食品加工机械文献

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Introduction

RoboticmanipulationThefoodindustryisthelargest

offoodproducts–manufacturingsectorintheEU,withan

annualturnoverofe600billion,employinganareview

excessof2.5millionpeopleinallaspectsofthefoodmanufacturingchainfromfarmP.Y.Chuaproductionthroughtodistributiontothecustomer(TheEuropeane-BusinessMarketT.IlschnerandWatch,2002).Ithasbeenidenti edasamajorD.G.Caldwell

growthareafortheapplicationofautomationsystemswiththeaimsof:.

improvingproductionef ciency,.

enhancinghygienestandards,Theauthors

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improvingworkingconditions,.

P.Y.Chua,T.IlschnerandD.G.CaldwellarebasedatimpactingonyieldmarginsandtheDepartmentofElectronicEngineering,Universityofpro tability,andSalford,Manchester,UK..

conformingtoexistingandfuturelegislationpertainingtofoodKeywords

automation.Manipulators,Robots,FoodAlltheseareinanenvironmentwhere

feedstocksarenaturalandvariableandsupplyAbstract

anddemandareseasonalandregional.ThefoodindustryisahighlycompetitivemanufacturingCurrentlyautomationandengineeringarea,butwithrelativelylittleroboticinvolvementaspracticeinthesectorisquitedisparateandcomparedtotheautomotiveindustry.Thisisduetotheexhibitsawiderangeofproductionfactthatfoodproductsarehighlyvariablebothinshape,sizesandstructurewhichposesamajorproblemfortechniquesfromthemostadvanced

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products.

/researchregisterWithintraditionalmanufacturingindustry,therearealsoahighnumberofmanipulationThecurrentissueandfulltextarchiveofthisjournalistasks,butinasigni cantproportionofcases,availableat

thehumanhandlingoperationshavebeen/0143-991X.htm

automatedandthereisalittleneedfor

humanoperatorstodosimpleandrepetitivepickandplacetypeoperations.Instead,theseactionsareachievedusinggraspingandhandlingmechanisms,end-effectorswhich,althoughclumsydevicescomparedtothehumanhand,havetheadvantageofrobustmechanicalconstruction;thismeansthattheycanbedesignedtowithstand

environmentalextremessuchastemperature,IndustrialRobot:AnInternationalJournalVolume30·Number4·2003·pp.345–354pressure,chemical,workcycles

qMCBUPLimited·ISSN0143-991X(speedandduration)andmassesthatDOI10.1108/01439910310479612

wouldsimplybetoosevereforhumans.