Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Self-optimizing, adaptive industrial chocolate production system, and corresponding method thereof
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Application No.: US16608207Application Date: 2017-04-26
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Publication No.: US11641861B2Publication Date: 2023-05-09
- Inventor: Manuel Höhener , Fabian Dintheer , Cornelia Koller , Armin Metzger , Frank Barthel , Bernd Schmidt , Tobias Nüssle , Daniel Egli , Oliver Fässler
- Applicant: Bühler AG
- Applicant Address: CH Uzwil
- Assignee: BÜHLER AG
- Current Assignee: BÜHLER AG
- Current Assignee Address: CH Uzwil
- Agency: Xsensus LLP
- International Application: PCT/EP2017/059985 2017.04.26
- International Announcement: WO2018/196970A 2018.11.01
- Date entered country: 2019-10-25
- Main IPC: A23G1/16
- IPC: A23G1/16 ; A23G1/12 ; A23G1/00 ; A23G1/04 ; A23G1/18

Abstract:
Proposed is a self-optimizing, adaptive industrial chocolate production system (1), and method thereof. The system comprising a chocolate mass processing line (11) with at least dosing means (2), one or more mixers (3), one or more refiners (4), one or more conches (5), and liquefying and tempering means (6). Appropriate inter-dependent operational parameters of the various devices (2/3/4/5/6) are measured by real-time measuring devices and transmitted to a controller device 12. The measured inter-dependent operational parameters are mutually optimized and dynamically adjusted providing an optimal operation at least in terms of the characteristics of the end chocolate mass 7 and/or throughputs of the chocolate production line 11 and/or other operation conditions as energy consumption.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210127701A1 SELF-OPTIMIZING, ADAPTIVE INDUSTRIAL CHOCOLATE PRODUCTION SYSTEM, AND CORRESPONDING METHOD THEREOF Public/Granted day:2021-05-06
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