Method and apparatus for slicing products

摘要

In a method of slicing products, in particular food products, a plurality of products are supplied next to one another along a product support to a cutting plane in which a cutting blade moves, in particular in a rotating and/or revolving manner. The products are initially offset relative to one another in a stepped manner in the product supply direction via the product conveyors in that, starting from a first product, the further products up to the respective outermost product, which are arranged next to one another at at least one side, are set back by a respective amount against the product supply direction, and indeed further than the respective preceding product. The products offset in a stepped manner with respect to one another are traveled to light barriers at a defined speed. The positions of the product starts are detected with respect to the cutting plane via the light barriers.

主权项

1. A method of slicing products, comprising steps of:
supplying a plurality of products next to one another along a product support in a respective product track to a cutting plane in which a cutting blade moves, wherein the products are brought into engagement with respective product conveyors which can be traveled independently of one another in and against the product supply direction relative to the supply unit; offsetting the products in a stepped manner relative to one another via the product conveyors in the product supply direction in that, starting from a first product, the further products arranged next to the first product at at least one side are each set back up to the respective outermost product by a respective amount against the product supply direction, and further than the respective preceding product; wherein a respective light barrier having a monitored zone and a lateral sensor is associated with each product track, said light barrier being arranged at a defined spacing from the cutting plane and the monitored zone extending transversely to the product supply direction; travelling the products toward the light barriers at a defined speed; detecting positions of the product starts with respect to the cutting plane via the light barriers; determining the differences in the positions of the product starts relative to one another; and travelling the product conveyors relative to one another for aligning the product starts with the cutting plane such that the determined relative positional differences of the product starts are cancelled.