Robotics and automation in the food industry :

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: pt. I Introduction, key technologies and significant areas of development -- 1. Automatic process control for the food industry: an introduction / Y. Huang -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Process control systems and structure in the food industry -- 1.3. Process control methods in the food industry -- 1.4. Future trends -- 1.5. References -- 2. Robotics in the food industry: an introduction / S.T. Davis -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Current manufacturing procedures -- 2.3. Automation in the food sector -- 2.4. Specifications for a food sector robot -- 2.5. Future trends -- 2.6. Conclusion -- 2.7. References -- 3. Sensors for automated food process control: an introduction / P.G. Berrie -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Special considerations for food instrumentation -- 3.3. Measurement methods -- 3.4. Device integration -- 3.5. Applications of sensors in automated food process control -- 3.6. Future trends -- 3.7. Conclusion -- 3.8. References -- 4. Machine vision in the food industry / Royal Holloway -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Machine vision: principles and methods -- 4.3. Applications and case studies -- 4.4. Recent advances in the application of vision in the food industry -- 4.5. Appraisal of the need for special hardware for food inspection applications -- 4.6. Conclusion and future trends -- 4.7. Acknowledgements -- 4.8. Sources of further information and advice -- 4.9. References -- 5. Optical sensors and online spectroscopy for automated quality and safety inspection of food products / D.S. Jayas -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Optical sensing and spectroscopic techniques -- 5.3. Applications in the food industry -- 5.4. Future trends -- 5.5. Conclusion -- 5.6. References -- 6. Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) and related systems for automated process control in the food industry: an introduction / J.K. Allen -- 6.1. Introduction to Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition -- 6.2. History of SCADA -- 6.3. SCADA standards and applications -- 6.4. SCADA in food processing -- 6.5. Laboratory study: implementation of SCADA -- 6.6. Future trends in SCADA -- 6.7. References -- 7. Gripper technologies for food industry robots / T.K. Lien -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. Gripper challenges in food process automation -- 7.3. Gripping physics -- 7.4. Pinching and enclosing grippers -- 7.5. Penetrating (needle) grippers -- 7.6. Suction grippers -- 7.7. Surface effect (freeze) grippers -- 7.8. Selection of the appropriate gripping technology -- 7.9. Future trends: from laboratory to industry -- 7.10. References -- 8. Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) in the agricultural and food industries / P.R. China -- 8.1. Introduction -- 8.2. Current state of development of WSNs -- 8.3. WSN applications in agriculture and food production -- 8.4. Future trends in WSN technology in agriculture and food production -- 8.5. References -- 9. Intelligent quality control systems in food processing based on fuzzy logic / C. Baudrit -- 9.1. Introduction -- 9.2. Principles of intelligent control systems using fuzzy logic -- 9.3. Current applications in the food industry -- 9.4. Advances in research and future trends -- 9.5. References -- 10. Advanced methods for the control of food processes: the case of bioconversion in a fed-batch reactor / D. Dochain -- 10.1. Introduction -- 10.2. The basic dynamical model -- 10.3. Modelling issues: population balance modelling in food processes -- 10.4. Monitoring issues: tuning of observer-based estimators -- 10.5. Design of PID controllers for fed-batch processes -- 10.6. Real-time optimization -- 10.7. Acknowledgements -- 10.8. Conclusion -- 10.9. References -- pt. II Robotics and automation in particular unit operations and industry sectors -- 11. Automation and robotics for bulk sorting in the food industry / C. Briggs -- 11.1. Introduction -- 11.2. Principles of operation -- 11.3. Requirements -- 11.4. Recent advances in technology -- 11.5. Current applications -- 11.6. Conclusion -- 11.7. Future trends -- 11.8. Sources of further information and advice -- 11.9. References -- 12. Automatic control of food chilling and freezing / S.J. James -- 12.1. Introduction: key drivers and challenges for automatic control of food chilling and freezing -- 12.2. Automation in refrigerated food retail display -- 12.3. Automation of refrigeration and freezing operations in food catering -- 12.4. Automation in refrigerated food transport systems -- 12.5. Automation in food chilling and freezing systems -- 12.6. Automation in food cold storage systems -- 12.7. Advances in research and future trends -- 12.8. Sources of further information and advice -- 12.9. References -- 13. Robotics and automation in meat processing / G. Purnell -- 13.1. Introduction -- 13.2. Automation of carcass production processes before primary chilling -- 13.3. Automation of carcass separation processes after primary chilling -- 13.4. Future trends -- 13.5. Conclusion -- 13.6. Sources of further information and advice -- 13.7. References -- 14. Robotics and automation in the poultry industry: current technology and future trends / G. McMurray -- 14.1. Introduction -- 14.2. Robotics and automation in live hanging and first processing of poultry -- 14.3. Robotics and automation in second processing of poultry -- 14.4. Robotics and automation in bulk packing and shipping of poultry meat -- 14.5. Future trends -- 14.6. References -- 15. Robotics and automation in seafood processing / T.B. Gjerstad -- 15.1. Introduction -- 15.2. Technologies for robotics and automation in the seafood industry -- 15.3. Application of robotics and automation in fish slaughtering, filleting, portioning and associated unit operations -- 15.4. Automation in other unit operations in fish processing -- 15.5. Future trends -- 15.6. Sources of further information and advice -- 15.7. References -- 16. Robotics and automation in the fresh produce industry / N. Kondo -- 16.1. Introduction -- 16.2. Machine vision system as a key technology -- 16.3. Vegetable preprocessing and grading systems -- 16.4. Information flow for food traceability and farming guidance -- 16.5. Conclusion -- 16.6. References -- 17. Robotics and automation for packaging in the confectionery industry / J.S. Dai -- 17.1. Introduction -- 17.2. The confectionery market and its business requirements -- 17.3. Reconfigurable mechanism technology -- 17.4. Case study of a reconfigurable system for carton folding -- 17.5. Future trends -- 17.6. Conclusion -- 17.7. Acknowledgements -- 17.8. References -- 18. Automatic control of batch thermal processing of canned foods / A.A. Teixeira -- 18.1. Introduction -- 18.2. On-line control strategies -- 18.3. Validation of computer-based control systems -- 18.4. Industrial automation of batch retorts -- 18.5. Advances in research and future trends -- 18.6. References -- 19. Automation for a sustainable food industry: computer aided analysis and control engineering methods / P. Seferlis -- 19.1. Introduction -- 19.2. Definition of sustainability and links with the food industry -- 19.3. Automation and sustainability in food manufacturing -- 19.4. Tools for automated sustainable design and operation in food engineering -- 19.5. Advanced tools and methods for sustainable food engineering with potential applications -- 19.6. Software technologies for automated sustainable design -- 19.7. Conclusion and future trends -- 19.8. Sources of further information and advice -- 19.9. References.