurer

David John Baldwin

A machine and method for reducing giveaway material on mint products. The machine may include a conveying assembly for conveying a plurality of mints products to be processed. The machine may also include a processing assembly for processing at least one given mint product at a time, so as to remove an amount of giveaway material from each one of the mint products. The machine may also include a recuperating assembly for recuperating mint products having being processed. The method may include the steps of a) evaluating at least one physical parameter of a given mint product to be processed; b) comparing said at least one physical parameter of the mint product to be processed with a minimum threshold physical parameter in order to determine an attainable range of giveaway material to be removed; c) projecting a targeted amount of giveaway material to be removed from the mint product to be processed depending on the attainable range of giveaway material; and d) removing the targeted amount of giveaway material via at least one surface of the mint product.

System and method for reducing giveaway material on mint products

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Gatineau, Canada

Frederick Leclerc