Patent ID: 8726804

Claim:
A system for adjusting the output of a densifier that includes a compression screw, comprising: a pressure system comprising: a frame that at least partially surrounds at least a portion of a rail section of an extruder module associated with the densifier; at least one spring interposed between a first plate and the rail section, the first plate interposed between the frame and the spring, wherein the spring is associated with a face of the first plate; and a compression system associated with the first plate and the frame, the compression system comprising a compression bolt in mechanical association with the first plate such that adjustment of the compression bolt is adapted to increase or decrease the compression force applied by the at least one spring to a side wall of the rail section; and a motorized gear system adapted to adjust the compression bolt, comprising: a ear motor adapted to induce clockwise or counter-clockwise rotation; and an output sprocket adapted to be rotated by the gear motor, the output sprocket in rotatable mechanical association with the compression bolt such that the gear motor is adapted to induce rotation of the compression bolt that increases or decreases the compression force applied by the at least one spring to the side wall of the rail section.