Plant for continuous mixing and homgenization

A plant for continuously and accurately mixing and homogenizing pourable foodstuff materials comprising:

• a plurality of stationary product feed devices for feeding foodstuff materials;
• a like plurality of differential flow regulators each operatively connected to a respective product feed device, each differential flow regulator comprising:
• (i) a stationary feed element;
• (ii) a weighing container connected to the stationary feed element by a flexible sleeve for receiving foodstuff material from the feed element;
• and
• (iii) conveyor means fixedly attached to the weighing container and having a conveyor exit for outputting foodstuff material from the weighing container, wherein each of the conveyor means for the plurality of flow regulators has a length that is substantially identical;
• collection means including a pre-mixing container for receiving and pre-mixing the outputted foodstuff materials from each of the plurality of conveyor means, said pre-mixing container having a plurality of openings, each opening connected to a respective conveyor means exit by a flexible sleeve, said openings having respective axes arrayed on a common horizontal plane and oriented along each corresponding conveyor means and toward a common collection point in said horizontal plane within said pre-mixing container;
• a homogenizer for receiving and final mixing the premixed foodstuff materials from said pre-mixing container;
• and
• control means operatively connected to said homogenizing means and to each of said feed elements and said conveyor means.