Capsule making machine
AssigneeAzionaria Costruzioni Macchine Automatiche A.C.M.A. S.p.A.
InventorsLuca CERATI, Massimo SCRIVANI, Eura TRIVISONNO, Ivan EUSEPI
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Abstract
A machine for making capsules of the type including comprising a container and a dose of product inside the container, including comprises a feed system for feeding at least a first container along a feed path in a direction of feed; at least one filling station for supplying a dose of said product into said first container, at least one detecting station positioned along said feed path downstream of said filling station in the direction of feed and including comprising a detecting sensor operating at said first seat configured to detect the moisture of the product supplied into the first container.
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A machine for making capsules of the type comprising a container and a dose of product inserted in the container, said machine comprising a feed system for feeding at least a first container along a feed path in a direction of feed, said feed system comprising at least a first seat for said first container, said machine comprising at least one filling station positioned along the feed path and comprising at least one filling unit for supplying a dose of said product into said first container, said machine comprising at least one detecting station positioned along said feed path downstream of said filling station according to said direction of feed and comprising a detecting sensor operating at said first seat, said detecting sensor being designed to detect a first significant parameter of said product supplied into said first container, said machine being characterized in that said detecting sensor is a microwave sensor and said first parameter is the moisture or the density of the dose of product supplied into said first container.
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