摘要 |
The skewer (17) is fixed and food is supplied on a conveyor. Positions of food items are determined on the conveyor, using an optical sensor (3) and image processing. In accordance with the positions, manipulators (5) and/or the skewers are controlled to pick up the food pieces, skewering them. One or more pieces are laid in a mold, before introducing the skewer. - The food- and skewer grippers (5, 10) are moved by a controller connected with the imaging equipment. The detailed process of adding food portions to the skewers and variants of the equipment based on the foregoing principles, are elaborated. An industrial robot carries many skewers. Variants of the gripper are also described, including angle- or parallel grips, fingers with jaws, suction grips and needle grips with hollow cylinders. - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for corresponding equipment.
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