Method for Optimizing an Automated Buttering Process
AssigneeGEA Mechanical Equipment GmbH
InventorsBernhard Heymann, Dieter Krohn
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Abstract
A method for producing butter employs a buttering machine having an inlet, a buttering cylinder with a beater operated with a drive power by a beater drive, and an outlet. Supplied cream is separated into butter grains and buttermilk in the buttering cylinder. The method involves measuring or predefining a characteristic value of the cream or the produced butter, detecting an actual value of the current drive power of the beater, determining a setpoint value for the drive power of the beater as a function of the characteristic value, and adjusting the beater drive to this setpoint value.
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A method for producing butter in a churning machine having at least one inlet, a churning cylinder with a rotatable beater operated with a driving power via a beater drive, and an outlet, wherein supplied cream is converted in the churning cylinder into butter grains and buttermilk, the method comprising:
- a. measuring or predetermining a characteristic value of the cream;
- b. detecting, by a measurement and control unit, an actual value of a current driving power of the rotatable beater;
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- c. determining, by the measurement and control unit, a setpoint value of the driving power of the beater as a function of the characteristic value of the cream and adjusting the beater drive to the setpoint value.
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