Analysis system in order to optimize power consuming of mixing carts according to the objective physical properties of the Unifeed
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1. An apparatus for analyzing feed mixtures, comprising:
- at least a mixing apparatus suitable for containing a plurality of feeds and comprising mixing means suitable for mixing said plurality of feeds so as to define a feed mixture;
a sensing means suitable for acquiring chemical and physical parameters of said feed mixture; and
at least a processing unit connected to said sensing means;
wherein the sensing means comprises at least an image acquisition device which is a camera provided to collect images of the feed mixture;
said processing unit being configured to determine a degree of homogeneity of the feed mixture and a length of the fibres included in the feed mixture.
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A system for analyzing feed mixtures, which comprises: a mixing apparatus suitable for containing a plurality of feeds and comprising a mixing means suitable for mixing said plurality of feeds so as to define a feed mixture; a sensing means suitable for acquiring chemical and/or physical parameters of the feed mixture; and a processing unit connected to the sensing means.
The sensing means comprises at least an image acquisition device and the processing unit is configured to determine the degree of homogeneity of the feed mixture and/or configured to determine the length of the fibers included in the mixture.
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1. An apparatus for analyzing feed mixtures, comprising:
- at least a mixing apparatus suitable for containing a plurality of feeds and comprising mixing means suitable for mixing said plurality of feeds so as to define a feed mixture;
a sensing means suitable for acquiring chemical and physical parameters of said feed mixture; and
at least a processing unit connected to said sensing means;
wherein the sensing means comprises at least an image acquisition device which is a camera provided to collect images of the feed mixture;
said processing unit being configured to determine a degree of homogeneity of the feed mixture and a length of the fibres included in the feed mixture. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
- at least a mixing apparatus suitable for containing a plurality of feeds and comprising mixing means suitable for mixing said plurality of feeds so as to define a feed mixture;
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13. An apparatus for analyzing feed mixtures, comprising:
- a mixing apparatus comprising one or more mixing screws;
a camera to capture an image of a feed mixture in the mixing apparatus;
a processing unit to receive the image from the camera;
wherein the processing unit is configured to determine a degree of homogeneity of the feed mixture and a length of the fibres in the feed mixture based on the image received from the camera.
- a mixing apparatus comprising one or more mixing screws;
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