Ishida Europe Limited

Nickolas Martin Clark

Ulrich Carlin Nielsen

Ulrich Carlin Neilsen

A batching system () for use in a food packaging system comprises a batching table () having a plurality of filling stations () positioned around an axis of a predefined delivery position. A weigher () is operable to provide food product in predefined batches at the delivery position; and a conveyor () is provided for transporting said batches provided from the weigher () to at least one of said plurality of filling stations.

Batching system for use in a multihead weighing food packing system including a batching table with a plurality of filling stations

A multi-head weigher has a plurality of heads operable to hold and discharge product; first and second discharge chutes arranged to receive product discharged from respective first and second subsets of the plurality of heads and each operable to selectively deliver said product to a first location or a second location; and a combinational weight determining system operable to determine a combination of one or more heads which meets a target criterion, and to discharge product from the determined combination through their respective discharge chute(s) to the first location. When a predetermined condition has occurred, the combinational weight determining system can discharge product from that head(s) to the second location via the discharge chute arranged to receive product from that head(s), when said discharge chute is not being used to deliver product to the first location.

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West Midlands, United Kingdom

Nickolas Martin Clark