Method and system for mixing concrete constituents in a drum using a probe mounted thereinside
AssigneeCommand Alkon Incorporated
InventorDenis Beaupre
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Abstract
A method for mixing concrete constituents that generally has a step of rotating a drum having a probe mounted inside the drum and immerged in the concrete constituents being mixed inside the drum; a step of receiving a first set of pressure values indicative of pressure exerted on the probe by the concrete constituents, the pressure values of the first set being taken at different circumferential positions of the probe during a single rotation of the drum; a step of determining a deviation of the pressure values of the first set from reference data; and a step of reducing a rotation speed of the drum upon determining that the deviation is lower than a threshold value.
Claims19
A method for mixing concrete constituents comprising:
- rotating a drum having a probe mounted inside the drum and immerged in the concrete constituents being mixed inside the drum;
- receiving a first set of pressure values indicative of pressure exerted on the probe by the concrete constituents, the pressure values of the first set being taken at different circumferential positions of the probe during a single rotation of the drum;
- determining a deviation of the pressure values of the first set from reference data;
- and
- reducing a rotation speed of the drum upon determining that the deviation is lower than a threshold value.
A system for mixing concrete constituents inside a drum, the system comprising:
- a probe mounted inside the drum, extending in a radial orientation of the drum and being moved circumferentially as the drum rotates, and onto which a pressure is imparted by resistance due to the movement of the probe in the concrete constituents by the rotation of the drum;
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- a computing device communicatively coupled with the probe, the computing device being configured for performing the steps of:
- receiving a first set of pressure values indicative of pressure exerted on the probe mounted inside the drum and immerged in the concrete constituents being mixed inside the drum, the pressure values of the first set corresponding to different circumferential positions of the probe during a single rotation of the drum;
- determining a deviation of the pressure values of the first set from reference data;
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- generating a signal based on a comparison between the deviation and a threshold value, wherein the signal generated by the computing device causes a rotation speed of the drum to be reduced.
A computer-implemented method for mixing of concrete constituents being mixed inside a drum, the computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving a first set of pressure values indicative of pressure exerted on a probe mounted inside the drum and immerged in the concrete constituents being mixed inside the drum, the pressure values of the first set corresponding to different circumferential positions of the probe during a single rotation of the drum;
- determining a deviation of the pressure values of the first set from reference data;
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- generating a signal based on a comparison between the deviation and a threshold value, wherein the signal causes a rotation speed of the drum to be reduced.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.