METHOD AND DEVICE FOR AUTOMATICALLY CONTROLLING AT LEAST ONE PARAMETER AT THE CENTRE OF A PRODUCT, AND CORRESPONDING PRE-REFRIGERATION OR REFRIGERATION METHOD AND MACHINE

摘要

Batches (9a and 9b) pass in succession into a (pre) refrigeration machine. An actuator (17) in the chamber (1) of the machine is controlled by a logic controller (16) to insert a temperature sensor (18) into a product selected in the batch. Above batch (9a) in front of entrance door (6) of chamber (1), a preparatory module (27) explores the top surface of the area at the top of the batch located under sensor (18). An image analyzer selects a product into which sensor (18) will be inserted, and a future insertion point in the selected product. This data is transmitted to a memory to which logic controller (16) will refer to control actuator (17) when the batch is in chamber (1). Preferably, the data refer to a repository linked to the batch, for example provided by a corner of the box (3) containing the selected product.