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Method and apparatus for monitoring the flow of solids
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Inventors: Wyton, Wayne W.; Doeksen, Gerard;
Assignee: Cominco Ltd. (Trail, CA)
Primary Examiner: Willis; Davis L.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Fors; Arne I.
The flow of particulate solids through a screw conveyor or a screw feeder is monitored by passing radiant energy from a source in a generally vertical path into a bed of the solids flowing through the conveyor, receiving by a detector radiation that is not absorbed or scattered by the solids or the conveyor, and transmitting amplified electrical signals from the detector to a recorder. The detector extends parallel to the shaft of the conveyor screw for at least about one pitch length of the screw. The path of radiation from the source to the detector follows a plane that lies between the shaft and the conveyor casing on the lift side of the screw. Cyclic variations in radiation signals as tapered pitch-length segments of material move through the conveyor are averaged mechanically. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION What we claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent of the U.
S.
is: 1.
Apparatus for monitoring the flow of particulate solids through a screw conveyor comprising a radiation source and a radiation detector disposed about said conveyor, an amplifier and a recorder, said source and detector being placed in fixed relationship one above and one below the screw conveyor so that radiation from the source passes in a path into a bed of particulate solids moving through the conveyor and a substantial portion of said radiation, that is not absorbed or scattered by the solids or the screw conveyor, is received by the detector, said path being on the lift side of the conveyor screw, said path not being intercepted by the shaft of said screw, said detector extending parallel to the shaft of the screw for a distance at least about equal to the pitch of the screw, and said recorder receiving amplified electrical signals from said detector.
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Apparatus as claimed in claim 1, said screw conveyor having a screw feeder operable by a variable speed motor in communication with and responsive to said amplified electrical signals to feed said screw conveyor at a determined rate whereby said screw conveyor is filled to not more than about 60 percent of its capacity by maximum flow, without flooding, from said screw feeder.
3.
Apparatus for monitoring the flow of particulate solids through a screw feeder that is attached to a bin for the discharge of particulate solids therefrom, said apparatus comprising a radiation source and a radiation detector disposed about the downstream sealing portion of said screw feeder, an amplifier and a recorder, said source and detector being placed in fixed relationship one above and one below the casing surrounding said downstream sealing portion so that radiation from the source passes in a generally vertical path into a bed of said particulate solids and a substantial portion of said radiation, that is not absorbed or scattered by the solids or the screw feeder, is received by the detector, said path being on the lift side of the feeder screw, said path not being intercepted by the shaft of said screw, said detector extending parallel to the shaft of the screw for a distance at least about equal to the pitch of the screw, and said recorder receiving amplified electrical signals from said detector
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