Patent ID: 8448817
Filing Date: 2013-05-28
Classification: G01F,G01G

Abstract:
1. A method of optimizing the dosage-dispensing process of a dosage-dispensing device for substances in powder- or paste form, wherein the dosage-dispensing device is equipped with a drive device and a force measuring device, the drive device having a control- and regulation unit for execution of a dosage-dispensing program, and the drive device cooperates with at least one dosage-dispensing unit for delivery of substance doses, wherein the dosage-dispensing unit comprises at least one memory module, the method comprising: examining via the control and regulation unit, prior to a first run of a dosage-dispensing process for a first substance, whether at least one flow parameter relating to the dosage-dispensing process for the first substance is stored in the memory module and/or in the control- and regulation unit; if no stored flow parameter for the first substance is present, determining at least one flow parameter for the first substance via the first run of the dosage-dispensing process for the first substance based on a default setting of the dosage-dispensing program, wherein the default setting includes at least one flow parameter of a reference substance; adapting the dosage-dispensing program with the at least one flow parameter of the reference substance; and performing at least one run of the dosage-dispensing process with the adapted dosage-dispensing program, wherein the control- and regulation unit receives a weighing signal from the force measuring device, determines the at least one flow parameter of the first substance from the weighing signal and other values obtained during the first run, and stores the at least one determined flow parameter of the first substance.