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US 7,924,414 B2Granted
Non-hazardous bulk material analyzer system
AssigneeABB Schweiz AG
InventorMichael Mound
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Abstract
A system for processing bulk materials, comprising at least one transport apparatus that conveys a stream of bulk materials from a first process position to a second process position, an illumination source that projects light on to a surface of the stream, and at least one spectrometer that captures light reflected, emitted, or absorbed by the stream.
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A system for processing bulk materials, comprising:
- at least one transport apparatus that conveys a stream of bulk materials from a first process position to a second process position;
- an illumination source that projects light on to a surface of the stream;
- at least one spectrometer that captures a spectral signature of the bulk materials reflected by the stream;
- a control unit connected to the spectrometer which processes the spectral signature and analyzes the spectral signature captured by the spectrometer;
- wherein the control unit communicates with a process apparatus or a transport apparatus, each comprising at least one operation setting, and transmits instructions to the process apparatus or transport apparatus to alter the operation setting based on the analysis of the spectral signature.
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A system for processing bulk materials, comprising:
- at least one transport apparatus that conveys a stream of bulk materials from a first process position to a second process position;
- an illumination source that projects light on to a surface of the stream;
- at least one spectrometer that captures a spectral signature of the bulk materials reflected by the stream;
- a control unit connected to the spectrometer which processes the spectral signature;
- at least one bulk material dispenser that dispenses a stream of bulk materials;
- at least one transport apparatus that conveys the stream of bulk materials dispensed by the bulk material dispenser;
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- at least one process apparatus that modifies the stream of bulk materials from a first material to a second material.
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A method for processing bulk materials, comprising:
- streaming at least one bulk material from a first process position to a second process position;
- projecting light on to a surface of the stream;
- capturing a spectral signature of the bulk material reflected by the stream;
- processing the spectral signature and analyzing the spectral signature;
- instructing a process apparatus or a transport apparatus to alter an operation setting based on analyzing the spectral signature.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.