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US 2016/0193609 A1Published application
Refiner and process for grinding and homogenizing materials containing particles
AssigneeRoyal Duyvis Wiener B.V.
InventorBartholomeus Jan ELLERMEIJER
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Abstract
A refiner for grinding and homogenizing materials containing particles, including chocolate, compound, cacao, paints and inks, includes a set of rollers mounted in a frame, and a motor for driving at least one of the rollers and a sensor for measuring at least one parameter indicative of the particle size distribution in the material.
Claims21
A refiner for grinding and homogenizing materials containing particles, including chocolate, compound, cacao, paints and inks, comprises:
- a set of rollers mounted in a frame;
- a motor configured to drive at least one of the rollers;
- a sensor configured to measure at least one parameter indicative of the particle size distribution in the material;
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- a processor configured to control, based on the measurements, at least one of the gap (s) between the rollers, the rotating speed of the rollers and the friction between the material and the surface of the rollers, wherein at least one of the sensor and the processor is configured to measure inline at least one parameter indicative of particle size distribution.
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A process for grinding and homogenizing materials containing particles, the process comprising:
- feeding a material containing particles to a set of rollers;
- grinding and homogenizing the material at least by use of the set of rollers, discharging the material from the set of rollers;
- measuring at least one parameter indicative of particle size distribution in the material, and controlling, based on the measurements, at least one of the gap(s) between the rollers, the rotating speed of the rollers and the friction between the material and the surface of the rollers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.