Method of producing drafts of sliced food products with desired weights and a dual scale weighing system for producing drafts of desired weights

A method of producing drafts of sliced products with desired weights, the drafts being conveyed along a food processing line downstream of a slicer, comprising the steps of:nslicing food product slices directly onto a slice scale positioned underneath the discharge end of the slicer to form drafts of sliced products;measuring an intermediate weight of the draft using the slice scale, at a pre-determined point while a slicing process is in progress;transferring the intermediate weight measurement to a data managing system to calculate a completion weight; andslicing at least one completion slice onto the draft of the sliced product without interruption of the slicing process, the at least one completion slice weighing an amount equal to the completion weight within a predetermined tolerance so as to produce a completed draft, wherein a weight of the completed draft is within a desired weight so as to eliminate rejection of the completed draft so that no addition or subtraction of the sliced product occurs after the draft is completed; andwherein slicing the at least one completion slice and slicing of the food product slices occurring during a single process while the slices are on the slice scale positioned underneath the discharge end of the slicer.

A weighing system for producing drafts of desired weights, the drafts being sliced by a slicer and conveyed along a food processing line downstream from the slicer, the system comprising:na slice scale with a conveying surface, the slice scale disposed beneath the discharge end of the slicer, the slicer configured to directly deposit food product slices on the slice scale;the slice scale configured to determine a weight of an intermediate draft;a data management system in signal communication with the slice scale and the slicer, and configured to receive the intermediate weight from the slicer, and calculate a completion weight, while a slicing process is in progress;the data management system configured to control the slicer to produce at least one completion slice, the at least one completion slice weighing an amount equal to the completion weight within a predetermined tolerance to produce a completed draft, wherein a weight of the completed draft is within a desired weight so as to eliminate rejection of the completed draft so that no addition or subtraction of the sliced product occurs after the draft is completed.