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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2005
David Faires, Lake Forest Park, WA (US);
David A. Below, Port Clinton, OH (US);
David Faires, Lake Forest Park, WA (US);
David A. Below, Port Clinton, OH (US);
John Bean Technologies Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
Portioning system () includes a conveyor () for conveying work products () past a scanner (). A data processor () receives the scanning data and generates a thickness and/or volume distribution of the work product. The processor is programmed to determine in advance how the work product may be portioned into a plurality of desired end products, and more specifically how one or more of the end products may be cut and then subsequently sliced without having to re-scan the cut portion. The processor controls a cutting device () for portioning the work product under the cutting strategy determined by the processor, and also controls a slicing device () for subsequently slicing one or more of the cut portions to achieve a desired thickness per the determined cutting strategy.