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US 12,150,470 B2Granted
Methods for filling cavities in a mould member
AssigneeGea Food Solutions Bakel B.V.
InventorHendrikus Petrus Gerardus Van Gerwen
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Abstract
This invention relates to a method for moulding products from a mass of food stuff, comprising: —moving a mould cavity, which is part of a mould member past a feed channel which fills the mass into the cavity, wherein the feed channel is connected to a feed pump which pumps the mass through the feed channel into the cavities. —determining and/or detecting the position of the mould cavity relative to the feed channel, controlling the desired set pressure of the pump.
Claims5
A method for moulding products from a mass of food stuff, the method comprising:
- moving a mould cavity, which is part of a mould member, past a feed channel, the feed channel is connected to a feed pump that pumps the mass of food stuff through the feed channel and into the mould cavity,
- determining and/or detecting a position of the mould cavity relative to the feed channel,
- controlling the feed pump,
- wherein filling of the mould cavity is partially carried out by controlling a pressure of the feed pump and partially by controlling a displaced volume of the feed pump and/or a flow rate of the feed pump, and
- during the filling, the method comprises:
- increasing a desired set pressure based on the position of the mould cavity relative to the feed channel while the mould cavity is being filled and then decreasing the desired set pressure based on the position of the mould cavity relative to the feed channel while the mould cavity is being filled.
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