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AssigneeValmet Corporation
InventorsRobert CARLSTRÖM, Roland BENGTSSON
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A system for controlling the cleaning of a feeder housing in a high-pressure feeder includes: a high-pressure feeder including a housing that includes a tapered cylindrical chamber, the chamber having a drive end and an opposing tending end; a fluid conduit assembly operatively connected to the chamber, wherein the fluid conduit assembly includes a first conduit part configured to transport a first flow of cleaning fluid to the chamber via the tending end and a second conduit part configured to transport a second flow of cleaning fluid to the chamber via the drive end; a control valve configured to control the first flow of cleaning fluid; and a controller configured to receive a first input signal indicative of the initiation of a cleaning of the high-pressure feeder, and in response to the first input signal, control the control valve to reduce the first flow of cleaning fluid.
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A system for controlling the cleaning of a feeder housing in a high-pressure feeder, the system comprising:
A method for controlling the cleaning of a feeder housing in a high-pressure feeder, the high-pressure feeder comprising a housing that comprises a tapered cylindrical chamber configured to hold a tapered cylindrical pocketed rotor, the chamber having a drive end at a drive side of the housing and an opposing tending end at a tending side of the housing, wherein the chamber is operatively connected to a fluid conduit assembly comprising a first conduit part configured to transport a first flow of cleaning fluid to the chamber via the tending end of the housing and a second conduit part configured to transport a second flow of cleaning fluid to the chamber via the drive end of the housing, and wherein a control valve is arranged on the first conduit part and is configured to control the first flow of cleaning fluid, characterized in that the method comprises:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.