# US 7,610,167 B2 · Controlled material processing device, controller and method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 7,610,167 B2 - Document ID: US7610167B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 11/557,671 - Filed: 2006-11-08 - Published: 2008-05-08 - Granted: 2009-10-27 - Earliest claimed: 2006-11-08 - Assignees: Momentive Performance Materials Inc. - Inventors: Jennifer L. Stanton; Roger Knox; Harry A. Bayly - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7610167B2 ## CPC - G05D 11/134: {by sensing the weight of the individual components} - B29B 7/244: {of several materials} - B29B 7/246: {in mixers having more than one rotor and a casing closely surrounding the rotors, e.g. with feeding plungers} - B29B 7/603: {in measured doses, e.g. proportioning of several materials} - B29B 7/748: {Plants (B29B7/7433, B29B7/7485, B29B7/7495 take precedence)} - B29B 7/7495: {for mixing rubber} - B29B 7/90: Fillers or reinforcements {, e.g. fibres} - B29B 7/183: {having a casing closely surrounding the rotors, e.g. of Banbury type (with single shaft B29B7/125)} - G05D: SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES - B29B: PREPARATION OR PRETREATMENT OF THE MATERIAL TO BE SHAPED; MAKING GRANULES OR PREFORMS; RECOVERY OF PLASTICS OR OTHER CONSTITUENTS OF WASTE MATERIAL CONTAINING PLASTICS ## Abstract A viscous material processing system comprises a feed system controller having a set of instructions to store an input set point weight or amount; sense a progressing weight or amount of material fed by the feed system; compare the progressing weight with the set point weight or amount and terminate feed from the system when the compared progressing weight is substantially equal to the set point weight or amount; and a vicious material compounding system connected to the feed system to receive material fed by the feed system. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A viscous material processing system, comprising: a feed system controller having a set of instructions to store an input set point weight or amount; sense a progressing weight or amount of material fed by the feed system; compare the progressing weight with set point weight or amount and terminate feed from the system when the compared progressing weight is substantially equal to the set point weight or amount; a viscous material compounding system connected to the feed system to receive material fed by the feed system; and a battery of material extracting apparatus, wherein each apparatus feeds increments of weight or amount of a continuous viscous body of material to the compounding system. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The viscous material processing system of claim 1, comprising a feed system that feeds increments of weight or amount of material to the compounding system and wherein the controller has a set of instructions to store a first set point weight or amount weight or amount and second set point weight or amount weight or amount. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The viscous material processing system of claim 1, comprising a feed system that feeds increments of weight or amount of material to the compounding system and wherein the controller has a set of instructions to store a first set point weight or amount weight or amount and second set point weight or amount weight or amount and to compare the progressing weight or amount of material with the first set point weight or amount and with the second set point weight or amount. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The viscous material processing system of claim 1, comprising a feed system that feeds increments of weight or amount of material to the compounding system and wherein the controller has a set of instructions to store a first set point weight or amount weight or amount and second set point weight or amount weight or amount; to compare the progressing weight or amount of material with the first set point weight or amount; and to alter the weight or amount of the increments when the progressing weight or amount of material is substantially the same as the first set point weight or amount. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The viscous material processing system of claim 1, comprising a feed system that feeds increments of weight or amount of material to the compounding system and wherein the controller has a set of instructions to store a first set point weight or amount weight or amount and second set point weight or amount weight or amount; to compare the progressing weight or amount of material with the first set point weight or amount; and to alter the weight or amount of the increments when the progressing weight or amount of material is substantially the same as the first set point weight or amount by increasing a cut rate of increments from a viscous body of the feed material. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The viscous material processing system of claim 1, comprising a feed system that feeds increments of weight or amount of material to the compounding system and wherein the controller has a set of instructions to store a first set point weight or amount weight or amount and second set point weight or amount weight or amount; to compare the progressing weight or amount of material with the first set point weight or amount; to alter the weight or amount of the increments when the progressing weight or amount of material is substantially the same as the first set point weight or amount; to compare the progressing weight or amount of material with the second set point weight or amount and to terminate feed from the system when the compared progressing weight is substantially equal to the second set point weight or amount. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The viscous material processing system of claim 1, comprising a feed system that feeds increments of weight or amount of material to the compounding system and wherein the controller has a set instructions to store a first set point weight or amount weight or amount and second set point weight or amount weight or amount; to compare the progressing weight or amount of material with the first set point weight or amount; to alter the weight or amount of the increments when the progressing weight or amount of material is substantially the same as the first set point weight or amount; and to terminate feed from the system when the compared progressing weight is substantially equal to the second set point weight or amount. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The viscous material processing system of claim 1, comprising a feed system that feeds increments of weight or amount of a continuous viscous body of material to the compounding system. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The viscous material processing system of claim 1, comprising a battery of material extracting apparatus, wherein each apparatus feeds increment of weight or amount of a continuous viscous body of material to the compounding system; and wherein the controller has a set of instructions to store a first set point weight or amount weight or amount and second set point weight or amount weight or amount. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The viscous material processing system of claim 1, comprising a battery of material extracting apparatus, wherein each apparatus feeds increments of weight or amount of a continuous viscous body of material to the compounding system; and wherein the controller has a set of instructions to store a first set point weight or amount and second set point weight or amount and to compare the progressing weight or amount of material with the first set point weight or amount and with the second set point weight or amount. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The viscous material processing system of claim 1, comprising a battery of material extracting apparatus, wherein each apparatus feeds increments of weight or amount of a continuous viscous body of material to the compounding system; and wherein the controller has a set of instructions to store a first set point weight or amount and second set point weight or amount; to compare the progressing weight or amount of material with the first set point weight or amount; and to alter the weight or amount of the increments when the progressing weight or amount of material is substantially the same as the first set point weight or amount. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The viscous material processing system of claim 1, comprising a battery of material extracting apparatus, wherein each apparatus feeds increments of weight or amount of a continuous viscous body of material to the compounding system; and wherein the controller has a set of instructions to store a first set point weight or amount and second set point weight or amount; to compare the progressing weight or amount of material with fire first set point weight or amount; and to alter the weight or amount of the increments when the progressing weight or amount of material is substantially the same as the first set point weight or amount by increasing a cut rate of increments from a viscous body of the feed material. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The viscous material processing system of claim 1, comprising a battery of material extracting apparatus, wherein each apparatus feeds increments of weight or amount of a continuous viscous body of material to the compounding system; and wherein the controller has a set of instructions to store a first set point weight or amount and second set point weight or amount; to compare the progressing weight or amount of material with the first set point weight or amount; to alter the weight or amount of the increments when the progressing weight or amount of material is substantially the same as the first set point weight or amount; to compare the progressing weight or amount of material with the second set point weight or amount and to terminate feed from the system when the compared progressing weight is substantially equal to the second set point weight or amount. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The viscous material processing system of claim 1, comprising a battery of material extracting apparatus, wherein each apparatus feeds increments of weight or amount of a continuous viscous body of material to the compounding system; and wherein the controller has a set of instructions to store a first set point weight or amount and second set point weight or amount; to compare the progressing weight or amount of material with the first set point weight or amount; to alter the weight or amount of the increments when the progressing weight or amount of material is substantially the same as the first set point weight or amount; and to terminate feed from the system when the compared progressing weight is substantially equal to the second set point weight or amount. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The viscous material processing system of claim 1, wherein the controller has a set of instructions to (i) store an input value representing a material set point weight or amount, (ii) sense an initial combined weight of a material extracting apparatus holding a container with material; (iii) activate an evacuator plunger axially to the container and slidably to express material from the container; (iv) sense the progressing combined weight of the material extracting apparatus and the container with material as material is expressed from the container; (v) calculate a material weight charged from the feed system to a subsequent process according to a difference between the initial combined weight and the progressing weight; (vi) compare the calculated difference with a stored set point weight or amount representing an amount of material to be charged from the feed system; and (vii) terminating the activation of the plunger when the calculated difference is substantially the same as the set point weight or amount. ### Claim 16 A viscous material processing system, comprising: a feed system controller having a set of instructions to store an input set point weight or amount; sense a progressing weight or amount of material fed by the feed system; compare the progressing weight with the set point weight or amount and terminate feed from the system when the compared progressing weight is substantially equal to the set point weight or amount; and a viscous material compounding system connected to the feed system to receive material fed by the feed system; wherein the feed system further comprises: a container evacuator located on a loss of weight scale; a feed rate that receives material expressed from a container by the container evacuator; and a cutting apparatus that cuts increments of the viscous material from the feed tube to the compounding system according to loss of weight sensed by the scale; and wherein the feed system controller has a set of instructions to store the input set point weight or amount; sense the progressing weight or amount of material increments from the feed tube; compare the progressing weight with the set point weight or amount; and to terminate feed from the feed system when the compared progressing weight is substantially equal to the set point weight or amount. ### Claim 17 A viscous material processing system comprising: a feed system controller having set of instructions to store an in set point weight or amount; sense progressing weight or amount of material fed by the feed system; compare the progressing weight with the set point weight or amount and terminate feed from the system when the compared progressing weight is substantially equal to the set point weight or amount; and a viscous material compounding system connected to the feed system to receive material fed by the feed system; wherein the feed system further comprises: a container evacuator located on a loss of weight scale; a feed tube that receives material expressed from a container by the container evacuator; and a cutting apparatus that cuts increments of the viscous material from the feed tube to the compounding system according to loss of weight sensed by the scale; and wherein the feed system controller has a set of instructions to store a first input set point weight or amount and a second input set point weight or amount; sense the progressing weight or amount of material increments from the feed tube; to compare the progressing weight or amount of material with the first set point weight or amount; to alter the weight or amount of the increments when the progressing weight or amount of material is substantially the same as the first set point weight or amount; to compare the progressing weight with the second set point weight or amount; and to terminate feed from the feed system when the compared progressing weight is substantially equal to the second set point weight or amount. ### Claim 18 A silicone gum processing system, comprising: a silicone gum compounding system; and a viscous material feed system to the compounding system, the feed system comprising a cutting apparatus that cuts material according to weight of material charged to the compounding system as monitored by a controller having a set of instructions to decrease a weight or size of cut material increments fed to the compounding system as a feed session set point weight or amount is approached and to terminate the feed to the compounding system when the session set point weight or amount is attained. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The silicone gum processing system of claim 18, wherein the feed system further comprises: a container evacuator located on a loss of weight scale; a feed tube that receives material expressed from a container by the container evacuator; and a cutting apparatus that cuts increment of the viscous material from the feed tube to the compounding system according to loss of weight sensed by the scale; and wherein the feed system controller has a set of instructions to store the input set point weight or amount; sense the progressing weight or amount of material increments from the feed tube; compare the progressing weight with the set point weight or amount; and to terminate feed from the feed system when the compared progressing weight is substantially equal to the set point weight or amount. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The silicone gum processing system of claim 18, wherein the feed system further comprises: a container evacuator located on a loss of weight scale; a feed tube that receives material expressed from a container by the container evacuator; and a cutting apparatus that cuts increments of the viscous material from the feed tube to the compounding system according to loss of weight sensed by the scale; and wherein the feed system controller has a set of instructions to store a first input set point weight or amount and a second input set point weight or amount; sense the progressing weight or amount of material increments from the feed tube; to compare the progressing weight or amount of material with the first set point weight or amount; to alter the weight or amount of the increments when the progressing weight or amount of material is substantially the same as the first set point weight or amount; to compare the progressing weight with the second set point weight or amount; and to terminate feed from the feed system when the compared progressing weight is substantially equal to the second set point weight or amount.