Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Dynamic segregation monitoring of concrete
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Application No.: US16213619Application Date: 2018-12-07
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Publication No.: US10647026B2Publication Date: 2020-05-12
- Inventor: Richard K. Jordan , Mark F. Roberts , Yan Glina , Nathan A. Tregger , Lawrence R. Roberts , Eric P. Koehler
- Applicant: VERIFI LLC
- Agent Craig K. Leon; Nilay J. Choksi
- Main IPC: G05B21/00
- IPC: G05B21/00 ; B28C5/42 ; B28C7/02 ; G01N33/38 ; E01C19/10 ; G05B19/048

Abstract:
A system and process for detecting dynamic segregation in concrete rotated within a mixer drum, such as mounted on a delivery truck. A system processor is programmed to monitor an instantaneous and averaged rheology parameter and to deploy protocols for detecting segregation. A first protocol comprises monitoring the averaged slump during and immediately after a jump in drum speed of at least plus or minus four rotations per minute and detecting when a change in the averaged slump value meets or exceeds a threshold; and a second protocol comprises monitoring the instantaneous slump when the mixer drum is rotating at a constant speed for at least three successive rotations and detecting when the instantaneous slump value meets or exceeds a threshold limit. Once segregation is detected, one or more operations can be initiated, such as initiating an alarm or adjusting the mix.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190105802A1 DYNAMIC SEGREGATION MONITORING OF CONCRETE Public/Granted day:2019-04-11
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