Food manipulation apparatus (10) is provided and comprises manipulation means (20) which moves two parts of a food item (30) between a first relative disposition and a second relative disposition. Furthermore, a robot (70) may be provided to place the food item (30) into a container (85).

Disclosed is a line catcher-type waterjet cutting apparatus in which a workpiece is subjected to the waterjet processing in a state of being clamped by a workpiece edge clamping device and a separate driving unit for the workpiece edge clamping device is provided, and in which the workpiece is clamped by the workpiece edge clamping device during the waterjet processing, while the workpiece is easily decoupled from the workpiece edge clamping device after the waterjet processing is completed, so that the waterjet processing is carried out while reciprocally conveying the workpiece in an X-direction, thereby increasing the processing accuracy of the waterjet processing and easily automating the waterjet processing.

A method of removing a foreign object from a food piece detects the location of a foreign object in a food piece (10); conveys the food piece to a cutting tool (42); and operates the cutting tool to cut around the detected location of the foreign object and subsequently to engage and eject the foreign object from the food piece.

The present invention relates to a station for cutting cylindrical type batteries, wherein each battery is cut along a diametrical plane following the impact of the battery with a blade which identifies a cutting plane aligned with the central axis of the line to be cut. The present invention also relates to a method for separating and recovering the components from an cylindrical type battery, which includes an initial step of cutting which can be implemented by means of a cutting station according to the present invention.

A chip cutting system for use in loading, cutting, and packaging stacks of tortillas. The chip cutting system can include a loader, a vertical loading system, a processing line, a plurality of cutting stations, a sleeving area, an inversion portion, and an output portion.

A yam two-end removing device includes: a conveying mechanism; a storage box arranged adjacent to and in coordination with the conveying mechanism; an accommodating portion arranged adjacent to and in coordination with the storage box; a first push-rod motor and a push plate connected to and coordinated with each other; a second push-rod motor and a vertical cutter connected to and coordinated with each other, arranged on one side of the push plate toward the accommodating portion; a third push-rod motor and a baffle connected to and coordinated with each other; a fourth push-rod motor and a horizontal cutter connected to and coordinated with each other; and a controller connected to the conveying mechanism, the first push-rod motor, the second push-rod motor, the third push-rod motor, and the fourth push-rod motor respectively. The advantages of the invention: both ends of yams with different lengths can be removed automatically and efficiently.

A blade assembly includes a support frame, a cutting blade, a motor to drive the cutting blade, a support shaft operatively coupled to the support frame to permit pivotal movement of the support frame, and an actuator operatively coupled to the support frame to reciprocally move the slicing assembly between an extended position and a retracted position. When the slicing assembly is in the extended position, a plane of the cutting blade is substantially co-planar with a cutting plane of the food product, and the cutting blade slices the food product. Conversely, when the slicing assembly is in the retracted position, the plane of the cutting blade is disposed at a predetermined angle away from the cutting plane of the food product, and the cutting blade does not contact the food product.

A system 10 for analyzing and trimming pork bellies and other three-dimensional food and non-food products which are to be subsequently portioned or sliced so as to achieve an optimum harvest of slices from the food product bearing in mind achieving a maximum yield together with a desired quality level of the portions/slices. The system 10 includes a conveyor 12 for carrying the workpieces (WP) to be trimmed prior to subsequent slicing of the workpiece past a scanning system 14 for scanning the workpiece WP to ascertain the physical characteristics of the workpiece, including, for example, its three-dimensional shape as well as its position on the conveyor.

A cutting station 16 trims the workpiece WP into a desired two-dimensional shape which represents an optimum shape for the workpiece that seeks to maximize the harvest of slices from the workpiece while maintaining a desired quality level for the slices. A slicing station uses high speed cutters or slicers for portioning/slicing the workpiece into portions/slices which have been simulated by a processing system 18 employing a processor or computer 20.

A method of processing poultry portions determines at a control unit a target weight of a cut poultry portion; inspects a poultry portion using an inspection unit to determine a mass distribution of said poultry portion and providing said mass distribution to the control unit; calculates a cutting plan of the poultry portion based on the target weight and the mass distribution using the control unit; uses a mechanical gripper so as to grip the poultry portion and arrange said poultry portion for execution of the cutting plan; and cuts the poultry portion using a cutting unit in accordance with the cutting plan so as to produce a cut poultry portion in accordance with the target weight. A system for processing poultry portions is configured to perform the foregoing method, among others.

The invention discloses a film-cutting device of an environmental coating machine, belonging to the technical field of mechanical engineering, which solves the existing problem that the protective film clamped by the conveyor belts are difficult to be cut. The film-cutting device of an environmental coating machine comprises frame (1), several pairs of upper conveyor belts (12) and lower conveyor belts (13), coating areas (15), wherein the film-cutting device comprises a rotation pipe (2), two transmission rods (3), film cutters (32), transverse edges (321), longitudinal edges (331), and a drive member and a spreading element arranged on the frame (1); this film-cutting device of an environmental coating machine is able to but the protective film clamped by the conveyor belts, which can improve an efficiency, reduce the usage amount of the protective film and be more environmental.