The invention relates to a feeding apparatus for feeding food products to a slicing unit, having a product support comprising at least one track for the reception of a plurality of products arranged one after another; and at least one product mount which comprises a holder for holding a rear end of a product viewed in a feed direction.

A cutting machine is provided, including: a cutting table having a first end and a second end aligned along an X-axis; a cutting tool gantry configured to cut parts from plate supported on the cutting table, the cutting tool gantry spanning the cutting table in a Y-axis perpendicular to the X-axis and being configured to travel along the X-axis between the first end and the second end; and a part transfer apparatus configured to remove cut parts from the cutting table, the part transfer apparatus being configured to travel along the X-axis between the first end and the second end, wherein the part transfer apparatus is able to pass underneath the cutting tool gantry while travelling along the X-axis. Methods of manufacturing and storing parts are also provided, along with a method of identifying when a part is in contact with a finishing apparatus.

A panel cutting apparatus includes a master cutting apparatus. The master cutting apparatus includes a casing, wheels, a first servo motor, a second servo motor, a processing unit, an image sensing unit and an integrated jig unit. The wheels are disposed on the bottom surface of the casing, and its rotation is controlled by the second servo motor. The image sensing unit is electrically connected to the processing unit and disposed at the front end of the lateral surface of the casing to sense images in front of the panel cutting apparatus. The processing unit controls the second servo motor according to the sensed images. The integrated jig unit is disposed on the top surface of the casing and includes jigs and a jig changing unit. The jig changing unit switches between the jigs and selects one of them. The selected jig is controlled by the first servo motor.

A produce cutting apparatus is utilized, among other things, for making single cuts in an elongated produce product to trim ends, segment the product into variable length segments, make fixed length segments, and cutting out undesirable portions of the produce product. Using a combination of a feed belt, sensor, radial cutter apparatus and programmable controller, the apparatus precisely locates each cut. The cutting blade makes a single cut with each rotation of the radial cutter apparatus. The apparatus may further have a piece removal system and a product holding system.

A front end conveyor include a lower deck having a plurality of lower sheet supports, an upstream upper deck having an upstream end at the upstream end of the front end conveyor, a downstream end and a plurality of first upper sheet guides and a downstream upper deck having an upstream end, a downstream end at the downstream end of the front end conveyor, and a plurality of second upper sheet guides. The lower sheet supports and the upper sheet guides define a sheet transport path for moving sheets of material though the conveyor. The downstream end of the upstream upper deck and the upstream end of the downstream upper deck are independently pivotably mounted to the frame such that the upstream end of the upstream upper deck and the downstream end of the downstream upper deck shiftable toward and away from the lower deck.

A rivering filtration system for a power saw machine includes a filtration tray having a filtration cavity for collecting operation fluid after the operation fluid is delivered onto the cutting blade, and a fluid collecting tray located underneath the filtration tray, wherein the fluid collecting tray has first and second cavities. The filtration tray provides a first filtration stage for filtrating the visible residual particles out from the operation fluid. The fluid collecting tray provides a second filtration stage that the operation fluid is slowly filled in the first cavity from the filtration cavity to ensure slurry residual particles in the operation fluid being deposited at the first cavity, and a third filtration stage that the operation fluid is slowly filled in the second cavity from the first cavity to ensure the slurry residual particles being filtrated out of the operation fluid.

Machines and methods capable of producing diced products from a variety of materials. A stripper plate for such machines and methods has one or more slots sized to accommodate one or more circular knives of a circular cutter. The stripper plate has a base and an oppositely-disposed second surface. The slots are defined in the second surface and extend from the second surface to the base so as to define individual openings in the base. The slots are defined by multi-tiered walls so that the slots are wider at the openings thereof than in another portion of the slots.

An apparatus for cutting a tinted film for a vehicle window is disclosed, the apparatus comprising: a housing having a top portion, the housing having a cutting-line displaying/displayed plate as a front portion thereof, wherein the cutting-line displaying/displayed plate is tilted such that the film is supported on the plate; a top horizontal extension from the top portion of the housing; a contaminant remover disposed on and beneath the top horizontal extension; and a cutting-line formation device housed in the housing, wherein the cutting-line formation device is configured to send cutting line data for the film to the cutting-line displaying/displayed plate when the cutting-line displaying/displayed plate includes a display panel; or the cutting-line formation device is configured to irradiate a beam corresponding to the cutting line data onto the cutting-line displaying/displayed plate when the cutting-line formation device include a beam projector.

Methods and devices for the execution of core drillings in a material by a drilling unit, which makes use of a drill bit, and such drill bits that are made up of a hollow cylindrical core barrel, which has an end plate at its rear end and abrasion elements, which serve the abrasion of material, at the front end as well as at least two high-pressure jet nozzles, which can be connected with a high-pressure source of a blasting medium. The high-pressure jet nozzles are arranged on the inner surface of the core barrel and/or its end plate and are oriented into the inside of the core barrel. As a result of a combined forward motion and rotation of the drill bit, a drilling core is formed from which an abrasion takes place by means of the blasting medium, whereby overburden is removed from the drill bit.

A method of and system for weeding a design in a substrate have a first layer and a second layer is disclosed. The method and system determines an outline of the design and an inlet portion of the outline. The inlet portion is defined on at least a first and second side by the outline of the design and is open on at least a third side. The method and system cuts through the first layer but not the second layer along at least a portion of the outline that is not included in the inlet portion. The method and system also cuts through both the first and second layers along the inlet portion of the outline. The method and system also cuts through both the first and second layers along a path that closes the third side of the inlet portion.