Food or edible material: processes – compositions – and products – Measuring – testing – or controlling by inanimate means
Patent
1992-08-13
1993-03-16
Simone, Timothy F.
Food or edible material: processes, compositions, and products
Measuring, testing, or controlling by inanimate means
99487, 99516, 99536, 426507, A23N 1700
Patent
active
051942755
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method of processing grain by raising the moisture content of the grain relative to a target level. As the grain is moved through a processing area, the moisture content and the mass flow of the grain are measured. Each measurement is converted to an electronic signal and the signals are fed to a programmable controller which blends the two signals and produces a single output control signal that is fed to a proportional control valve. The control valve acts responsive to the control signal to adjust the amount of moisture added to the grain at a wetting station. An additive such as a surfactant can be metered into the water supply.
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AgriChem, Inc.
Simone Timothy F.
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