摘要 |
<p>A food handling system having a food product positioning system, vacancy reduction system, and a fill and packaging system. The positioning system has a controller for receiving data captured by a sensor and for instructing an alignment robot to move a food product to a destination position. The controller is capable of signaling the robot of the vacancy reduction system to move the food product from the food product parking station to fill a vacant food product position on the main conveyor. The shuttle packaging system includes the main conveyor for transporting food products in a longitudinal direction, a supply of open top containers displaced along a longitudinal direction and movable in the longitudinal direction into a filling station. The shuttle system includes a shuttle robot for moving food products from the main conveyor to an open top container in the filling station.</p> |