Cleaning & service
Specify tool access, belt return visibility and a dry or wet cleaning procedure appropriate to the ingredient.
Processing equipment / Prepare
Create a controlled point for foreign material and rejected-pod removal.
What it does
A metered conveyor presents a shallow product layer with accessible inspection positions, lighting and reject collection.
Select belt width and feed distribution from the inspection task and labour method. Whole dry pods need dust-aware receiving and handling.
A conveyor is not an automatic optical detector. Detection performance requires the actual inspection or detection equipment to be defined.
| Selection parameter | Information to establish |
|---|---|
| Presentation | Layer depth, pod size and feed uniformity |
| Inspection method | Manual positions or separately specified detection |
| Environment | Dry ingredient or wet preparation zone |
Specify tool access, belt return visibility and a dry or wet cleaning procedure appropriate to the ingredient.
Avoid deep piles at the upstream drop. Provide safe reach, reject removal and guarded downstream transfer.
Run deliberately varied but safe reference samples to check visibility, feed distribution and recovery of acceptable product.
Process map
Varies with the material and texture route.
Fresh washed pods, dry chili or screened ingredients, using separate procedures.
Accepted feed and a physically separated reject stream.
Select belt width and feed distribution from the inspection task and labour method. Whole dry pods need dust-aware receiving and handling.
Run deliberately varied but safe reference samples to check visibility, feed distribution and recovery of acceptable product.