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Method for minimizing material mixing during transitions in a material processing system

A transitional, minimization technology, applied in the direction of chemical instruments and methods, cleaning methods and utensils, cleaning devices, etc., can solve problems such as cost and achieve the effect of minimizing mixing

Pending Publication Date: 2021-09-28
TROPICANA PROD INC
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The unit cost of material may be small; however, if 1000 liters are potentially lost in the system, and there may be four or more product changes per day, the value of the product to be recovered begins to represent a significant cost

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[0034]The present disclosure provides various embodiments of material handling piping that may be used in material handling and / or form part of a system for material handling. In this specification, elements or parts of a piping system are referred to as pipes, pipes, pipe sections or conduits. The inner surface is called the pipe wall or pipe wall. Piping systems can be used on a variety of materials including but not limited to solid, semi-solid and liquid such as but not limited to food and non-food related products such as edible and inedible food including meat, pastes, sauces, grains, vegetables, fruits , dairy products, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, etc.

[0035] In general, material handling systems can be used to process one or more different types of products, so it is often necessary to clean or flush the material handling system before new material can be processed. The disclosed method advantageously enables the transition between a material being processed and an...

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A method of minimizing material mixing in a piping system during a transition between a first material and a second material includes providing a plurality of pipe pigs in a first pipe section with the plurality of pipe pigs being sufficient to substantially fill a cross-section of the first pipe section and to define a plug having a leading edge and a trailing edge such that the leading edge is in contact with a first material and the trailing edge is in contact with a second material. Each pipe pig has a nominal size that is smaller than an effective diameter of the first pipe section. The plug is moved through the piping system by moving the second material. Advantageously, mixing of the first material and the second material is inhibited by the plug.

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technical field [0001] The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for minimizing material mixing during transitions in material handling systems. Background technique [0002] In material handling systems, such as food handling systems, it is desirable to increase process throughput and reduce the time required to transition from a material currently being processed to a different material to be processed. These expectations are especially important when material handling systems are subject to frequent production changes. Furthermore, it is desirable to minimize the environmental impact of waste streams associated with mixing of materials during transition. [0003] Increased pressure on costs and profit margins drives food manufacturers to increase process yields while addressing smaller batch sizes dictated by increased consumer diversification with more frequent production changes. [0004] Many types of food production that have evolved from manual producti...

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IPC IPC(8): B65G45/00B08B9/057B65G51/00
CPCB08B9/057B65G45/00B65G51/00B65G53/30B65G2201/0291B08B9/055F16L55/38
Inventor 杰弗里·D·马修斯杰拉尔德·奥利安·方丹约翰尼·卡萨诺瓦斯
Owner TROPICANA PROD INC
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