DETERMINING THE THICKNESS PROFILE OF WORK PRODUCTS

A processing system (10) and a corresponding method are provided for processing work products (WP), including food items, to locate and quantify voids, undercuts and similar anomalies in the work products. The work products are conveyed past an X-ray scanner (14) by a conveyance device (12). Data fr...

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Hauptverfasser:	PFANSTIEL, David, STOCKARD, Richard D, HOLMES, Daniel, VOGELEY, JR., Arthur W
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	BUTCHERING COMBINATIONS OR ASSOCIATIONS OF METAL-WORKING MACHINES, NOTDIRECTED TO A PARTICULAR RESULT DETAILS, COMPONENTS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR MACHINE TOOLS, e.g.ARRANGEMENTS FOR COPYING OR CONTROLLING HUMAN NECESSITIES MACHINE TOOLS MACHINE TOOLS IN GENERAL CHARACTERISED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OFPARTICULAR DETAILS OR COMPONENTS MEASURING MEASURING ANGLES MEASURING AREAS MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEARDIMENSIONS MEAT TREATMENT METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHYSICS PROCESSING MEAT, POULTRY, OR FISH PROCESSING POULTRY OR FISH TESTING TRANSPORTING
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Zusammenfassung:	A processing system (10) and a corresponding method are provided for processing work products (WP), including food items, to locate and quantify voids, undercuts and similar anomalies in the work products. The work products are conveyed past an X-ray scanner (14) by a conveyance device (12). Data from the X-ray scanning is transmitted to control system (18). Simultaneously with the X-ray scanning of the work product, the work product is optically scanned at the same location on the work product where X-ray scanning is occurring. The data from the optical scanner is also transmitted to the control system. Such data is analyzed to develop or generate the thickness profile of the work product. From the differences in the thickness profiles generated from the X-ray scanning data versus the optical scanning data, the location of voids, undercuts and similar anomalies can be determined by the control system. This information is used by the processing system (10) to process the work product as desired, including adjusting for the locations and sizes of voids, undercuts and similar anomalies present in the work product.