Patent ID: 6639167
Filing Date: 2003-10-28
Classification: B07C,Y10S

Abstract:
An arrangement for sorting pellets, comprising:a transportation device for feeding the pellets, a first container for faultless pellets fed over the end portion of the transportation device, a second container for defective pellets, a detector for detecting defective pellets and being positioned so as to scan the pellets fed along the transportation device before said pellets reach said end portion while they are still on the transport device, and a sorting-out device for feeding any defective pellets detected to said second container, wherein said transportation device is arranged with an angle of inclination (&agr;) relative to the horizontal plane which is selected within a predetermined interval corresponding to a predetermined, limited scattering of the trajectory of the pellets fed over the end portion of the transportation device, thus reducing the amount of pellets that are sorted out into said second container in spite of not being defective, wherein the movement which is transferred to said pellets by means of the transportation device substantially corresponds to said trajectory so as to provide an even and controlled flow rate for said pellets.