Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Powdery/granular material flowability evaluation apparatus and method
- Patent Title (中): 粉状/颗粒状流动性评价装置及方法
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Application No.: US12706144Application Date: 2010-02-16
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Publication No.: US08087314B2Publication Date: 2012-01-03
- Inventor: Shuji Matsusaka , Hiroaki Masuda , Yanbin Jiang , Masatoshi Yasuda
- Applicant: Shuji Matsusaka , Hiroaki Masuda , Yanbin Jiang , Masatoshi Yasuda
- Applicant Address: JP
- Assignee: Kyoto University
- Current Assignee: Kyoto University
- Current Assignee Address: JP
- Agent Gerald E. Hespos; Michael J. Porco
- Priority: JP2005-123496 20050421; JP2006-002518 20060110
- Main IPC: G01N11/02
- IPC: G01N11/02

Abstract:
A powdery/granular material flowability evaluation apparatus and a powdery/granular material flowability evaluation method are provided to evaluate the flowability of a powdery/granular material in a dynamic state of the powdery/granular material. The powdery/granular material flowability evaluation apparatus (A) has a hopper (111) for storing a powdery/granular material to be measured, a vertical tube (11) having a flow-in port (1121) connected with a discharge port (1112) of the hopper (111) through which the powdery/granular material is discharged, a vibrator (2) for giving vibration to the tube (11), a laser vibrometer (3) for measuring the amplitude of the tube (11), an electric balance (4) for measuring the weight of the powdery/granular material fallen through the tube 11 from the hopper (111), and an evaluation value calculating section (512) for calculating an evaluation value evaluating the flowability of the powdery/granular material based on the measured amplitude and weight.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100153028A1 POWDERY/GRANULAR MATERIAL FLOWABILITY EVALUATION APPARATUS AND METHOD Public/Granted day:2010-06-17
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