Extruder system and cutting assembly

A cutting assembly for cutting a material extruded from an extruder plate, said cutting assembly comprising:

• a cutter assembly that includes a motor, a cutter plate, and a plurality of cutter blades, said motor designed to cause said cutter plate to rotate about an axis, said cutter plate including said plurality of cutter blades, said cutter assembly designed to cause said cutter plate to rotate about said axis to thereby cause said plurality of cutter blades to move so as to at least partially cut said material passing through a die opening in an extruder plate, said plurality of cutting blades positioned at least closely adjacent to a front face of the extruder plate;
• and,
• a cutter control system designed to at least partially control a rate of cutting of said material by plurality of cutter blades, said cutter control system including a controller designed to process one or more types of detected information from at least one type of detector and to use such detected information to at least partially control a rate of cutting of said material by said plurality of cutting blades, said detected information including one or more types of information selected from the group consisting of pressure of said material spaced from the die opening, pressure of said material entering the die opening, pressure of said material in the die opening, temperature of said materially spaced from the die opening, temperature of said material entering the die opening, temperature of said material in the die opening, velocity of said material spaced from the die opening, velocity of said material entering the die opening, velocity of said material in the die opening, velocity of said material exiting the die opening, change of velocity of said material spaced from the die opening, change of velocity of said material entering the die opening, change of velocity of said material in the die opening, change of velocity of said material exiting the die opening, length of said material being cut, temperature of said material, temperature of the extruder plate, temperature of an auger blade, temperature of a wiper blade, temperature of at least one of said plurality of cutter blades, composition of said material, density of said material, time period required for said material to move through the die opening, time period for said material to move to the extruder plate, rate of cutting by said plurality of cutting blades, plugging or clogging of the die opening, amount of vibration of the extruder plate, amount of vibration of said at least one of said plurality of cutter blades, cavitation of said material moving toward the extruder plate, current weather conditions, type of a extruder, a extruder configuration, type of feeder for a extruder, type of a liner, material of a liner, shape of a liner, plate size of the extruder plate, opening configuration of the extruder plate, number of the die openings in the extruder plate, opening size of the die opening, material of the extruder plate, thickness of the extruder plate, a die/extruder insert size, a die/extruder insert shape, a die/extruder insert thickness, a die/extruder insert material, a die/extruder insert hole profile, a number of die/extruder inserts on the extruder plate, a type of an auger blade, material of an auger blade, shape of an auger blade, size of an auger blade, type of said plurality of cutter blades, number of said plurality of cutting blades, material of said plurality of cutting blades, number of blades on a wiper blade, type of a wiper blade, spacing of a wiper blade from the extruder plate, spacing of a wiper blade from a die/extruder insert, a wiper blade material, calculated wear rates of at least one component said cutter assembly, detected wear rates of at least one component said cutter assembly, calculated wear rates of at least one component the extruder plate, detected wear rates of at lease one component the extruder plate, calculated wear rates of a die/extruder insert, detected wear rates of a die/extruder insert, calculated wear rates of an auger, detected wear rates of an auger, calculated wear rates of a liner, detected wear rates of a liner, calculated wear rates of a wiper, detected wear rates of a wiper, time period said cutter assembly has cut product, time period material has extruded through the extruder plate, and time period material has extruded through a die/extruder insert.