Design and construction of a mixing and dosing meat machine for burgers that implements an artificial vision system for quality control

Abstract

The proposed mixing and dosing machine integrates the characteristics of already ex isting machines for mixing and dosing. Is good to mention that there is not a machine for both activities. The requirements that the company Hambus Grill presents are: • Generate a homogeneous mixture between the meat and spices and dose the meat in equal portions in the shape of a hamburger. • Make a modular machine, this meanse, that is capable of being disassembled. Facilitating the cleaning process of the machine. • Generate a machine that has a lower cost between the machines that are already in the market (around 6000 − 12000USD for Dosing machines and 600 − 1600USD for mixing machines). • Generate a machine that implement a manual and a semi-automatic mode for operation. • Implement an artificial intelligence algorithm for measure de area of the dosed meats as a quality control algorithm.