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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2017
John Bean Technologies Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
George R. Blaine, Lake Stevens, WA (US);
John Bean Technologies Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
The calibrating systemincludes a conveyance systemfor carrying work productsarranged in multiple lanes extending along the conveyor to be trimmed and/or cut into portions P. A scannerscans the work product and a cutter systemconsisting of one or more cutters are arranged in an array or series of cutter assemblies for cutting the work products into end pieces P of desired sizes or other physical parameters. A processor/computer, using a scanning program or portioning program, determines how the work product may be portioned into one or more end piece product sets. The processor/computer using the portioning software then functions as a controller to control the cutter systemto portion the workpieceaccording to the selected end product/pieces P.