Method for processing items such as pieces of meat

摘要

The invention relates to a method for processing items such as pieces of meat, comprising the steps of providing a stream of items 10 by means of a primary conveyor means 4, allocating at least partly by means of a computer system 8, 20 one or more of said items 10 to one of at least two workstations 1 where said items 10 are processed, e.g. cut and/or trimmed, resulting in one or more processed items 11, registering in said computer system 8, 20 information about a return of at least one of said one or more processed items 11 to said primary conveyor means 4, and returning said at least one of said one or more processed items 11 to said primary conveyor means 4 in accordance with said information about a return.;The invention further relates to a system for processing items such as pieces of meat, said system comprising the means essential to carry out the above-mentioned method.

主权项

1. Method for processing food items such as pieces of meat, comprising the steps of:
providing a stream of food items by means of a primary conveyor, wherein said primary conveyor is configured to transport said food items to or past a plurality of workstations in a given direction, and wherein said primary conveyor is of a particular type, a computer system automatically allocating a subset of said food items to be transferred to a particular one of the plurality of workstations; automatically transferring, using the computer system, the allocated ones of said food items from said primary conveyor of the particular type to the particular one of said plurality of workstations as the food items arrive at the particular one of the workstations, wherein said transferred ones of said items are processed at said particular one of said plurality of workstations, resulting in one or more processed items, allowing the food items in the stream of items not allocated to the particular one of the workstations to pass the particular one of the workstations without being transferred to the particular one of the workstations; registering in the computer system information about a return of at least one of said one or more processed items to said primary conveyor of the particular type, automatically returning, using the computer system, said at least one of said one or more processed items to said primary conveyor of the particular type in accordance with said information about a return, and transporting said at least one of said one or more processed items and the food items in the stream of items not allocated to the particular one of the workstations to or past a subsequent one of said plurality of workstations in said given direction using said primary conveyor of the particular type.