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AssigneeKraft Foods R & D, Inc.
InventorsHans-Peter Bernauer, Wolfgang Stankmann, Jurgen Sill, Olaf Balzer, Oliver Mecklenburg, Jorg Merten, Bruno Derijck
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In a method of controlling a process in which the particle size of a material is reduced by passing the material through a nip between rollers at least one operational figure, such as the motor current, of at least one motor associated with at least one roller is continuously measured and the nip is adjusted by controlling the operational figure so as to match a target operational figure. A machine for reducing the particle size of a material by passing the material through a nip between rollers has a device for measuring at least one operational figure, such as the motor current, of at least one motor associated with at least one roller and a device for adjusting the nip on the basis of the measured operational figure matching a target operational figure. A method of calibrating a machine for reducing the particle size of a material by passing the material through a nip between the rollers has the step of measuring at least one operational figure, such as the motor current, associated with a desired particle size and/or mass consistency and the step of setting the operational figure associated with a desired particle size and/or mass consistency as a target operational figure.
A method of controlling a process in which the particle size of a material is reduced by passing the material through a nip between rollers, the method comprising:
A machine for reducing the particle size of a material by passing the material through a nip between rollers, the machine comprising a device configured to measure an actual motor current value of at least one motor associated with at least one roller, and a device configured to adjust the nip between the rollers in response to a determination that the actual motor current value of the at least one motor deviates from a target motor current value of the at least one motor, the target motor current value being selected to provide a desired particle size and/or mass consistency, wherein adjustment of the nip between the rollers is effective to return the actual motor current value of the at least one motor to the target motor current value of the at least one motor.
A method of calibrating a machine for reducing the particle size of a material by passing the material through a nip between rollers, the method comprising:
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