摘要 |
<p>Portioning system (10) includes a conveyor (12) for conveying work products (14) past a scanner (16). A data processor (22) receives the scanning data and generates a thickness and/or volume distribution of the work product. The processor is programmed 5 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 (18) for portioning the work product under the cutting strategy determined by the processor, and also controls a slicing device (20) for subsequently 10 slicing one or more of the cut portions to achieve a desired thickness per the determined cutting strategy. 46 12 18 20 48 NETWORK CONVEYOR CUTTING SLICER SENSORS DEVICE COMPUTER 22 | CPU I I MEMORY I 40-- 42 USER OUTPUT INTERFACE 24 DE VICE 30, 32 54 30,32 34 Fi.</p> |