Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

Michael Robert Himes

Reed Jacob Hendershot

Jeremy P Miller

Jean-Philippe Trembley

Avishek Guha

Erdem Arslan

Shawn Haupt

Ankit Naik

Eric Charles Bender

Mark Wayne Lanham

Andrew Vincent Shlanta

A processor of a sensor device receives a plurality of images capturing a scene that depicts at least a portion of a conveyer entering a treatment area of a food processing system. The processor processes one or more images, among the plurality of images, to detect one or more characteristics in the scene. Processing the one or more images includes detecting presence or absence of a product on the at least the portion of the conveyor depicted in the scene, and classifying the scene as having one or more characteristics among a predetermined set of characteristics. The sensor device provides characteristics information indicating the one or more characteristics detected in the scene to a controller. The characteristics information is to be used by the controller to control operation of one or both of the conveyor and the treatment area of the food processing system.

Sensor device for providing control for a food processing system

A cryogenic tunnel freezer () having modular design and construction including a lower section () that can be raised and lowered relative to an upper section (), the upper and lower sections () defining a tunnel () when the lower section () is in a closed (raised) position. Product is moved through the tunnel () via a belt () formed of arrays of plastic modules () that are reinforced by metal chains () and rods (). The lower run () of the belt () rides on the floor () of the lower section () and the upper run () rides on the lower run () when the belt () is operated. The flow of cryogenic fluid through the tunnel () is aided by vaporization of a cryogenic fluid and baffles (), but no air-moving devices located within the tunnel ().

Cryogenic tunnel freezer

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Macungie, PA, United States of America

Michael Robert Himes