EP1200312A1 - A method and device for sorting and packing of unsorted objects - Google Patents
A method and device for sorting and packing of unsorted objectsInfo
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- EP1200312A1 EP1200312A1 EP00939204A EP00939204A EP1200312A1 EP 1200312 A1 EP1200312 A1 EP 1200312A1 EP 00939204 A EP00939204 A EP 00939204A EP 00939204 A EP00939204 A EP 00939204A EP 1200312 A1 EP1200312 A1 EP 1200312A1
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- Prior art keywords
- packing
- boxes
- turntable
- distributing
- collecting
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
- B65B5/00—Packaging individual articles in containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, jars
- B65B5/10—Filling containers or receptacles progressively or in stages by introducing successive articles, or layers of articles
- B65B5/101—Filling containers or receptacles progressively or in stages by introducing successive articles, or layers of articles by gravity
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
- B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
- B07C5/00—Sorting according to a characteristic or feature of the articles or material being sorted, e.g. by control effected by devices which detect or measure such characteristic or feature; Sorting by manually actuated devices, e.g. switches
- B07C5/36—Sorting apparatus characterised by the means used for distribution
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
- B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
- B07C5/00—Sorting according to a characteristic or feature of the articles or material being sorted, e.g. by control effected by devices which detect or measure such characteristic or feature; Sorting by manually actuated devices, e.g. switches
- B07C5/36—Sorting apparatus characterised by the means used for distribution
- B07C5/38—Collecting or arranging articles in groups
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
- B65B25/00—Packaging other articles presenting special problems
- B65B25/06—Packaging slices or specially-shaped pieces of meat, cheese, or other plastic or tacky products
- B65B25/061—Packaging slices or specially-shaped pieces of meat, cheese, or other plastic or tacky products of fish
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
- B65B35/00—Supplying, feeding, arranging or orientating articles to be packaged
- B65B35/06—Separating single articles from loose masses of articles
- B65B35/08—Separating single articles from loose masses of articles using pocketed conveyors
Definitions
- the invention relates to a method for sorting and packing of unsorted objects.
- the invention also relates to a device for sorting and packing of unsorted objects.
- Unsorted objects are found in industrial production.
- fish for example salmon or trout, which may come in a variety of sizes for packing or processing in a factory plant.
- the objects may also vary in quality, which in the case of fish may be in the form of damage to the skin or some other kind of defect in their appearance.
- the objects may be sorted manually or mechanically. Before the actual sorting, each individual object has to be classified, which means that it must be assigned to a sorting class on the basis of sorting criteria.
- an operator normally performs a manual quality assessment and assigns the fish to a quality class.
- the fish are then passed sequentially through a load cell, where each fish is assigned to a weight class.
- the quality class and the weight class together represent the fish's sorting class.
- the fish is then sorted by being placed either manually or mechanically in a chute or channel leading to a box which is intended for the sorting class concerned.
- These boxes may be sales packaging, or if the fish is classified as non-marketable as a whole fish, internal recycled boxes which convey the fish to further processing, for example fillet production or cutting up into steaks.
- the object of the invention is to provide a method and a device for sorting and packing unsorted objects, which method and device should have a high degree of automation, be rational, encumbered with few faults and require little space.
- a particular object is that the method and the device should be suitable for sorting and packing of fish.
- the objects In connection with packing of elongated objects, such as fish, it is intended that the objects should be able to be placed alternately in the opposite direction in the packing box.
- the main components of the device for sorting and packing of unsorted objects according to the invention are composed of a distributing turntable, a collecting turntable and a packing turntable, which are arranged coaxially above one another with the distributing turntable at the top and the packing turntable at the bottom.
- the distributing turntable is stepwise rotatable, and along the circumference it is provided with distributing boxes with actuator- operated bottom hatches.
- the collecting turntable is stationary and along the circumference, under the distributing boxes, it is provided with collecting boxes with actuator-operated bottom hatches.
- the packing turntable is stepwise rotatable, and along the circumference, under the collecting boxes, it is provided with packing supports.
- the distributing turntable, the collecting turntable and the packing turntable may be designed as a total unit.
- the distributing turntable's and the packing turntable's stepwise rotation may be generated by step motors, step motors being understood to include any kind of stepwise movable motor, including servomotors and asynchronous motors which by means of so-called indexing transmissions can be caused to generate a rotation with the desired number of steps.
- the device further comprises an object input station for sequentially feeding objects into the distributing turntable's distributing boxes.
- This object input station may be extremely simple, and may be composed of only one position for feeding in the objects.
- the objects must be classified before they arrive at the object input station. How the classification is carried out is of no significance for the invention.
- the device further comprises one or more packing input stations for feeding packing boxes on to the packing turntable's packing supports, and one or more packing output stations for receipt and further transport of packing boxes from the packing turntable.
- the invention further comprises a control system with a data register for recording and updating information concerning the objects, the distributing boxes, the collecting boxes and the packing boxes, and controlling the distributing turntable's and the packing turntable's stepwise rotation, the actuators for the distributing boxes' and the collecting boxes' bottom hatches, and the packing input station and the packing output station.
- Information concerning each individual object and where it is located is recorded in the data register and updated every time the object changes position. The same applies to the packing boxes.
- a sorting stage and a packing stage are performed simultaneously. Both the sorting stage and the packing stage are performed as continuous cycles.
- a cycle is implemented where the distributing turntable with the distributing boxes are rotated one step, and the distributing boxes' positions in the distributing turntable are recorded in the data register.
- An object which is classified in advance and assigned to a sorting class, is passed to the object input station, where it is fed into a distributing box which is located at the object input station.
- the object's sorting class hereinafter called class, is assigned to the receiving distributing box in the data register.
- the control system identifies which distributing boxes are located above collecting boxes for objects of the class which is located in the distributing box.
- the bottom hatches in these distributing boxes are opened, causing the objects to drop into the collecting boxes, and the data register is updated with information on the amount of objects in the collecting boxes.
- the sorting stage's cycle is thereby completed.
- a cycle is implemented where the packing turntable with the packing boxes is rotated one step, and the data register is updated with information on the packing boxes' positions in the packing turntable.
- the condition of the packing boxes i.e. whether they are filled or empty, is recorded in the data register.
- Filled packing boxes which are located at the packing output station(s) are removed from the packing turntable, and empty packing boxes are inserted in vacant spaces in the packing turntable at the packing input station(s).
- the data register is updated with information concerning the empty packing boxes' positions.
- the control system then identifies by means of the data register which collecting boxes have received a predetermined amount of objects of the same class. In addition, the control system identifies which of these collecting boxes are located above empty, assigned packing boxes, i.e.
- the predetermined amount thus corresponds to the amount which should be in the packing boxes, and may be different for different classes, as well as for different packing boxes, since different customers may have different requirements for packing boxes and the amount in the packing boxes.
- the sorting stage's cycle and the packing stage's cycle are performed simultaneously, but not necessarily at the same frequency.
- the sorting stage performs one cycle each time an object is fed in, while the packing stage's cycle may be performed at different frequencies.
- a high frequency for the packing stage's cycle will mean that many of the packing turntable's steps will not lead to filling of packing boxes or output or input of packing boxes, while too low a frequency will result in stoppage of the packing.
- a correct frequency for the packing stage's cycle is therefore a frequency which lies somewhere between an unnecessarily high frequency and too low a frequency. The correct frequency will depend on the number of classes, the number of distributing boxes, the number of collecting boxes, the number of different packing boxes and the extent of the predetermined amount.
- the invention comprises an object conveyor for conveying the classified objects from the classification station to the object input station, which object conveyor comprises two channels or tracks which have inlets in substantially the same direction, and outlets facing each other.
- An elongated object which is passed from the classification station to the object input station will thereby, depending on which channel it is passed through, receive one of two opposite orientations at the object input station.
- fig. 1 is a perspective view at an angle from above of a plant for sorting and packing of fish
- fig. 2 is a perspective view from the side of the plant in fig. 1
- fig. 3 is a perspective view at an angle from above of a detail of the plant
- fig. 4 is a view from the side of a detail of the plant
- fig. 5 is a view from above of the detail in fig. 4.
- Fig. 1 is a perspective view at an angle from above of a plant for sorting and packing of objects in the form of fish, or more precisely farmed salmon, for placing in a factory.
- the plant's main parts consist of a stepwise rotatable distributing turntable 2, a coaxial, stationary collecting turntable 3 located below the distributing turntable 2, and a coaxial, stepwise rotatable packing turntable 4 located below the distributing turntable 2 and the collecting turntable 3.
- Distributing boxes 5 are arranged along the distributing turntable's 2 circumference, while collecting boxes 6 are arranged along the collecting turntable's 3 circumference, under the distributing boxes 5.
- the packing turntable 4 is provided along the circumference with packing supports 7, for placing packaging 8 in the form of boxes, under the collecting boxes 6.
- the collecting boxes 6 and the packing boxes 8 will contain several fish at one time, whereas the distributing boxes 5 will only contain one fish at a time. This is why the distributing boxes are much smaller than the collecting boxes. It can be seen that the distributing boxes, for example 5b and 5c, are combined in twos to form a double box or carriage. Depending on the size of the plant, the number of distributing boxes in each carriage may vary from one to a greater number, for example four.
- the distributing boxes 5 and the collecting boxes 6 are provided with actuator-operated bottom hatches, indicated by reference numerals 9 and 10 respectively, with the result that when the hatches are open the fish can drop out of the distributing boxes 5 into the collecting boxes 6, and from the collecting boxes 6 into the packing boxes 8.
- the distributing turntable 2, the collecting turntable 3 and the packing turntable 4 are supported by central foundation pillars 30.
- the collecting turntable is securely connected to the foundation pillars, while the distributing turntable and the packing turntable are rotatably mounted via upper and lower supporting rings, which for the distributing turntable 2 are indicated by reference numerals 25 and 26 respectively.
- a drive motor 27 generates the distributing turntable's 2 rotary motion via a transmission 28, and a non- illustrated drive motor generates the packing turntable's 4 rotary motion via a transmission 29.
- the rotary motions of the distributing turntable and the packing turntable are therefore independent of each other.
- the rotary motion of both the distributing turntable and the packing turntable is stepwise, this being achieved by the use of step motors.
- the plant further comprises a schematically illustrated classification station 43 for classification of fish 1, and an object- conveyor 14 for conveying the fish 1 to an object input station 11 for sequentially feeding the fish 1 into the distributing turntable's 2 distributing boxes 5. If the classification station 43 had been located directly above the distributing turntable 2, the object conveyor 14 could have been omitted, or consisted of only a single chute.
- the illustrated object conveyor is highly advantageous, and will be discussed in more detail later.
- Three packing input stations 12a-c are further illustrated for feeding packing boxes 8 on to the packing turntable's 4 packing supports 7.
- the packing input stations 12a-c are of a known type, where stacks of packing boxes 8e-g which are placed on conveyor belts 32a-c by means of non-illustrated pneumatic actuators can be pushed on to the packing supports 7.
- a packing output station 13 is also illustrated for receipt of the packing boxes 8 after they have been filled with fish 1.
- the packing output station 13 is also of a known type, where non-illustrated pneumatic actuators can pull the packing boxes 8 out of the packing supports 7 in the direction P 3 and on to a conveyor belt 31 for further transport to another location in the factory.
- the plant further comprises a control system for controlling the plant's various components, including the distributing turntable's 2 and the packing turntable's 4 rotation, the actuators for the distributing boxes' and the collecting boxes' bottom hatches 9, 10, and the actuators for the packing input station 12 and the packing output station 13.
- the control system comprises a data register for recording and updating all necessary information, including information concerning the fish 1 , the distributing boxes 5, the collecting boxes 6 and the packing boxes 8.
- the data register will also record production orders, keep production statistics and log interruptions of operations, as well as generating related reports.
- the control system may comprise a computer with power supply and connections to the actuators and the motors, various sensors, lamps and manual and automatic switches.
- the computer may be located in a cabinet with a control panel on the front, and may be worked by an operator.
- the classification of the fish is performed in the classification station 43.
- a visual quality assessment is performed where each fish is classified as "superior” or “ordinary”, i.e. fish which is sold whole, "production”, i.e. fish which goes to further processing, for example filleting, or "reject", i.e. fish which goes to be ground up.
- the quality assessment may be performed automatically with a scanner, or possibly a combination of scanner and manual assessment.
- the classification further comprises a weighing process, the fish being assigned to a weight class. Both the fish's quality class, weight class and weight are recorded in the computer system.
- the weight of the fish varies from under 1 kg to over 9 kg. "Superior” and “ordinary” are divided into the weight classes required by the customer. “Production” may be divided into the weight classes which suit the processing machine, while “reject” includes only one class.
- Each collecting box 6 is assigned to a specific class in the data register.
- the illustrated collecting turntable comprises 24 collecting boxes 6, and thus if necessary the most common classes can employ two collecting boxes. The distribution of classes will be placed in relation to the weight variation of the fish which is being sorted and packed.
- a sorting stage is performed simultaneously with a packing stage. Both the sorting stage and the packing stage are performed as continuous cycles.
- the sorting stage is initiated by the distributing turntable 2 being rotated one step in the direction R l 5 causing all the distributing boxes 5 to move one step forward.
- the distributing boxes' 5 new positions in the distributing turntable 2 are recorded in the data register.
- a fish 1 is then conveyed from the classification station 43 via the object conveyor 14 to the object input station 1 1 , where it is fed into the distributing box 5 which is located below the object input station 1 1.
- the feeding in process is implemented by the fish 1 dropping into the distributing box.
- the fish's class is assigned to the receiving distributing box 5 in the data register.
- the control system identifies the distributing boxes 5 which are located above collecting boxes 6 for fish 1 of the same class. This may be carried out by comparing each distributing box's 5 class and position in the distributing turntable 2 with each collecting box's 6 class and position in the collecting turntable 3. If both class and position coincide, the said distributing boxes 5 are identified. The bottom hatches 9 in these distributing boxes are then opened, causing the fish 1 to drop into the collecting boxes 6. The data register is updated with information concerning the amount of fish in the collecting boxes 6. The collecting boxes 6 will thereby gradually be filled with fish of the same class.
- the sorting stage is thereby completed, and the distributing turntable is again moved forward one step.
- the packing stage is initiated by the packing turntable 4 being rotated one step in the direction R 2 , causing all the packing boxes 8 to move one step forward.
- the packing boxes' 8 new positions in the packing turntable 4 are recorded in the data register.
- the control system ascertains whether the packing box 8 which is located at the packing output station 13 is filled with fish 1, and if so, it is transferred out of the packing turntable 4 on to the conveyor belt 31.
- the control system also ascertains which positions on the packing turntable 4 are vacant, and if a position at one of the packing input stations 12a-c is vacant, an empty packing box 8 is inserted in this position.
- the data register is updated with information on the empty packing boxes' positions.
- the control system identifies the full collecting boxes 6 which are located above empty, assigned packing boxes 8, i.e. packing boxes which are specified for the predetermined amount of fish of the class which is located in the collecting box 6.
- This identification may be performed by checking for each collecting box 6 by means of the data register whether the underlying packing box 8 has the same class, since the underlying packing box 8 is the packing box which has the corresponding position in the packing turntable 4 to that which the collecting box 6 has in the collecting turntable 3.
- a check is made as to whether the collecting box 6 contains the predetermined amount of fish, and whether the packing box 8 is empty. If all these checks are positive, the collecting box 6 with the underlying packing box 8 is identified as mentioned above.
- the identified collecting boxes' bottom hatches 10 are opened, causing the fish in the collecting boxes to drop into and fill the packing boxes 8.
- Empty collecting boxes are assigned to new classes. If collecting boxes at the packing input station 12 or packing output station 13 are identified, which the control system ascertains by a further check of the collecting boxes' 6 and the packing boxes' 8 positions, a special case arises where it is possible for the filling of fish in the packing boxes 8 to be carried out simultaneously with input or output of the packing boxes. In these special cases the control system arranges for a reduction of the speed of the different operations, thus ensuring that the operations occur sequentially.
- the data register is updated with information concerning the amount of fish in the collecting boxes 6 and the packing boxes 8.
- the predetermined amount of fish i.e. the amount of fish which should be in the packing boxes, may either be based on the number of fish of a specific class, or it may be based on weight. In the latter case, the predetermined amount of fish is compared with the sum of the weight of the fish located in the collecting box 6. When a packing box 8 is filled this weight can be assigned to the packing box in the data register, and transferred to a sales document, or the weight may be added to the packing box 8 at the packing output station 13.
- the weight of the packing box 8 After removal on the conveyor belt 31, the weight of the packing box 8 will be checked before the packing box is marked with ink jet or a label affixed thereto. If the check weight differs from the control system's recorded weight, the packing box 8 will be ejected from the conveyor belt to a non-illustrated sorting out location.
- Fig. 2 illustrates the plant in fig. 1 viewed from the side.
- there is fish in the collecting boxes 6c and 6d while the rest of the collecting boxes are empty.
- packing boxes 8c, 8d, 8i and 8k are filled with fish, while the rest of the packing boxes are empty. It is understood that packing boxes which are assigned to collecting boxes, which viewed in the rotational direction R 2 are located beyond the packing output station 13, will pass the packing output station in an empty state.
- the packing stage is hereby concluded, and the packing turntable is again moved forward one step.
- the distributing turntable and the packing turntable rotate in the same direction. This is not a condition, and the sorting plant functions equally well if the distributing turntable and the packing turntable rotate in opposite directions.
- the distributing turntable rotates one step for each fish which enters the distributing turntable.
- a typical speed is 40 steps per minute.
- the packing turntable may have several speeds, depending on the number of classes, number of distributing boxes, number of collecting boxes, number of different packing boxes and the extent of the predetermined amount.
- the number of distributing boxes, collecting boxes and packing supports will vary according to the need for sorting classes.
- the number of distributing boxes will normally be double the number of collecting boxes and packing supports, the number of the last two normally being identical.
- the number of collecting boxes in the collecting turntable and the number of positions in the packing turntable will always have to be slightly greater than the number of classes. There are two main reasons for this: when a packing box 8 is removed from the packing turntable 4 at the packing output stations 13, its position in the packing turntable will remain empty until a new packing box is inserted at one of the packing input stations 12a-c.
- the object conveyor may be omitted if the classification station 43 is located immediately above the distributing turntable 2, or the object conveyor may consist of a single chute or a single conveyor belt.
- the illustrated object conveyor 14 is highly advantageous.
- the object conveyor 14 comprises two channels or tracks 15, 16, which are supported by pillars 35.
- the channels 15, 16 could have been designed as sloping chutes, but are designed as conveyor belts with directions of travel illustrated by the arrows P] and P 2 respectively, since this provides a more reliable transport.
- the conveyor belts are each operated here by their own drive unit 23.
- the channels 15, 16 have inlets 17 and 19 respectively in substantially the same direction.
- the inlets are located downstream of a conveyor belt 33 which conveys fish from the classification station 43.
- the channels 15, 16 travel in opposite arcs which end in and are joined at the object input station 1 1 , with the result that the outlets 18, 20 face each other.
- a fish 1 which is fed into one of the object conveyor's inlets 17, 19 thereby receives one of two opposite orientations at the object input station 11 , depending on which channel 15, 16 it was passed through. It can be seen in fig. 1 that the fish la is passed along channel 15, and that fish lb is passed along channel 16.
- the speed of the conveyor belt and the length of the channels will be known, and on this basis the control system can synchronise the classifying and feeding of fish into the distributing boxes 5.
- the object input station 1 1 consists only of an opening, where the fish drops into the distributing box which is located below the opening.
- Fig. 3 is a perspective view at an angle from above of the portions of the distributing boxes which face in towards the central foundation pillars 30.
- Fig. 3 also illustrates the object input station 1 1, the upper support ring 25 and the lower support ring 26.
- the upper and lower support rings are securely connected to the foundation pillars 30, and are therefore stationary.
- two distributing boxes 5f, 5g are connected to form a double box or carriage, which in turn is connected to two distributing box brackets 24.
- the distributing boxes' bottom hatches 9 are kept closed by lock springs 21 which act on the bottom hatches via arms 36.
- the lock spring 21g with the arm 36g act on the bottom hatch in the distributing box 5g
- the lock springs 21 are attached to the brackets 24, following the distributing turntable's 2 rotation.
- the lock springs may be mechanical or pneumatic, and will always attempt to keep the bottom hatches closed.
- Fig. 4 is a view from the side
- fig. 5 is a view from above, of a distributing box bracket 24 with two distributing boxes 5k, 51, the upper and lower support rings 25, 26, which are illustrated in cross section, and associated components.
- Two concave upper rollers 38 are rotatably secured to an upper area of the bracket 24, each abutting against a side of the upper support ring 25.
- two concave lower rollers 39 are rotatably secured to a lower area of the bracket 24, each abutting against a side of the lower support ring 26.
- the bracket 24 and the distributing boxes 5k, 51 which together form a carriage which forms part of the distributing turntable 2, are thereby freely movable along the upper and lower support rings 25, 26, thereby providing a free, rotatable mounting of the distributing turntable 2.
- the packing turntable 4 is mounted in a similar manner.
- Fig. 4 further illustrates a stationary actuator 46 for opening the bottom hatches 9, with an associated actuator arm 45 and an actuator shaft 44 which extends from the actuator arm 45 to the bottom hatch 9, but without being connected thereto.
- the plant has one actuator 46 for each position of distributing boxes 5 in the distributing turntable 2.
- the actuators 46 are stationary, while the distributing boxes' bottom hatches 9 rotate together with the distributing boxes.
- the distributing turntable's stepwise rotation will always bring the distributing boxes 5 into the same position relative to the actuators 46, and activation of an actuator 46 will thereby open the bottom hatch 9 which is located adjacent to the actuator.
- the collecting boxes' bottom hatches 10 are stationary, and are opened by stationary actuators, which is not illustrated in the figures.
- Figs. 4 and 5 also illustrate how the movement is transferred from the drive motor's 27 transmission 28 to the brackets 24.
- a toothed belt 37 encircles the entire distributing turntable, on the outside of corresponding toothed portions 40 of the brackets 24, with the result that the brackets follow the toothed belt's movement.
- the transmission 28 is provided with a downwardly directed, driven, toothed drive pulley 41 for the toothed belt 37, and two downwardly directed, freely running tension pulleys.
- the toothed belt 37 is passed round the drive pulley 41 and kept in place by the tension pulleys 42.
- control system will also contain a number of other functions, particularly in connection with start-up and stop.
- functions associated with the use of different marked packing boxes each of which can be fed into the packing turntable from its own packing input station 12a, 12b, 12c. This applies in the case where different customers have to receive fish of different classes, and wish different packaging.
- Logic functions in the control system will at all times keep a check on where the different packing boxes are located in the packing turntable, thus ensuring that they are filled with fish of the correct class.
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