Slicing Cuts on Food Materials Using Robotic-Controlled Razor Blade

Joint Authors

McMurray, Gary
Zhou, Debao

Source

Modelling and Simulation in Engineering

Issue

Vol. 2011, Issue 2011 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1-17, 17 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2011-12-05

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

17

Main Subjects

Civil Engineering

Abstract EN

Cutting operations using blades can arise in a number of industries, for example, food processing industry, in which cheese, fruit and vegetable, even meat, are involved.

Certain questions will rise during these works, such as “why pressing-and-slicing cuts use less force than pressing-only cuts” and “how is the influence of the blade cutting-edge on force”.

To answer these questions, this research developed a mathematical expression of the cutting stress tensor.

Based on the analysis of the stress tensor on the contact surface, the influence of the blade edge-shape and slicing angle on the resultant cutting force were formulated and discussed.

These formulations were further verified using experimental results by robotic cutting of potatoes.

Through studying the change of the cutting force, the optimal slicing angle can be obtained in terms of maximum feeding distance and minimum cutting force.

Based on the blade sharpness properties and the specific materials, the required cutting force can be predicted.

These formulation and experimental results explained the basic theory of blade cutting fracture and further provided the support to optimize the cutting mechanism design and to develop the force control algorithms for the automation of blade cutting operations.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Zhou, Debao& McMurray, Gary. 2011. Slicing Cuts on Food Materials Using Robotic-Controlled Razor Blade. Modelling and Simulation in Engineering،Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-17.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-473966

Modern Language Association (MLA)

Zhou, Debao& McMurray, Gary. Slicing Cuts on Food Materials Using Robotic-Controlled Razor Blade. Modelling and Simulation in Engineering No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-17.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-473966

American Medical Association (AMA)

Zhou, Debao& McMurray, Gary. Slicing Cuts on Food Materials Using Robotic-Controlled Razor Blade. Modelling and Simulation in Engineering. 2011. Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-17.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-473966

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-473966