Mixer for Viscous Fluids and Method of Mixing Viscous Fluids
AssigneeFast & Fluid Management B.V.
InventorsMartin Kruit, Mark Baak, Nico Van Beelen, Johannes Hermanus Nicolaas Post
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Abstract
The invention relates to a mixer, in particular for mixing viscous fluids, such as paints and plasters, in a container, the mixer comprising a frame, a clamping mechanism for holding a container, which mechanism is translatably and/or rotatably mounted in the frame, a motor for translatably and/or rotatably driving the clamping mechanism a sensor for measuring vibrations of the clamping mechanism, and a controller connected to the sensor and the motor and arranged to control the motor to adjust translations and/or rotations of the clamping mechanism in dependence of the measured vibrations.
Claims15
A mixer, in particular for mixing viscous fluids, such as paints and plasters, in a container, the mixer comprising a frame, a clamping mechanism for holding a container, which mechanism is translatably and/or rotatably mounted in the frame, and a motor for translatably and/or rotatably driving the clamping mechanism, a sensor for measuring vibrations of the clamping mechanism and a controller connected to the sensor and the motor and arranged to control the motor to adjust translations and/or rotations of the clamping mechanism in dependence of the measured vibrations.
The mixer according to claim, wherein the controller is arranged to derive from the measured vibrations the weight and/or the size of the container held in de clamping mechanism
The mixer according to claim, wherein the sensor comprises a strain gauge, an accelerometer and/or a gyroscope, preferably comprises an accelerometer and a gyroscope.
The mixer according to claim, wherein the sensor comprises at least two axes, preferably three axes, and wherein the axes are arranged normal to each other.
The mixer according to claim, wherein the sensor or at least one of the sensors is positioned on the frame or on the clamping mechanism.
The mixer according to claim, comprising a sub-frame that is resiliently mounted in the frame, wherein the clamping mechanism is mounted in a sub-frame and wherein the sensor or at least one of the sensors is positioned on the sub-frame.
A method of mixing viscous fluids, such as paints and plasters, in a container, by means of a mixer comprising a frame, a clamping mechanism for holding a container, which mechanism is translatably and/or rotatably mounted in the frame, the method comprising the steps of securing a container holding the fluid in the clamping mechanism, translating and/or rotating the mechanism and the container, measuring vibrations of the clamping mechanism and the container and adjusting driving of the clamping mechanism in dependence of the measured vibrations.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.