APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PORTIONING USING AUTOMATIC WORKPIECE CONVEYANCE SPEED CONTROL

摘要

A portioning apparatus (10) includes a powered conveyor (12) for carryi ng workpieces (WP) past a scanning station (14) and past a cutting station (20) . Information from the scanning station pertaining to physical parameters of the workpiece is transmitted to a control system (16) which then determines an optimal cuttin g strategy for the workpiece, which strategy is implemented at the cutting station (20). Th e length of time required to portion the workpiece is also determined, and this information is used to ascertain whether the speed of the conveyor (12) is optimal or should be changed.