Patent ID: 6588926
Filing Date: 2003-07-08
Classification: A22C,B01F

Abstract:
A method of controlling a mixing system designed to receive incoming product streams of different characteristics to yield a final product stream, said system including a plurality of incoming product lines each operably coupled with a continuous mixer, each of said incoming product lines including an incoming product source, a product pump and an incoming product analyzer, said method comprising the steps of:operating said product line pumps to generate said incoming product streams; analyzing each of said incoming product streams to determine a desired input characteristic thereof; adjusting the operational speed of said pumps in response to said analysis of each of said incoming product streams to create respective incoming product streams having said desired input characteristic at a substantially constant magnitude for each incoming product stream; after said adjusting step, directing said incoming product streams to said mixer, and operating the mixer to create a final product stream; analyzing said final product stream to determine a desired output characteristic thereof; and altering the operational speed of one or more of said pumps as necessary to achieve and maintain said desired output characteristic in said final product stream, in response to said final product stream analyzing step.