Method to operate a grinder during production
AssigneeGea Food Solutions Bakel B.V.
InventorHarrie Van Beers
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method to grind mass in a grinder (1) wherein the mass is provided to the grinder (1) via a hopper (5) and transported by a feeder worm (2) to a rotating processing worm (3) which conveys the mass towards a cutting set (4) which grinds the mass and wherein the feeder worm (2) initially rotates in a first direction. During production the feeder worm (2) is periodically reversed and/or the speed of rotation of the feeder worm (2) is reduced in case the volume between the feeder worm (2) and the processing worm (3) tends to get blocked with the mass.
Claims11
A method of grinding mass in a grinder,
- providing the mass to the grinder via a hopper;
- transporting the mass by a feeder worm to a rotating processing worm, which conveys the mass towards a cutting set,
- grinding the mass with the cutting set,
- wherein the feeder worm initially rotates in a first direction, and during production, the feeder worm is periodically reversed in its direction of rotation and rotates in an opposing second direction,
- wherein the processing worm maintains its direction of rotation in the first direction while the feeder worm rotates in the second direction;
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- wherein a speed of rotation of the feeder worm is reduced when a volume defined between the feeder worm and the processing worm is blocked with the mass.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.